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Art History Student Archaeological Field Experience in Peru – Call for Applicants

Apply by December 1, 2024

The FSU Department of Art History seeks two graduate students to participate in a student archaeological field experience in Peru in the early summer of 2025. The two successful applicants will participate in the 2025 field season of the Haciendas of Nasca Archaeological Project (PAHN), directed by Visiting Assistant Professor Brendan Weaver. This program is planned for May and June 2025 (exact dates TBA). Students with diverse interests in art history, visual and material culture, architectural analysis, museums, cultural heritage, and public engagement are encouraged to apply.  READ MORE

College of Fine Arts Student Research & Career Preparation Awards

Apply by November 18, 2024

The College of Fine Arts announces new Student Research & Career Preparation (RCP) Awards for the 2024-2025 academic year. These awards help provide funding for creative research, conferences, residencies, and travel in support of experiential learning and career preparation.

These awards celebrate the contributions our students make to research, the University and the arts community worldwide. They are designed to help offset some of the out-of-pocket costs and make experiences like creative research, artistic/scholastic work, residencies, experiential learning and internships more accessible for our students.

All full-time enrolled College of Fine Arts majors are eligible to apply.  In order to be considered for an award, your activity dates must take place between 8/26/2024 through 5/5/2025.

Applications are due Monday, November 18th at 11:59 PM. Apply now at https://bit.ly/4dYwUu2

Collections Manager, LA Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University

Apply Soon, Open until filled

The Middle American Research Institute (M.A.R.I.) seeks a Collections Manager to oversee its collection of artifacts and archival materials. Reporting to the Director of M.A.R.I., the Collections Manager is responsible for developing and executing a modern conservation plan to systematically maintain and curate the collection and archives and accept and process donations. Additionally, this position facilitates access to the collection and archives, manages the database, provides environmental monitoring, manages exhibitions, and supervises student employees, interns, volunteers, and research fellows.
 
M.A.R.I. has more than 35,000 ethnological and archaeological objects representing a century of donations, stewardship, and research. Although mostly consisting of materials from Mexico and Central America, the collections have important and pedagogically useful artifacts from South America, the prehistoric southwest and southeast of the United States, and an assortment of objects from Asia and Africa. Regarding the archival collections, M.A.R.I.’s stewards thousands of documents, photographic images, negatives, and slides relating to the exploration and scholarship of Mesoamerica. 
Required Education and/or Experience
• At least a Bachelor’s Degree in an appropriate field (museum studies, anthropology/archaeology, or conservation).
• At least three years of collection management and preventative conservation collection care experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least three years of experience with database management.
• Familiarity with state, national, and international cultural heritage, and antiquity laws.
• Experience working with a range of collection types including artifacts, ethnographic materials, photographs, and archival documents.
 
Preferred Qualifications
• Master’s Degree in appropriate field. 
• Experience designing and/or installing exhibits.
• Experience writing grant proposals.
 
UGA Assistant Professor of Art History: Global Early-Modern Visual Culture, 1300-1700

Apply by January 1, 2025

The Art History program at the University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track appointment to begin August 2025. We seek a scholar of visual and material culture of the Early Modern period (c.1300-1700). Successful candidates will engage a global approach, one that prioritizes intellectual and material exchanges between Europe, Africa, the Near East, Asia, or the Americas. A candidate’s research focus may lie within any of these geographical areas, while addressing broader early-modern histories such as global trade, religious and social transformation, humanism, technological advancement, enslavement, and empire. 

A PhD in Art History or Visual Culture (or related field) is required by the time of appointment. Successful candidates will have a proven record of active research and an emerging or established reputation within Early Modern or Renaissance studies. In addition to an active research agenda, the position carries a teaching load of 4 courses per year at the graduate and undergraduate level. Mentorship and advising of both graduate and undergraduate students is expected, as is participation on graduate committees. Interest in teaching courses that contribute to the museum studies certificate is preferred. We are a collaborative community in which faculty may co-host visiting artists and scholars, develop new cross-listed curricula, and participate in initiatives across the School of Art and Franklin College. For instance, faculty in Art History are encouraged to engage with the Georgia Museum of Art in their research and teaching through on-site class instruction, faculty or student-curated study galleries, and courses in the college’s museum studies certificate program. We would also welcome new approaches to early-modern technologies that might connect with UGA’s growing interdisciplinary programs in AI and digital humanities.

