THE ART MUSEUM IN THE DIGITAL AGE – 2023 INTERNATIONAL ONLINE CONFERENCE, 16-20 JANUARY 2023

THE ART MUSEUM IN THE DIGITAL AGE – 2023

INTERNATIONAL ONLINE CONFERENCE

DAS KUNSTMUSEUM IM DIGITALEN ZEITALTER - 2023

INTERNATIONALE ONLINE-KONFERENZ

16-20 JANUARY 2023

The Belvedere Research Center is continuing its conference series on the digital transformation of art museums with its fifth event on the topic. While the 2022 conference challenged binary concepts such as analog/ digital, this year’s event critically examines the imagined cultural metaverse. In four online thematic sessions and an on-site workshop, the lectures deal with the immersive experiences of virtuality and reality, cultural heritage data, value discourse surrounding the metaverse and NFTs, and self-perception and the social role of museums.

Das Belvedere Research Center setzt seine Tagungsreihe zur digitalen Transformation der Kunstmuseen mit der fünften Veranstaltung zum Thema fort. Während die Konferenz im Jahr 2022 binäre Konzepte wie analog/digital infrage stellte, setzt sich die Veranstaltung diesmal kritisch mit einem imaginierten Metaverse im kulturellen Feld auseinander. In vier Online-Themenblöcken und einem Workshop vor Ort thematisieren die jeweiligen Beiträge immersive Erfahrungen zwischen Virtualität und Realität, die Verlinkung von KulturerbeDaten, den Wertediskurs rund um das Metaverse und NFTs sowie die Selbstwahrnehmung und die soziale Rolle von Museen.

Language: English, German Simultaneous Interpretation

To Register for the Zoom Conference: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9enbg4dtSKyCRMmWybf5Rg

Workshops and Panels (On Site and in German)

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Monday, 16 January 2023

17:00 PM CET (11:00 AM ET)

Begrüßung & Einführung | Welcome & Introduction

Stella Rollig; Christian Huemer; Anna-Marie Kroupova (Belvedere, Wien | Vienna)

PANEL 1: NFTS & BLOCKCHAIN

17:20 PM CET (11:20 AM ET)

Moderation: Johanna Aufreiter (Belvedere, Wien | Vienna)

Grischka Petri (FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz-Institut für Informationsinfrastruktur | Leibnitz Institute for Information Infrastructure; Universität | University of Tübingen), Remonopolisation or Protection of Cultural Heritage? The Moral Capital of the „Institution in the Service of Society” Between Open Access, Protection of Cultural Heritage, and NFTs

17:45 PM CET (11:45 AM ET)

Amalyah Keshet (Naomi Korn Associates, London), What Museums May Have Learned from NFTs

18:10 PM CET (12:10 PM ET)

Frances Liddell (University of Manchester), NFTs as a Social Practice. Exploring Tokenisation at National Museums Liverpool

19:00 PM CET (1:00 PM ET)

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Moderation: Christian Huemer (Belvedere, Wien | Vienna)

Johanna Drucker (University of California, Los Angeles), The Virtual Muse(um): Authenticity, Immersion, and New Forms of Delusion

Tuesday, 17 January 2023

PANEL 2: META-SPACES

Moderation: Sonja Gasser (Stiftung für Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte, Winterthur)

17:00 PM CET (11:00 AM ET)

Natalia Grincheva (LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapur | Singapore; University of Melbourne), Designing Art Metaverse Portal. Converging, Creating, Experimenting with, and Minting Crypto Arts

17:25 PM CET (11:25 AM ET)

Johannes von Hülsen (METRUM, München | Munich); Annabell Vacano (Cultatio, München | Munich), Die Dichotomie des Metaverse. Dezentrale oder zentrale Gateways: Was braucht das Metaverse in Kunst und Kultur?

17:50 PM CET (11:50 AM ET)

Markus Reindl (OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH, Linz), DFC Francisco Carolinum. Ein Museum im Metaverse

18:15 PM CET (12:15 PM ET)

Andrea Geipel (Deutsches Museum, München | Munich), Vier Jahre VRlab am Deutschen Museum. Implikationen für die Einbindung virtueller Technologien in Museen

18:40 PM CET (12:40 PM ET)

Jacob Franke (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden | Dresden State Art Collections), Framing Future. Das Dresdner Damaskuszimmer in VR und in Zukunft

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

PANEL 3: LINKED OPEN DATA

Moderation: Harald Klinke (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)

17:00 PM CET (11:00 AM ET)

Béatrice Gauvain (Universität | University of Basel), Digital Strategies for Cultural Heritage Institutions. Generating Visibility and Engagement

17:25 PM CET (11:25 ET)

Thibault Usel; Nicola Carboni; Béatrice Joyeux-Prunel (Universität Genf | University of Geneva), Linked Open Data for Horizontal Integration of Exhibition Information

17:50 PM CET (11:00 AM ET)

Paul Clough (TPXimpact, United Kingdom | Vereinigtes Königreich; University of Sheffield), Ingest, Enrich and Index. Building a Cross-Collection Search Service for Durham’s New Cultural Heritage Site

18:15 PM CET (12:15 ET)

Mingshi Cui (University of Leicester), The Potential of Metaverse in Liberating the Narrations of the Displaced Objects

18:40 PM CET (12:40 ET)

Synatra Smith (Philadelphia Museum of Art), Sacred Geographic Superimpositions. Reimagining African American Public Art as Enshrined Spaces through Augmented Reality

Thursday, 19 January 2023

PANEL 4: PARTICIPATION & GAMIFICATION

Moderation: Anna-Marie Kroupova (Belvedere, Wien | Vienna)

17:00 PM CET (11:00 AM ET)

Han Jiang (University of Leicester); Xiaozhou Li (University of Sussex), From Metamuseum to Metaverse. Exploring Institutional and Individual Art Curation Practice in Digital Gaming Experience

17:25 PM CET (11:25 AM ET)

Melanie Wilmink (Yonsei University, Seoul), The Museum as a Video Game. The Phenomenology of the Virtual Audience

17:50 PM CET (11:50 AM ET)

Abhinav Mishra (Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne), Experience Design Insights for Mixed Reality Museum Exhibits. Learnings from Professional Curators, Designers, Artists, and Researchers

18:15 PM CET (12:15 AM ET)

Silke Hockmann; Christiane Lindner (Badisches Landesmuseum | Baden State Museum, Karlsruhe), Creative Exhibitions. Partizipativ Ausstellungserlebnisse in Augmented Reality gestalten

18:40 PM CET (12:40 PM ET)

Chantal Eschenfelder (Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main), The Playable Museum. Gamification und Kunstvermittlung im digitalen Raum

Friday 20 January 2023

14:00 PM CET (8:00 AM ET)

WORKSHOPS (ROUND TABLES)*

Die Workshops werden in deutscher Sprache abgehalten und finden vor Ort im Belvedere 21, Wien, statt. Anmeldung zur Veranstaltung ist erforderlich.

