Appel à candidature : Henry Moore Institute Post-doctoral research fellowship

2 year fixed term appointment

Annual grant £21,000 per annum

The Henry Moore Institute is a world-recognised centre for the study of sculpture in the heart of Leeds, funded by The Henry Moore Foundation. An award-winning exhibitions venue, research centre, library and sculpture archive, the Institute hosts a year-round programme of exhibitions, conferences, lectures, research, and publications that aim to expand the understanding and scholarship of historical and contemporary sculpture.

The Institute invites applications for a two-year fellowship, beginning in Autumn 2011. Based at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, the focus of the Fellow’s research should be the study of pre-twentieth-century sculpture in the expanded field, paying particular attention to the ways in which history is engaged with in the present.

The Research Fellow will take responsibility for the research, organization and realisation of one workshop and one international conference at the Henry Moore Institute relating to their own specialist research. The Fellow will take an active role within the day-to-day activities of the Institute, assist the Research Team’s work with fellows and events, and programme one series of public talks in relation the exhibition programme.

Fellowship Specifications:

* The Research Fellow will take responsibility for the research, organization and realisation of one workshop (year 1) and one two-day international conference (year 2) at the Henry Moore Institute

* The Research Fellow will research, organize and realise one series of four public evening talks in relation to an exhibition of the researcher’s choice within the Institute’s programme.

* The Research Fellow will take an active role within the day-to-day activities of the Institute, assisting with the Research Team’s work with Research Fellows and events.

* The Research Fellow will take part in Henry Moore Institute events and major staff meetings, providing additional academic response and feedback to research and exhibition development.

* The Research Fellow will deliver, as a representative of the Henry Moore Institute, at least two academic papers at conferences / universities /museums relating to the Fellow’s own research.

* The Research Fellow will develop their own research by developing an exhibition / conference / publication proposal during the tenure, providing regular six-month updates to HMI staff at team meetings.

* The Henry Moore Institute Research Fellow will receive a grant of £21k per annum on a fixed two-year non-renewable contract payable quarterly. This grant is to cover living and all research associated expenses. The Fellow will be expected to be based at the Henry Moore Institute, and to work with the Research Team for a minimum of two days per week.

If you have any enquiries please contact Kirstie Gregory (Research Programme Assistant at the Henry Moore Institute) by email: kirstie@henry-moore.org

Applicants for this fellowship should submit

* A proposal for one large, two-day international conference on a subject related to his/her interests

* A curriculum vitae

* References from the their doctoral supervisor and one other academic referee

* A synopsis of their doctoral research

Applications, marked ‘post-doctoral awards’ should be sent by email to:

Kirstie Gregory (Research Programme Assistant at the Henry Moore Institute): kirstie@henry-moore.org

The deadline for submissions is 30 June 2011. Interviews will take place in Leeds; dates to be announced.

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URL de référence : http://www.henry-moore.org/grants/applying-for-a-grant1/grant-categories1/post-doctoral-research-fellowships