For full consideration, applications should be submitted by Jan. 1, 2025. We will receive applications for this position through the University of Georgia, Faculty Jobs website: https://www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/401886

Applications should include:

  • Resume/CV
  • Cover Letter
  • List of References with Contact Information
  • Teaching Portfolio/Philosophy
  • Research Portfolio/Philosophy

Since our founding in 1785, the University of Georgia has operated as Georgia’s oldest, most comprehensive, and most diversified institution of higher education (https://www.uga.edu/). The proof is in our more than 235 years of academic and professional achievements and our continual commitment to higher education. UGA is currently ranked among the top 20 public universities in U.S. News & World Report. The University’s main campus is located in Athens, approximately 65 miles northeast of Atlanta, with extended campuses in Atlanta, Griffin, Gwinnett, and Tifton. UGA employs approximately 3,000 faculty and more than 7,700 full-time staff. The University’s enrollment exceeds 40,000 students including over 30,000 undergraduates and over 10,000 graduate and professional students. Academic programs reside in 18 schools and colleges, as well as a medical partnership with Augusta University housed on the UGA Health Sciences Campus in Athens.

The Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia (https://art.uga.edu) has over 45 full-time faculty members in studio art, design, art education, and art history, administering undergraduate and graduate programs to 1,000 majors and graduate students. The Art History program at the School of Art offers undergraduate BA major and minor degrees and graduate degrees at the MA and PhD levels. The Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, its many units, and the University of Georgia are committed to sustaining a work and learning environment that is inclusive. The College has a strong commitment to multidisciplinary research, collaboration and academic innovation.

The University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, genetic information, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or protected veteran status. Persons needing accommodations or assistance with the accessibility of materials related to this search are encouraged to contact Central HR (hrweb@uga.edu).

 

Call for Papers: UGA Emerging Scholars Symposium "Beyond the Center: Art Histories From the Periphery," Feb. 2025

Apply by November 15, 2024

UGA Association of Graduate Art Students and Georgia Museum of Art invite abstracts for their symposium, “Beyond the Center: Art Histories From the Periphery,” which will take place Friday, February 21st, 2025, with the keynote lecture the evening of Thursday, February 20th, 2025. 

 

The Association of Graduate Art Students (AGAS) at the University of Georgia, in partnership with the Georgia Museum of Art, invites emerging scholars to submit proposals for papers on topics that explore the idea of art styles and movements from perspectives beyond art history’s well-established timelines and geographies.

The symposium will be presented in conjunction with the traveling exhibition “Beyond the Medici: The Haukohl Family Collection,” on view at the Georgia Museum of Art, February 1st- May 18th, 2025. This exhibition highlights a period and location deserving of greater study: seventeenth-century Baroque Florence. The study of Baroque art is traditionally focused in Rome as the style’s capital. Meanwhile in Florence, new developments in music and science led native and foreign artists to produce a style that encompassed the essential ideas and characteristic elements of the Baroque while still remaining distinctly Florentine. The discipline of art history evolves as more and more research is directed beyond the traditional cities, civilizations, and timelines. Just as the show centers a localized corpus of art outside the principal story of Baroque art, this symposium encourages scholars to do the same, to rethink the predominant art historical narratives around style, period, and geographic location

Our symposium welcomes all submissions, we especially encourage papers that explore subjects that include, but are not limited to:

  • ●  “Retrograde” practices of artistic styles beyond their heydays

  • ●  The decorative arts and other non-canonical media

  • ●  Transnational and transcultural exchanges

  • ●  Recenter art created by marginalized individuals and communities

  • ●  Alternative Timelines and Geographies

    Current M.A. and PhD graduate students and emerging scholars should submit abstracts (maximum 300 words) for a 20-minute paper presentation, and an up-to-date CV to agas@uga.edu by November 15, 2024. Applicants will be notified of the committee’s decision by early December 2024. An honorarium to assist with travel will be provided to those who are selected.

