art history – Page 27 – The Job Scholar

Decorative and Fine Arts Program Manager | University of Virginia

August 4, 2016/in administration, architectural history, art history, fine arts, architecture, and design, historic preservation, material conservation, and public history, museum studies, North America-US-South, university/college /by thejobscholar

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The Decorative and Fine Arts Program Manager in the Office of the Architect will work with residents of University-owned historic properties to provide loans of furniture, rugs, decorative arts, and fine art that supplement the residents’ own furnishings, and will provide guidance on the care of loaned objects. This position will oversee delivery, installation, and removal of the objects, and will maintain the inventory and database of the objects, their locations, and conditions.

Postdoctoral Scholarship, Bureaucratisation of African Societies | German Historical Institute (Senegal)

August 3, 2016/in Africa, african and black diaspora languages, literatures, and cultural studies, anthropology, arabic and near east languages, literatures, and cultural studies, archaeology, architectural history, art history, cultural, ethnic, indigenous, and race studies, digital humanities, fine arts, architecture, and design, geography, historic preservation, material conservation, and public history, history, media studies, film, and communications, museum studies, other academic field/no specific academic field, performing arts, philosophy, religious studies, research, science, technology, and society studies, university/college, urban studies and planning, women, gender, and sexuality studies /by thejobscholar

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This announcement invites (a) (future) PhD students and (b) young postdocs, who are able to complete successfully their own research, which follows the general thematic frame of the project on “The bureaucratisation of African societies”. This topic will be considered in regard to politics, economy or society and religion in Africa and the African diaspora. The project addresses explicitly, but not exclusively, also non-state and informal bureaucratic practices and experiences, such as in the informal sector or in associations. Projects may consider, for example, processes of formalisation and data collection, or the spaces, materiality or imaginaries of bureaucratic practices, etc. The regional focus and time period are open, and not limited to Senegal.

Curator, Ancient Mesopotamia | British Museum

August 3, 2016/in administration, arabic and near east languages, literatures, and cultural studies, archaeology, architectural history, art history, classics, cultural, ethnic, indigenous, and race studies, design, Europe, history, museum studies, museum/cultural institution, other academic field/no specific academic field, urban studies and planning /by thejobscholar

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The British Museum has a unique opening for a Curator to be responsible for and represent all aspects of the archaeology and history of Ancient Mesopotamia, with the exception of cuneiform inscriptions. The post-holder will undertake research into and make publicly accessible the collections of objects from Ancient Mesopotamia and other related collections across the Museum.

Scholars Program | Getty Research Institute

August 3, 2016/in african and black diaspora languages, literatures, and cultural studies, american studies, anthropology, arabic and near east languages, literatures, and cultural studies, archaeology, architectural history, art history, asian languages, literatures, and cultural studies, classics, cultural, ethnic, indigenous, and race studies, digital humanities, english language and literature, fine arts, architecture, and design, geography, germanic languages, literatures, and cultural studies, historic preservation, material conservation, and public history, history, media studies, film, and communications, museum studies, museum/cultural institution, North America-US-West, other academic field/no specific academic field, performing arts, philosophy, religious studies, research, romance languages, literatures, and cultural studies, science, technology, and society studies, slavic languages, literatures, and cultural studies, urban studies and planning, women, gender, and sexuality studies /by thejobscholar

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The Getty Research Institute theme, ICONOCLASM AND VANDALISM, explores iconoclasm not only as a form of destruction or a means of repression, but also as a vehicle for creative expression and protest. The Getty Villa theme, THE CLASSICAL WORLD IN CONTEXT: PERSIA, investigates the political, intellectual, religious, and artistic relations between Persia, Greece, and Rome from the ninth century BC to AD 651.

Associate Professor, Chinese Art | Princeton University

August 1, 2016/in art history, faculty, North America-US-Northeast, university/college /by thejobscholar

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The Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University invites applications for the position of Associate Professor with Tenure in the field of Chinese art, in the pre-modern period; a specialization in painting and/or calligraphy is preferred.

CIAS Image Permanence Institute | Rochester Institute of Technology

August 1, 2016/in administration, art history, historic preservation, material conservation, and public history, media studies, film, and communications, North America-US-Northeast, other academic field/no specific academic field, university/college /by thejobscholar

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The Executive Director will provide leadership and strategic direction for the Image Permanence Institute (IPI) of RIT’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, a university-based laboratory devoted to preservation research and the development of sustainable practices for the preservation of images and cultural property.

Provenance Researcher | The Contemporary Austin

August 1, 2016/in art history, museum studies, museum/cultural institution, North America-US-South, other academic field/no specific academic field, research /by thejobscholar

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Complete a provenance research project for all works owned and/or accessioned from 1946 through 2013, using a variety of methods, including database research and direct contact to donors/original owners.

Sloan Scholars Mentoring Network Program Coordinator/Manager | Social Science Research Council

August 1, 2016/in administration, african and black diaspora languages, literatures, and cultural studies, american studies, anthropology, arabic and near east languages, literatures, and cultural studies, archaeology, architectural history, art history, asian languages, literatures, and cultural studies, classics, cultural, ethnic, indigenous, and race studies, digital humanities, english language and literature, fine arts, architecture, and design, geography, germanic languages, literatures, and cultural studies, historic preservation, material conservation, and public history, history, media studies, film, and communications, museum studies, non-profit/non-governmental, North America-US-Northeast, other academic field/no specific academic field, performing arts, philosophy, religious studies, romance languages, literatures, and cultural studies, science, technology, and society studies, slavic languages, literatures, and cultural studies, urban studies and planning, women, gender, and sexuality studies /by thejobscholar

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The SSRC seeks a Program Coordinator/Manager for its Sloan Scholars Mentoring Network (SSMN). The Sloan Scholars Mentoring Network is a multi-pronged program serving the Sloan Scholar community through a strategic mix of professional development, mentoring, networking, and leadership training opportunities.

Curatorial Assistant, Monticello | Thomas Jefferson Foundation

August 1, 2016/in administration, american studies, architectural history, art history, historic preservation, material conservation, and public history, history, museum studies, museum/cultural institution, non-profit/non-governmental, North America-US-South, other academic field/no specific academic field /by thejobscholar

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The Curatorial Department seeks a Curatorial Assistant to prepare and monitor collections for exhibit, storage or study, and to maintain historic interiors, galleries, and collections storage spaces using preventative conservation techniques, including daily cleaning, integrated pest management, temperature and humidity monitoring, and light-level monitoring. The Curatorial Assistant will help with installation and transportation of collections, as well as inventory, registration, photography of the collection and supervision of special events.

Kress Interpretive Fellow | Detroit Institute of Arts

July 19, 2016/in administration, architectural history, art history, cultural, ethnic, indigenous, and race studies, fine arts, architecture, and design, media studies, film, and communications, museum studies, museum/cultural institution, non-profit/non-governmental, North America-US-Midwest /by thejobscholar

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The Kress interpretive fellow at the DIA will work in the department of interpretation to assist in planning and development of interpretation that facilitates visitor-centered learning and engagement to fulfill the museum’s mission. Specific projects may include participating in upcoming special exhibitions (“Bittersweet: Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate” and “Frederic Church: To Jerusalem and Back”) and content research and development for object labels or mobile tour content for the permanent collection.