The workshops are held in German and take place on site at Belvedere 21, Vienna. Registration for the event is required.

Begrüßung | Welcome: Christian Huemer (Belvedere, Wien | Vienna), Florian Wiencek (Musealisten, Wien | Vienna), Martina Fröschl; Michael Bachhofer, (Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien | University of Applied Arts Vienna), Fabian Müller-Nittel (Museen | Museums of Miltenberg), Doris Fuschlberger (Digitalisierungsoffensive der Salzburger Landesmuseen | Digitization Campaign of the Salzburg State Museums) u. a. | et al.

17:00 PM CET (11:00 AM ET)

PODIUMSDISKUSSION | PANEL DISCUSSION*

Die Podiumsdiskussion findet vor Ort im Blicke Kino, Belvedere 21, Wien, und in deutscher Sprache statt. Aus Platzgründen wird um Anmeldung gebeten. Die Veranstaltung inklusive Simultanübersetzung wird auch über Zoom gestreamt.

The panel discussion takes place on site in the Blickle Kino, Belvedere 21, Vienna, and is held in German. Registration is requested due to space limitations.

The event, which includes simultaneous translation into English, is also streamed on Zoom.

Moderation: Christian Huemer (Belvedere, Wien | Vienna) Claus Pias (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg | University Lüneburg) Johanna Pirker (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; Technische Universität Graz | Graz University of Technology) Christa Sommerer (Kunstuniversität | University of Arts Linz)

For more information: https://www.belvedere.at/en/digitalmuseum2023

Organisers: Johanna Aufreiter (Belvedere, Wien / Vienna), Christian Huemer (Belvedere, Wien / Vienna), Anna-Marie Kroupová (Belvedere, Wien / Vienna), Johanna Drucker (University of California, Los Angeles), Sonja Gasser (Stiftung für Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte, Winterthur), Harald Klinke (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München / Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)

Hashtag: #digitalmuseum #belvederemuseum

Call for Papers: 2023 Annual Conference of the Renaissance Architecture and Theory Scholars (RATS), University of Edinburgh (24 March 2023), Deadline 13 January 2023 12:00 AM GMT (7:00 AM ET) (Hybrid)

Call for Papers

2023 Annual Conference of the Renaissance Architecture and Theory Scholars (RATS)

University of Edinburgh

March 24, 2023 (Hybrid)

Deadline 13 January 2023 12:00 PM GMT (7:00 AM ET)

We are pleased to announce the 2023 Annual Conference of the Renaissance Architecture and Theory Scholars (RATS), hosted by the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art, at the University of Edinburgh. The conference will take place on a hybrid basis, i.e., both in person and virtually, and is open to all interested in Renaissance architecture and architectural theory.

We invite proposals for 20-minute papers on topics in the history of Renaissance architecture and theory, broadly defined. We welcome research on all chronologies of Renaissance architectural culture, including its reception in other periods, as well as all geographies implicated in Renaissance architectural culture. We are open to both emerging research and work that is nearing publication. Finally, we especially urge any postgraduate student or early career researcher who would like to present original research to submit a paper proposal. Because the conference is hybrid, anyone with an internet connection can present research or participate as an audience member from anywhere in the world. A key goal of the upcoming meeting is to expand accessibility to RATS and widen participation among scholars who may not have previously enjoyed the benefits of our community. To that end, the upcoming meeting will also include time for a group discussion on future plans for RATS.

If you would like to present a paper in the upcoming meeting, please send a title and an abstract of c. 250 words or less, as well as a brief, c. 150-word bio or CV of no more than 2 pages to RenArchandTheoryScholars@gmail.com by Friday, 13 January 2023 at 12 noon UK time.

CALL FOR PAPERS: ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES, SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY, MISSOURI (JUNE 12-14, 2023), DEADLINE 31 DECEMBER 2022

CALL FOR PAPERS

ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES

JUNE 12-14, 2023

SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY, MISSOURI

DEADLINE: 31 DECEMBER 2022

(LATE SUBMISSION CONSIDERED IF ROOM IS AVAILABLE)

The Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies provides a convenient summer venue in North America for scholars in all disciplines to present papers, organize sessions, participate in roundtables, and engage in interdisciplinary discussion. The goal of the symposium is to promote serious scholarly investigation on all topics and in all disciplines of the medieval and early modern world.

The plenary speakers for 2023 will be Uta-Renate Blumenthal, of Catholic University of America, and Lia Markey, Director of the Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library.

Important dates:

• The Tenth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies will take place June 12-14, 2023.

• The submission deadline for papers, sessions, and roundtables is December 31, 2022.  Late submissions will be considered if space is available.

• The regular registration deadline is June 1, 2023, after which there will be a $50 late fee.

A PDF of this year's call for papers can be accessed and downloaded here: SMRS Call for Papers
A PDF of a call for papers for specific themes can be accessed and downloaded here: Specific Topics CFP

This year, specific themes include: (1) The Inheritance Given by Early Christianity to the Middle Ages, (2) Remaking the Middle Ages: How We Portray the Past, (3) The Prologue Prior to Cervantes, and (4) Medieval and/or Early Modern Iberian Studies.

To Submit: https://www.smrs-slu.org/submit.html

The Symposium is held on the beautiful midtown campus of Saint Louis University, hosted by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. On and off-campus housing options include affordable, air-conditioned dormitory rooms and a luxurious boutique hotel.