Call for Papers: Queer Palimpsests: Rewriting Medieval Art History, graduate student symposium at the Clark Art Institute in April 2025

Apply by November 12, 2024

Queer Palimpsests: Rewriting Medieval Art History, a graduate student symposium on Friday, April 11, 2025, at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

The full call for papers, details about the keynote by Dr. Karl Whittington (Ohio State University), as well as other logistics (travel and accommodation will be arranged by RAP), can be found here.

Assistant Professor of Art History, Tenure-Track, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA

Apply by November 15, 2024

The Department of Art and Design at Susquehanna University invites applications for a tenure-track appointment in art history, beginning in fall 2025. The successful candidate will be the primary art history faculty member within a small, but thriving, department offering degrees in art history, studio art, and graphic design.

The successful candidate will teach a 3/3 course load, including the two traditional world art history surveys, an additional variety of focused and topics-based art history classes (such as Contemporary Art History, Women in Art, Socially Engaged Art, Renaissance, and Modernism as examples), and potentially an annual section of the university’s first-year seminar course. There is ample opportunity to teach within one’s specialization and create new courses, however the successful candidate should expect to offer annual courses as needed by the department, drawn from the entire historical arc of the discipline.

COMPLETE DETAILS HERE  Application closes November 15th with review starting November 22nd.

Southeast Archeological Center offers Paid Museum Internship

Apply by October 29, 2024

SEAC is offering a 1200-hour paid National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE) internship at $18.50 per hour; the ideal applicant has recently completed, or is working toward, an undergraduate or graduate degree in archeology, cultural resource management, museum studies, or related field.  The start date is flexible, but we anticipate it roughly aligning with the spring semester (starting sometime in January 2025). The posting closes October 29.

DETAILS HERE

 

 

2025–26 Met Fellowship Programs

Apply by October 18, 2024

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announces that the application for the 2025–2026 Met Fellowship Program is open.

Learn more about the types of fellowships offered.

Deadline for all application materials (including letters of recommendation):

  • History of Art and Visual Culture Fellowships: October 18
  • Interdisciplinary Fellowships: October 18
  • Leonard A. Lauder Fellowships in Modern Art: October 18
  • Eugene V. Thaw Fellowship for Collections Cataloguing: October 18
  • Conservation Fellowship and Scientific Research Fellowship: November 13
Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) Research, Travel, and Creative Works Grant

FSU’s Native American and Indigenous Studies Center strives to support student research and artistic activity that focuses on and engages with Native American and Indigenous communities across the globe. Towards that end, this grant fund provides students with reimbursable funding to assist in research, travel, and creative works that are focused on creating and/or developing knowledge with Native and Indigenous partners and/or to support travel related to disseminating knowledge at conferences, meetings, and/or workshops. Creative works and activities associated with Indigenous nations are also encouraged.
COMPLETE DETAILS & APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Call for Papers: 12th Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Saint Louis University

Apply by December 31, 2024

The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University is pleased to issue the Call for Papers for our Twelfth Annual Symposium (June 9-11, 2025). We appreciate your help in spreading the word about the conference and the deadline for proposals (December 31, 2024)

VISIT smrs-slu.edu for details and submission guidelines.

2025 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference in Premodern Studies at the Newberry Library

Proposal Submission Deadline: October 15, 2024

The Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies will host the 2025 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference in Premodern Studies at the Newberry Library Jan 30–Feb 01, 2025.  This annual graduate student conference, organized and run by advanced doctoral students, has become a premier opportunity for emerging scholars to present papers, participate in discussions, and develop collaborations across all fields of classical, medieval, Renaissance, and early modern studies. Participants from a wide variety of disciplines find a supportive and collegial forum for their work, meet future colleagues from other institutions and disciplines, and become familiar with the Newberry and its resources.

The 2025 conference program will include sessions relating to career diversity, professionalization, and rare book presentations in addition to the workshops and conference panels.

Click here for the full call for proposals.

Assistant Director of Student and Alumni Engagement, FSU College of Fine Arts

Open until filled; APPLY SOON

The Division of Alumni Affairs seeks an Assistant Director of Student and Alumni Engagement, who will be responsible for the management, development, and organization of the alumni engagement events, outreach, and programs in the College of Fine Arts. The Assistant Director will connect current students with alumni to increase experiential learning opportunities, and build upon the College of Fine Arts infrastructure to develop and support alumni engagement and leverages alumni engagement best practices to advance relationships with the College.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree and three years of experience; or a high school diploma/equivalent and experience equal to seven years. (Note: post-high school education can substitute for experience at the equivalent rate.)

This is an A&P position, open until filled. The hiring committee will review applications as received.

For more details visit https://jobs.fsu.edu. If you are a current FSU employee, apply via myFSU > Self Service. Search for job ID 58151.

Assistant Professor in the Art of the Ancient Americas, Johns Hopkins  (tenure-track)

Apply before September 9; position begins July 1, 2025

Austen-Stokes Assistant Professor in the Art of the Ancient Americas (tenure-track)

The Department of the History of Art at Johns Hopkins University invites applications for the position of Austen-Stokes Assistant Professor in the Art of the Ancient Americas, to begin July 1, 2025. We welcome applications from scholars specializing in the art, architecture, and/or material culture of pre-colonial North, Central, and/or South America, including the Caribbean.

 Ph.D. in the History of Art, Anthropology/Archaeology, or related fields required at time of appointment. 

Candidates should submit a letter of application, a current CV, and one article- or chapter-length sample of scholarly writing. Applications must demonstrate a strong research profile and a commitment to teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The cover letter should address how the candidate’s research approaches, teaching methodology, and/or public engagement would contribute to the university’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The ideal candidate will also demonstrate a commitment to the field’s development: the Austen-Stokes Professor participates in the recruitment and mentorship of the Austen-Stokes Postdoctoral Fellow (an endowed, two-year fellowship); organizes the annual Austen-Stokes Distinguished Lecture; and fosters student research, travel, and programming through designated, endowed research funds. Applicants should arrange to have three letters of reference sent on their behalf. All materials must be submitted via https://apply.interfolio.com/150650. Review of applications will begin on September 9, 2024. For further information, contact the chair of the search committee, Rebecca Brown (rmbrown@jhu.edu). For more information about the department, seehttp://arthist.jhu.edu.

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Lab Technician (NAGPRA), Florida Department of State

Apply by August 13, 2024

The Florida Department of State is advertising a Native American Graves Protection & Repatriation Act Coordinator position to assist with current holdings and future collections that may be acquired under 872.05, Florida Statutes (Florida’s Unmarked Burial Law). This is a fulltime Career Service position within the Bureau of Archaeological Research. The advertisement closes on 08/13/2024. If you would like to learn more visit here.

Università di Salerno Scholarship

Apply by late July, 2024

The Università di Salerno, Italy, offers fully funded scholarships for the PhD school in Methods and Methodologies of Archaeological and Art-Historical Research to students holding a foreign relevant degree. The call will open soon after June 15 on the following web page https://web.unisa.it/en/teaching/phd-programmes and will close by late July. 

The evaluation of the applications will be based on the: a) Academic, scientific, and professional curriculum; b) Degree mark; c) Letters of recommendation; d) Research project; e) Other research experiences. 

Interviews will be held – preferably face-to-face, otherwise online – in the first week of September.

The PhD school encourages the establishment of cotutelle with foreign tutors/universities.

For information, please write to Prof. Francesca Dell’Acqua (fdellacqua@unisa.it) for History of Art, and to Prof. Giacomo Pardini (gpardini@unisa.it) for Archaeology.

 

Call for Papers: Cleveland Symposium 2024

Apply by July 15, 2024

The Department of Art History and Art at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) invites graduate students to submit paper abstracts for the 2024 Annual Cleveland Symposium, Moments, Intervals, Epochs: Time in the Visual Arts. This two-day event will take place at the CWRU campus and the Cleveland Museum of Art on Friday and Saturday, November 22-23,  More details: https://arthistory.case.edu/cleveland-symposium/

Call for Papers: 41st Annual FSU Art History Graduate Symposium

Apply by December 1, 2024

The Florida State University Art History faculty and graduate students invite current PhD and MA students to submit abstracts for papers to be presented at the 41st Annual Art History Graduate Student Symposium. The symposium will take place February 28–March 1, 2025 on our main campus in Tallahassee, FL. The keynote speaker this year will be Elizabeth Cropper, Dean Emerita, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

The Symposium committee welcomes papers that represent an advanced stage of original research from all areas of study within art and architectural history and material culture. For complete details see https://arthistory.fsu.edu/sympo/