For more information: https://www.smrs-slu.org/

Call for Applications: Juan Facundo Riaño Essay Prize & ARTES CEEH Scholarships, ARTES: Iberian & Latin American Visual Culture Group, Due 31st January 2022

ARTES

Iberian & Latin American Visual Culture Group

Call for Applications

Juan Facundo Riaño Essay Prize & ARTES CEEH Scholarships

Due 31st January 2022 (GMT)

ARTES accepts applications for a number of awards each year, including:

The Juan Facundo Riaño Essay Prize

To encourage emerging scholars that are based in the UK, ARTES, in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain, awards an annual essay medal to the author of the best art-historical essay or study on a Spanish theme, which must be submitted in competition and judged by a reading Sub-Committee. The medal is named after Juan Facundo Riaño (1829-1901), the distinguished art historian who was partly responsible for a growing interest in Spanish culture in late nineteenth-century Britain. The winner is also awarded a cash prize of £400, and the runner-up is awarded a certificate and prize of £100 – both prizes are generously sponsored by the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Embassy of Spain. Prize-winners also receive a year’s free membership to ARTES, and the winning essays are considered for publication in the annual visual arts issue of Hispanic Research Journal. See the information about eligibility and rules of competition. The deadline is 31st January each year. 

ARTES CEEH Scholarships

Thanks to the generous support of CEEH (Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica), ARTES, awards a number of scholarships each year to students working on any aspect of Spanish visual culture before 1900. The deadline for all applications is 31st January each year and the Scholarship Committee usually informs successful applicants by 1st March. Scholarship winners are normally invited to an awards ceremony at the ARTES AGM in June.

• CEEH travel scholarships of up to £1000 - Final year undergraduates and postgraduate students registered for a full or part-time degree course at a UK university may apply for up to £1000 towards the costs of travel to Spain for research purposes (which may include field work, attendance at a conference, or other recognised forms of research).

• One CEEH scholarship for a UK PhD student who is working on Spanish art-historical subjects - ARTES offers one scholarship each year to a student registered for a full- or part-time doctoral degree at a UK university. The scholarship is intended to contribute towards the costs of tuition, living and/or research, and therefore students with full funding are not eligible.

• One CEEH scholarship for a PhD or early career student who needs to travel to the UK to research Spanish visual culture - Doctoral students or those who received their doctorate less than four years before the application deadline may apply for this scholarship provided that they are that they were or are registered for doctoral study at a university in Spain. 

For more information: https://artes-uk.org/awards/

RENAISSANCE LIVES: 'PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA AND THE INVENTION OF THE ARTIST', 19TH JANUARY 2023, 5:30PM - 7:00PM CET (11:00 AM - 1:00 PM ET) (ONLINE)

RENAISSANCE LIVES

'PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA AND THE INVENTION OF THE ARTIST'

MACHTELT BRÜGGEN ISRAËLS IN CONVERSATION WITH  PAUL TAYLOR (WARBURG INSTITUTE) AND FRANÇOIS QUIVIGER (WARBURG INSTITUTE)

19TH JANUARY 2023, 5:30PM - 7:00PM CET (11:00 AM - 1:00 PM ET) (ONLINE)

As one of the most innovative and enlightened painters of the early Italian Renaissance, Piero della Francesca brought space, luminosity and unparalleled subtlety to painting. In addition, Piero invented the role of the modern artist by becoming a traveller, a courtier, a geometrician, a patron and much else besides.

In this nuanced account of his life and art, Machtelt Brüggen Israëls reconstructs how Piero came of age. Successfully demystifying the persistent notion of Piero’s art as enigmatic, she reveals the simple and stunning intentions behind his work.

Renaissance Lives is a series of biographies published by Reaktion Books(Opens in new window) as well as a series of conversations discussing the ways in which individuals transmitted or changed the lives of traditions, ideas and images. 

FREE VIA ZOOM. PLEASE BOOK IN ADVANCE.

Call for Papers: Perspective, actualité en histoire de l’art Autonomy, no. 2024 - 1, Due 16th January 2023

Call for Papers/Appel à contributions

Perspective

actualité en histoire de l’art Autonomy

no. 2024 – 1

Issue coordinated with/Numéro coordonné avec Maxime Boidy (université Gustave-Eiffel)

Due/Dû 16th January 2023

The journal Perspective : actualité en histoire de l'art will explore, in its 2024 – 1 issue, the question of autonomy in art.

The notion of autonomy has been key to understanding the work of art, at least since the development of aesthetic philosophy in the eighteenth century. If it is disputed, it is because of the different meanings it evokes in the various branches of the human and social sciences. It can relate to art or aesthetics (with respect to the political, social, moral, or even religious fields), the artworks themselves (their referentiality and, more broadly, their own life—in this sense, it also concerns their reception), the artist (whose history should be considered within the context of the advent of the individual or, for example, from its later Romantic definition), and finally, art history (as an autonomous discipline) all periods and geographical areas combined.

In addition to contributions focusing on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, which seem to be the periods most concerned, the journal in this issue coordinated with Maxime Boidy (Université Gustave Eiffel) would like specialists in the history of modern art, the Renaissance, Middle Ages, and Antiquity, to explore the prehistory of this notion, anywhere the political order, religious structures, and cultural and social dynamics have shaped or anticipated its contemporary definitions.

Please submit your proposal (2,000-3,000-character / 350 to 500-word summary, with a provisional title, a short bibliography on the topic, and a 2-3 line biography) to the editorial contact (revue-perspective@inha.fr) by January 16th, 2023 at the latest.
Authors of selected proposals will be informed of the committee’s decision by the end of February 2023. Full texts of accepted contributions will need to be sent by May 1st, 2023. These will be definitively accepted after the journal’s anonymous peer-review process.

For more information, click HERE, visit the journal’s page on the INHA website, and browse Perspective online.

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La revue Perspective : actualité en histoire de l’art consacrera son n° 2024 – 1 à la question de l'autonomie.

La notion d’autonomie est centrale pour appréhender l’œuvre d’art au moins depuis l’essor de la philosophie esthétique au xviiie siècle. Si elle est disputée, c’est qu’elle renvoie à des significations multiples dans les différents domaines des sciences humaines et sociales. Elle peut concerner l’art ou l’esthétique (par rapport aux champs politique, social, moral ou encore religieux), les œuvres d’art elles-mêmes (leur référentialité et, plus largement, leur vie propre – en ce sens elle renverrait aussi à leur réception), l’artiste (dont il conviendrait de lire l’histoire à l’aune de celle de l’avènement de l’individu ou encore, par exemple, à partir de sa définition romantique, plus tardive) et enfin l’histoire de l’art (comme discipline autonome), toutes périodes et aires géographiques confondues.

 En parallèle de contributions sur les xixe et xxe siècles qui semblent au premier chef concernés, la revue, dans ce numéro coordonné par Maxime Boidy (université Gustave-Eiffel), souhaite donc proposer aux spécialistes de l’histoire de l’art moderne, de la Renaissance, du Moyen Âge et de l’Antiquité de sonder la préhistoire de cette notion partout où l’ordre politique, les structures religieuses et les dynamiques culturelles et sociales ont façonné ou présagé ses définitions contemporaines.

Prière de faire parvenir vos propositions (un résumé de 2 000 à 3 000 signes, un titre provisoire, une courte bibliographie sur le sujet et une biographie de quelques lignes) à l’adresse de la rédaction (revue-perspective@inha.fr) le 16 janvier 2023 au plus tard. Les auteurs des propositions retenues seront informés de la décision du comité de rédaction en février 2023, tandis que les articles seront à remettre pour le 1er mai 2023. Les articles soumis seront définitivement acceptés à l’issue d’un processus anonyme d’évaluation par les pairs.

Pour en savoir plus, cliquez ICI, consultez la page de la revue sur le site de l'INHA, et parcourez Perspective en ligne ici.

Auralizing the Medieval Image The Music of Ste. Foy at Conques, Bing Concert Hall, Stanford University, 10 February 2023, 7:30 pm PT (In-Person)

Auralizing the Medieval Image

The Music of Ste. Foy at Conques 

10 Februrary 2023, 7:30 pm PT (In-Person)

Bing Concert Hall, Stanford University

From the same artistic and scholarly team who brought a recreation of Hagia Sophia to Bing several years ago, Stanford’s Art and Art History department and Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics group collaborate with Marcel Pérès and his Ensemble Organum to re-create the spiritual sights and sounds from the medieval Office of Ste. Foy at Conques. This first modern musical realization of the eleventh-century liturgical chant features a close connection between melody, golden image, relief sculpture, and the resonant acoustics of the Romanesque architecture of stone vaults.

Learn more about the project here and visit the related exhibition at the Stanford Art Gallery "AudioVision in the Middle Ages: Ste. Foy at Conques" (January 24–March 17). On February 10—the day of the concert at Bing—the gallery exhibit will be open from 1 pm to 7 pm PT.

COST: Tickets start at $30

For more information and to purchase tickets: https://live.stanford.edu/calendar/february-2023/auralizing-medieval-image

New Exhibition: AudioVision in the Middle Ages: Ste. Foy at Conques, Stanford Art Gallery, January 24th - March 17th, 2023

AudioVision in the Middle Ages: Ste. Foy at Conques

Stanford Art Gallery

January 24th - March 17th, 2023

Sponsored by Department of Art & Art History, Stanford University

Photo by Boris Missirkov

Bissera Pentcheva directs the interdisciplinary project “Enchanted Images” which explores the synergy between medieval chant and image. Sponsored by a Cultivating the Humanities grant 2021-2024, support from the Deans of Humanities and Sciences, and Bob and Kathy Burke, this collaborative research is producing three public-facing events in 2023: this exhibition at the Stanford Art Gallery “AudioVision in the Middle Ages: Ste. Foy at Conques (January 24-March 17); a concert at Bing Hall through Stanford Live “Auralizing the Medieval Image,” February 10; and an international symposium “Medieval Art and Music between Heritage, Modernity, and Multi-Media,” February 11.

Gallery Open: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm PT

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 26th, 4:00 - 6:00pm PT

Auralizing the Medieval Image: Friday, February 10th - Bing Concert Hall, 7:30 pm PT

In connection with the Stanford Bing Concert, the Stanford Art Gallery will be open 1:00 - 7:00pm on February 10th

Stanford Art Gallery is located at 419 Lasuen Mall. Visitor parking is free all day on weekends and after 4 pm on weekdays, except by the Oval. Alternatively, take the Caltrain to Palo Alto Transit Center and hop on the free Stanford Marguerite Shuttle.

CALL FOR PHD APPLICATIONS: REJECTING AND RECYCLING THE PAST IN REFORMATION CANTERBURY, AHRC/CHASE COLLABORATIVE DOCTORAL AWARD PHD STUDENTSHIP, DUE 13 January 2023, 12:00 PM GMT (7:00 AM ET)

CALL FOR PHD APPLICATIONS

REJECTING AND RECYCLING THE PAST IN REFORMATION CANTERBURY

AHRC/CHASE COLLABORATIVE DOCTORAL AWARD PHD STUDENTSHIP IN COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITY OF KENT AND CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL

Due by Friday 13 January 2023, 12:00 PM GMT (7:00 AM ET)

Qualification type: PhD

Location: University of Kent, Canterbury

Funding for: UK Students / International Students

Funding amount: fees and stipend at AHRC rates (for the current academic year 2022-23, the stipend rate is £18,218 - This includes enhanced stipend to cover additional travel costs relating to the project. Please note: this funding amount typically increases with inflation each academic year. The award will cover UK or international fees.

The studentship

This collaborative doctoral award will allow one student to intervene in an emerging new humanities discipline, working at a World Heritage Site. Funded by CHASE, it is a collaboration between the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Kent and the Archives and Library at Canterbury Cathedral.

 
Background

This project takes an historical perspective on two issues of urgent present-day importance: the impulse or imperative to destroy certain cultural artefacts (iconoclasm) and the countervailing need to reuse and recycle. The historical lens is the sixteenth century when the destruction wrought by the Dissolution of the Monasteries was met with a concern to salvage and redeploy what remained. Canterbury Cathedral has many witnesses to this in its Archives and Library: fragments of medieval manuscripts reused in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.‘Fragmentology’ is a developing discipline in its own right, and one which can disrupt existing narratives by introducingnew evidence and fresh eyes. This award will place the successful candidate at the heart of this transformative work.

 The candidate

We encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates. Training in the core skills of palaeography and codicology, as well as in Latin, will be provided as required.

 While a substantial number of fragments in the Cathedral’s collections have been identified, there remain many that have not been. The first task of the student, therefore, will be to explore and excavate the collections for relevant examples. The student will be given full training in identifying, recording and analysing the fragments. The student will be encouraged to consider these fragments as evidence as wider cultures of discarding and salvaging. The student will also be encouraged to consider how to make this materials of interest not only to academic but also to wider audiences.

In terms of qualifications and training, having gained or be about to gain either a MA or professional experience in a relevant area would be welcome but, if that does not describe you, do not be discouraged: if you are interested, do contact the lead supervisor (see below).

How to apply

Applications for this studentship must be made via the University of Kent application form https://www.kent.ac.uk/scholarships

Terms and conditions

The studentship is subject to UKRI eligibility criteria, and will cover home or EU fees and stipend at UKRI rates for a maximum of four years full-time, or eight years part-time study, subject to institutional regulations.

Informal Enquiries

Potential candidates are encouraged to make informal enquiries, contacting the lead supervisor, Dr David Rundle D.G.Rundle@kent.ac.uk

CALL FOR PAPERS: SOUNDSCAPES OF NAPLES: FROM THE MEDIEVAL TO THE EARLY MODERN, 8-9 JUNE 2023, NAPLES

CALL FOR PAPERS

SOUNDSCAPES OF NAPLES: FROM THE MEDIEVAL TO THE EARLY MODERN

CONFERENCE, 8-9 JUNE 2023, NAPLES

Due 31 January 2023

“La Capraia”; Image: Claudio Metallo

Musical practices are inherently woven into a city’s urban fabric: as marker of identity, expression of religious devotion, sonic manifestation of power, or form of entertainment, musicking punctuates the salient moments of a city’s culture. In Naples, for centuries a cultural and political capital and among the most densely populated cities in Europe, music making has always occupied a prominent position in the soundscape of public and private, sacred and secular spaces.

The interdisciplinary conference, Soundscapes of Naples: From the Medieval to the Early Modern, aims to map intersections between the performative dimension of music making and the city’s spaces and places. The organizing committee invites proposals that focus on physical venues (churches, monasteries, theaters, aristocratic palaces, schools, the public piazza, and so on, including their visual programs) as they interface with music performance and production. We welcome proposals on musicking as a cultural practice from musicologists as well as scholars from sister disciplines, including art and architectural history, archaeology, history, literary studies, and anthropology, on themes and approaches such as manuscript and print production, archival studies, music and gender, patronage/matronage, performance practice, history of the senses, acoustics, history of pedagogy, relationships between music and specific works of art, notions of ability/disability, and instrument making.

Proposals should include a curriculum vitae, a brief narrative biography (max. 150 words), and an abstract (max. 350 words), and may be in either Italian or English. The abstract should also indicate the topic’s relevance to the themes outlined above, and whether the proposed contribution could take the form of a presentation on-site at the monument under discussion. Final presentations (20 minutes) may be made in Italian or English. Please combine these materials in a single Word or PDF document with Lastname_Firstname as the title, and send to lacapraia@gmail.com by 31 January 2023. Selected participants will be notified in mid-February 2023.

Soundscapes of Naples: From the Medieval to the Early Modern is coorganized by the Center for the Art and Architectural History of Port Cities “La Capraia” (a partnership between the Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History at the University of Texas at Dallas and the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte) and the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin.

CALL FOR PAPERS: ‘ENCOUNTERS: CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS, AND JEWS IN MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN ART,' 16TH ANNUAL IMAGO CONFERENCE, DUE 1 JANUARY 2023

CALL FOR PAPERS

‘ENCOUNTERS: CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS, AND JEWS IN MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN ART’

16TH ANNUAL IMAGO CONFERENCE

DUE 1 JANUARY 2023

Encounters between Christians, Muslims, and Jews were manifold in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. In recent decades scholarship has increasingly begun to acknowledge the significance of such encounters for the development of artistic production and visual culture in each of these societies. For example, a shared culture of luxury goods common to the elite of both Christian and Muslim principalities, and the rich dialogue between Jews and Christians pertaining to the production of illuminated manuscripts, have been comprehensively studied. The 16th Annual IMAGO conference consequently aspires to examine the impact of encounters between Jews, Muslims, and Christians on the visual culture and art of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period. We hope that the resulting papers will not only shed new light on the artistic, social, religious, and political mechanisms involved in such encounters throughout this period, but will also produce fresh insights into the cultural and artistic outcomes of these encounters.

We invite papers in English from diverse points of view: case studies of iconographies resulting from such encounters; studies of the artistic responses to specific conditions of encounters and dialogues; comparative studies on the connections between the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic worlds, etc. Interdisciplinary studies and those engaging with the production, reception, and interpretation of art produced through such encounters are of particular interest. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

• Artists, artisans, and workshops
• Luxury goods, portable objects, and trade
• Manuscript illumination
• Visual elements in everyday life and the domestic sphere
• Visual agency in acculturation, mission, conversion,
interfaith debates, and polemics
• Images of Jews, Muslims, and Christians
• Use, reuse, misuse, and appropriation of objects
• Quotation, citation, and the migration of pictorial and
architectural motifs

The conference will take place on Thursday, March 2, 2023, at Bar-Ilan University.

Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be sent to Dr. Gil Fishhof (gfishhof@staff.haifa.ac.il) no later than January 1, 2023. Abstracts should include the applicant’s name, professional affiliation, contact details, and a short CV. Each paper should be limited to a 20-minute presentation, to
be followed by a discussion and questions. All applicants will be notified by January 20, 2023, regarding the acceptance of their proposal. For additional information or further inquiries, please contact Dr. Fishhof.

Organizing committee: Dr. Gil Fishhof, Dr. Zvi Orgad, Prof. Jochai Rosen, Ms. Mazi Kuzi, Ms. Masha Goldin

FLYER FOR PANEL

Call for Applications: Short-Term Residential Fellowships for Individual Research at The Newberry, APPLICATION DUE 15 December 2022 11:59 PM CT (16 December 2022 12:59 AM ET)

Short-Term Residential Fellowships for Individual Research

The Newberry, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610

Due 15 December 2022 11:59 PM CT (16 December 2022 12:59 AM ET)

Researchers with short-term fellowships spend one to two months investigating specific collection items that are essential to their scholarship.

Supporting scholars who demonstrate a specific need for the Newberry collection.

Stipend: $3,000/month

Length: 1 month

Who can apply: Scholars working in any field. Short-term fellowships are open to faculty members and postdoctoral scholars; PhD candidates with “All But Dissertation” (ABD) status; and scholars with terminal degrees in areas that do not offer a PhD, such as an MFA, MLIS, MSW, or JD.

Short-term fellowship applications are due by 11:59 pm (CT) on December 15.

• There's a ten-day grace period for recommenders to submit their letter of recommendation. Letters will not be accepted after December 25.

• Applicants will be notified of their status in late April/early May.

For more information on how to apply and requisite application materials: https://www.newberry.org/research/fellowships/how-to-apply

New Video: Friends of the ICMA presents Medieval Coming Attractions, 15 November 2022

Friends of the ICMA

presents

Medieval Coming Attractions

15 November 2022

The Friends of the ICMA held their latest in a series of special online events on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 12:00pm ET (9:00am PT; 5:00pm GMT; and 6:00pm CET). The hour-long program previewed three medieval exhibitions scheduled to open in 2023, each introduced by its curator in charge.

The event can now be viewed on the Special Online Lectures page of the ICMA website: https://www.medievalart.org/special-online-lectures

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: SUMMER AND LONG-TERM 2023 UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, THE MET, DEADLINE 18 JANUARY 2023 5 PM ET

SUMMER AND LONG-TERM 2023 UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Join a community of interns to gain professional skills and learn about museum practice! We are currently accepting applications for summer and long-term internships at The Met in a wide range of department areas.
Application deadline: January 18, 2023, 5 PM ET

SUMMER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

The Met offers paid opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as recent graduates, to explore museum careers and gain professional experience during the summer.

The Met strongly encourages applications from students who are members of groups underrepresented in careers related to museums and the visual arts.

Note: The undergraduate and graduate internship program descriptions on this page reflect The Met's current plans as of November 2022. However, due to the unpredictability surrounding COVID-19, the Museum may need to change, delay, shorten, and/or cancel the 2023 programs. We will provide periodic updates regarding any major changes or developments.

LONG-TERM INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Full-time nine-month and twelve-month internships are awarded every year to recent graduates of degree-granting programs at the graduate and undergraduate level. Long-term interns begin on the first Monday in June and participate fully in the ten-week Museum Seminar (MuSe) Internship Program. Please read the description of the MuSe Program before applying. At the conclusion of the summer session, they continue work with their supervisors for the remainder of their internship period and participate in weekly programming for the Fall- and Spring-Semester Internship Program.

The Met strongly encourages applications from students who are members of groups underrepresented in careers related to museums and the visual arts.

Note: The undergraduate and graduate internship program descriptions on this page reflect The Met's current plans as of November 2022. However, due to the unpredictability surrounding COVID-19, the Museum may need to change, delay, shorten, and/or cancel the 2023 programs. We will provide periodic updates regarding any major changes or developments.

REQUIREMENTS (SUMMER)

• All interns are employed by The Met and must have valid U.S. work authorization. If you are not a U.S. citizen nor a permanent resident with authorization and a social security number. If you are not a U.S. citizen nor a permanent resident with authorization to live and work in the U.S., please see “International Applicants” below.

REQUIREMENTS (LONG-TERM)

• All interns are employed by The Met and must have valid U.S. work authorization. If you are not a U.S. citizen nor a permanent resident with authorization to live and work in the U.S., please see “International Applicants” below.

• Met interns commit to being fully present and onsite for the duration of the internship. They are not permitted to take courses or hold additional jobs or internships that coincide with their scheduled Met internship work hours.

• Internship dates are fixed and not flexible.

INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS

Undergraduate and graduate internships at the Museum are open to international applicants. Interns are responsible for ensuring that they have valid legal status under applicable U.S. visa regulations while participating in the Museum's paid internship program. All interns must have valid U.S. work authorization. The Museum does not sponsor visas for interns. If you require a visa, you may be eligible to participate in the Exchange Visitor Program (J-1 visa program), by going through an outside agency that has been authorized by the State Department to sponsor a J-1 trainee visa. These sponsors are responsible for supporting and monitoring foreign nationals during their exchange programs in the United States. Note: the J-1 visa program currently requires that interns work 32 hours per week; for this reason, individuals requiring a J-1 visa should only apply to the full-time MuSe Internship Program, not the part-time internship.

We recommend that you consult with the U.S. embassy in your home country to determine which visa will allow you to participate in this internship. Please be aware that obtaining a visa is usually a lengthy process and can cost upwards of US$1,500; it must be completed well in advance of the internship start date. If you are offered an internship but do not have work authorization before the start date of the program, your internship will be canceled.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply using the online application.

Application deadline: January 18, 2023, 5 pm (ET)

Notification: by the end of April 2023

If you need an access accommodation or have a question regarding available accommodations, or if you need this application in an alternative format to successfully submit your candidacy, please contact collegeprograms@metmuseum.org.

The application will ask you to select which internships interest you: a part-time internship, a MuSe Program ten-week internship, or a MuSe Program long-term internship. You may apply for any and all of these internships with the same application.

The application requires:

• Short essay responses (including an essay specific to the long-term internship(s) to which you are applying)

• An unofficial transcript

• A résumé describing any work or extracurricular experiences

• For Design Department candidates, a PDF portfolio or link to an online portfolio

• Two letters of recommendation, one of which must be from a professor or instructor who knows you in an academic context

Interviews
Interviews are required for finalists only. If you are selected as a finalist, we will contact you directly to set up an interview by phone or video conference.

Please refer to our Frequently Asked Questions if you have general questions about the program, or register for one of our online information sessions to learn more about the program and application process.

Apply online.

Please note: your recommendation letters must be submitted by this application deadline. We will not accept any applications, application materials, or recommendations after the deadline.

ONLINE INTERNSHIP INFORMATION SESSIONS

Thursday, December 8, 5:00–5:45 PM
Friday, December 9, 12:15–1:00 PM
Wednesday, December 14, 10:00–10:45 AM

Are you curious about what interns do at The Met? Wondering what to include in your application? Join a virtual information session before the summer application closes on January 18, 2023.
Free, though advance registration is required.
Register now →

NEW! MARY JAHARIS INTERNSHIP IN MEDIEVAL ART

We're excited to announce a special ten-week internship placement in the Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters for someone with an interest in Byzantine Art and the histories of medieval communities in northern and eastern Africa. This full-time summer internship (with the possibility of a part-time extension in the fall) is part of the Museum Seminar (MuSe) Internship Program. The intern gains curatorial skills by working closely with staff on organizing an exhibition about the connection between Africa and the Byzantine World. They will assist with the completion of the exhibition catalogue, help develop didactic materials for the installation, and brainstorm community-centered interpretive strategies. Additionally, the intern will have the opportunity to contribute to the department's social media platforms. This internship is ideal for someone with an interest in Byzantine art and/or the arts of north and eastern Africa. Also, it will be important for the intern to have a desire to contribute to efforts to diversify the narratives explored in museum collections and their display. Applicants should select the Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters on the application.

For more information: https://mail.metmuseum.org/q/11opNu5H4Ql1MDF8jpW0ki2/wv?fbclid=IwAR0GTfCD1kP0WDh3TmddHlYLww9N64gC38dyCTJhtILJZgFBJ0E83eqUTHI&mibextid=S66gvF

CALL FOR PAPERS: ‘LACUNAE’, 33RD ANNUAL MEDIEVAL STUDIES COLLOQUIUM (MSSC) (ONLINE - 11 MARCH 2023), DEADLINE 15 DECEMBER 2022)

CALL FOR PAPERS

‘LACUNAE’

33RD ANNUAL MEDIEVAL STUDIES COLLOQUIUM (MSSC)

(ABSTRACT DEADLINE 15 DECEMBER 2022)

The Medieval Studies Program at Cornell is pleased to announce the 33rd Annual Medieval Studies Student Colloquium (MSSC), which takes the idea of “Lacunae” as its theme. The conference will be held virtually over Zoom on Saturday, March 11th, 2023. 

We invite proposals for 20-minute papers investigating the various lacunae present in the Middle Ages or later understandings of or scholarship on the medieval period. Such papers are encouraged to approach this theme from an expansive range of disciplines and perspectives, especially–as the theme suggests–those which have been absent or underrepresented within medieval studies. “Lacunae” can refer to unfilled spaces, gaps, cavities, holes, or absences. For the purposes of this conference, papers may address lacunae in medieval archives or records (i.e., what materials or knowledge about the Middle Ages are we missing or have we lost?) or lacunae in research and other later engagements with the Middle Ages. What strands of theory or scholarship have not been applied to medieval studies? What voices are absent in the field? What medieval works or aspects of medieval culture (material or immaterial) have been overlooked by postmedieval thinkers or reconstructions/re-imaginings of the ‘medieval’? What are the ramifications of medieval lacunae in our current or past understandings of the Middle Ages? Papers may respond to, but are certainly not limited to, these questions.

Papers from underrepresented fields and backgrounds are particularly welcome, and we strongly encourage papers that look beyond Christian, Eurocentric, and Anglocentric contexts. We invite submissions from all fields and disciplines adjacent to Medieval Studies, including but not limited to Asian Studies, Africana Studies, anthropology, archaeology, art history, Asian Studies, classics, Critical Race Studies, gender and sexuality studies, history, Indigenous Studies, literature, Near Eastern Studies, philosophy, and theology. While we will consider all abstracts that are submitted, we will give priority to those aligned with the colloquium’s theme.

Please send abstracts to Lars Johnson at loj6@cornell.edu by December 15th, 2022. 

THE CHRISTMAS STORY IN RENAISSANCE ART, Dr. Paula Nuttall, The Arts Society North Bucks, Newport Pagnell, UK, 8 December 2022, 11:00 AM (In-Person)

Welcome to The Arts Society North Bucks

THE CHRISTMAS STORY IN RENAISSANCE ART

Dr. Paula Nuttall

Thursday, December 8, 2022, 11:00 AM

Lovat Hall, Silver Street, Newport Pagnell, UK MK16 0EJ (In-Person)

The Christmas story is related through a series of well-loved paintings and illuminated manuscripts by Flemish and Italian artists.

This lecture tells the Christmas story through a selection of well-loved paintings and illuminated manuscripts by Italian and Flemish artists, including Botticelli, Fra Angelico and Jan van Eyck, together with many less well-known images.

From the Annunciation to the Nativity, the Journey of the Kings and the Flight into Egypt, it explores the rich symbolism of Christmas imagery, highlights the ways in which spiritual ideas and devotional practice shaped the depiction of the narrative, and introduces some less familiar aspects of the story, such as the Midwives and Joseph’s stockings. 

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

DR PAULA NUTTALL - Director of V&A Medieval and Renaissance Year Course. Specialist in Renaissance art, both Italian and northern European, on which she has published widely, notably From Flanders to Florence: the Impact of Netherlandish Painting 1400-1500 (Yale, 2004). Has collaborated on major exhibitions including Jan van Eyck: an Optical Revolution (Ghent, 2020). Formerly lecturer at the Courtauld Institute and the British Institute of Florence.

For more information: https://theartssociety.org/events/christmas-story-renaissance-art

CALL FOR PAPERS: EASTER IN LATE ANTIQUITY AND THE MIDDLE AGES (ONLINE - 1ST APRIL 2023), DEADLINE 31ST DECEMBER 2022

Deadline: December 31, 2022

The After Constantine Journal, the Medievalists.net, and the Orthodox Academy of Crete are inviting academic scholars to participate in the conference Easter in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, which will take place on Zoom on April 1st, 2023. This conference will examine how Easter was celebrated and viewed from Late Antiquity throughout the medieval period. Every year this would be a high point of Christian life, and medieval people were keenly interested in many aspects of this event.

We are looking for papers on a wide variety of topics, including:

• The origins of its rituals

• How different traditions developed throughout the late antique and medieval worlds

• How it impacted relations with other religious groups

• How determining the date of Easter spurred learning in various subjects

Candidates are welcome to send their abstracts accompanied by a brief biographical note in English to the Journal's email (afterconstantine@mail.com) or the network's email (medievalists.net@gmail.com), or to the Orthodox Academy of Crete's email (oac@oac.gr).

Estimated final response: January 5, 2023

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Call for Papers: Visualizing Infrastructure in the Middle Ages, Special Session for the 2023 Midwest Art History Society Conference, Due 9 December 2022

Visualizing Infrastructure in the Middle Ages

Special Session for the 2023 Midwest Art History Society Conference

Deadline 9 December 2022

Roads, bridges, aqueducts, canals: all were part of the impressive infrastructural, environmental, and ecological legacy that the Roman Empire left to the medieval world. This session aims to explore that inheritance and subsequent developments in medieval infrastructure through the visual, material, and textual record. The organisers invite submissions that examine remains or representations of infrastructure as well as related matters including but not limited to political power and symbolism, construction or repair practices, materials and media, financing and taxation, and practicalities of transportation and communication. The organisers welcome papers that deal with any period in the Middle Ages with a focus on Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East.

Proposals from graduate students or early-career scholars are especially welcome. Please send abstracts of no more than 200 works and a two-page CV to leson@uwm.edu by December 9.

The 49th Annual Conference of the Midwest Art History Society will be held from March 30 to April 1, 2023 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Those attending will find an iconic example of contemporary architecture and leading research universities within a vibrant cultural setting along Lake Michigan. On Thursday, March 30, the Haggerty Art Museum at Marquette University will host sessions at the Raynor Memorial Library and will offer tours of the museum. That evening, the Milwaukee Art Museum will host the keynote speaker—internationally recognized multidisciplinary artist and member of the Lac Seul First Nation (Anishinaabe) Rebecca Belmore—and a reception. On Friday, March 31, sessions will be offered at the Art History Department of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and tours will be available of the Art History Department’s Emile H. Mathis Art Gallery. For weekend events and more information, click here for the Fall 2022 edition of MAHS eNews.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: TUCHER-FELLOWSHIP AM GERMANISCHEN NATIONALMUSEUM, DUE 1 FEBRUARY 2023

TUCHER-FELLOWSHIP AM GERMANISCHEN NATIONALMUSEUM

DUE 1 FEBRUARY 2023

Veit Stoß, Drachenleuchter, Nürnberg, 1522 - Auftraggeber: Anton II. Tucher

Every two years the Tucher’sche Kulturstiftung und das Germanische Nationalmuseum award a fellowship to a doctoral candidate for research on a topic in German art and/or cultural history and, if possible, with a connection to the history of the patrician family Tucher. Applications from abroad receive priority.

The fellowship pays a monthly stipend of € 1,500 and makes possible a six-month research stay at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum. The earliest possible start date for the next fellowship is 6th June 2023.

While at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum (GNM), the fellow will:
• be supported by the museum’s curatorial and research staff,
• will have open access to the museum’s facilities,
• be welcome to participate in the museum’s various events.
Furthermore, they will be involved in the museum’s trainee program.

Prerequisites for a fellowship application are a master’s degree (or equivalent) with high marks, candidacy for a doctoral degree, and a very good and proven knowledge of the German language.

Required application materials (preferably in German):
• Research proposal (3 pages, 1.5 spaced), explaining one’s own interest in the topic, sketching the current state of the questions, describing preliminary work already completed, explaining how a stay at the GNM would advance the dissertation project and how it relates to the von Tucher family.
• Abstract of the research proposal (10–15 lines), which, if the fellowship is awarded, may be posted on the website of the GNM.
• Curriculum vitae, list of publications, study and work certificates (as applicable)
• 2 letters of recommendation

The fellow is required to present their findings at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum and also to present a final report at a meeting of the Tucher’sche Kulturstiftung, to which the Stiftung will invite guests and, as the case may be, the press. Furthermore, they agree to provide both the Germanisches Nationalmuseum and the Tucher’sche Kulturstiftung with a written final report and a copy of the dissertation (paper or electronic).

A travel allowance can be requested from the Tucher’sche Kulturstiftung.

Fellows from abroad must be in possession of a health insurance policy that covers possible costs of medical treatment in the Federal Republic of Germany. Proof of coverage must be submitted before the start of the fellowship period. The fellowship cannot be commenced without health insurance coverage.

A residence permit, if required, must be applied for by the fellow themself. The responsible authority in Nuremberg is the foreigners’ registration office (Ausländerbehörde) in the residents’ registration office. (Contact: Einwohneramt/Ausländerbehörde, Äußere Laufer Gasse 29, 90403 Nürnberg, Tel.: 0911/231-45000; https://www.nuernberg.de/internet/auslaenderbehoerde-/aufenthaltstitel.html)

Please submit applications with the requested materials via e-mail (as a single PDF file) by 1st February 2023 to one of the following addresses:

Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Personalabteilung
Kornmarkt 1
90402 Nürnberg
Germany

E-Mail: Bewerbungen@gnm.de

The decision to award a fellowship lies with the Tucher’sche Kulturstiftung and the Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Applicants have no legal claim to a fellowship.

Contact persons:
For questions relating to research: Herr Dr. Markus T. Huber (m.huber@gnm.de)
For administrative questions: Frau Rita Wolkersdorfer (r.wolkersdorfer@gnm.de)

For more information: https://www.gnm.de/museum/tucher-fellowship/

Call for Applications: Kay Fellow in Premodern Disability Studies, Brandeis University, DUE 15 December 2022

Kay Fellow in Premodern Disability Studies

Brandeis University invites applications for a two-year, non-renewable Florence Levy Kay Fellowship in Premodern Disability Studies. We seek a Fellow who takes a multicultural and intersectional approach to disability in the global, ancient world. An ideal candidate would examine disability and disabled persons within a premodern context by drawing upon robust theoretical frameworks to embrace an intersectional approach to disability history and redress the discriminatory traditions of scholars of the past. The area and period of specialization is open, but we are specifically seeking a Fellow whose research and teaching interests explore the cross-cultural experiences around disability in a global context. The Fellow would use interdisciplinary methods in their research but may have specialized training in history, linguistics, art, literature, or material culture. We welcome applications from PhDs in ancient Afro-Eurasian history or other related fields in the global premodern world.

Kay Fellowships are interdisciplinary appointments. The Kay Fellow in Premodern Disability Studies will hold a joint appointment as a faculty member at the rank of lecturer in the Departments of Classical Studies and English. The Kay Fellow will teach one course per semester and actively pursue their own research interests. The Fellow will receive a 2023-2024 salary of $62,000, plus benefits, with moving expenses (around $1,500), and a research fund of up to $4,000 per year. PhD should be in hand by the commencement of the fellowship. Applications, which should be submitted through AcademicJobsOnline at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/23381, should include the following:

● Curriculum Vitae

● Writing sample (under 30 pages)

● Cover letter to include brief statement of research and teaching interests (no longer than two pages)

● Three References (no actual letters, just names and email addresses)

● And anything else requested in the position description.

Letters of recommendation will be solicited for a short list of candidates. First consideration will be given to applications received by December 15, 2022. Questions about the position may be directed to Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom at brookshedstrom@brandeis.edu.

We plan to conduct the first round of virtual interviews in January 2023 via Zoom.

At Brandeis, we believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential components of academic excellence. Brandeis University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer that is committed to creating equitable access and opportunities for applicants to all employment positions. Because diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of Brandeis’ history and mission, we value and are seeking candidates with a variety of social identities, including those that have been underrepresented in higher education, who possess skills that spark innovation, and who, through their scholarly pursuits, teaching, and/or service experiences, bring expertise in building, engaging and sustaining a pluralistic, unified, and just campus community.

Application Materials Required:

Submit the following items online at this website to complete your application:

• Curriculum Vitae

• Cover letter, to include brief statement of research and teaching interests (no longer than two pages)

• Writing sample (under 30 pages)

• Three references (no actual letters, just names and email addresses )

And anything else requested in the position description.

Further Info:

Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom brookshedtrom@brandeis.edu

Kay Fellow Search
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