Appel à candidature : « IFA/Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2015-2016 »

James_B_Duke_House_001The Institute of Fine Arts announces a postdoctoral fellowship supported by a grant from the A. W. Mellon Foundation. This award will be for academic year 2015 – 2016. The A. W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow will be in residence at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. This fellowship will give the Fellow the opportunity to pursue a research project while gaining teaching experience at a graduate level. The Fellow is expected to carry out research on a project leading to a major publication.

The A. W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship award is $55,000 per year, with benefits. There is a further $10,000 housing allowance and $2,000 for . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowship, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago »

resize__575__575__5__text_images__full_1308248977collectionThe Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA) is one of Chicago’s major cultural collecting institutions and one of the nation’s largest facilities devoted to the art of our time, offering exhibitions, performances, and programs of the most thought-provoking art created since 1945.

The MCA’s Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowship is intended to offer a significant opportunity for an emerging scholar to gain professional curatorial experience and to conduct research in a major museum setting. The Fellow will primarily be responsible for collection and exhibition-related research and scholarship, with additional duties as appropriate. The Fellow will assist in organizing a collection-based exhibition and will have the opportunity to organize at . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Research Fellowship at the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture »

15305The Bard Graduate Center invites applications for a new funded research fellowship program. Scholars from university, museum and independent backgrounds are invited to apply. Candidates must already have a PhD or equivalent professional experience. The fellowship is open to both collections-based research at the BGC or elsewhere in New York, and to writing or reading projects in which being part of the BGC’s dynamic research environment is intellectually valuable. The stipend rate is $3,500 per month and housing costs are assumed by the BGC. Both long- and short-term fellowships are available (for example, 6, 4, 2 or 1 month), with a one-month minimum. The timing of dates will be negotiated . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow (Art of the Ancient Americas), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) »

americasmain_0The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announces a search for candidates for a Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowship. This one-year fellowship, with option of renewal for a second year, in the museum’s Ancient Americas department will provide curatorial training and support scholarly research in connection with developing exhibitions and related projects. Striving to combine the strengths of academic art history, anthropology and the art museum, this Fellowship is designed to attract exceptional scholars in the field of anthropology of art, specifically scholars who are interested in the theoretical links between the peoples and cultures of the ancient Americas and contemporary native ritual practices, beliefs and art production. The Postdoctoral Fellowship . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Paid Summer Internships, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida »

RinglingMuseumCourtyardThe John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida will be offering paid internships to be held for ten weeks, from June 2 – August 8, 2014 (the dates of the theater internship are June 9 – August 2). Ringling is part of Florida State University and serves as the State Art Museum of Florida. Located on a 66-acre site overlooking Sarasota Bay, it consists of an art museum, two circus museums, historic home, theater, and research library.

Summer internships at the Ringling combine practical, hands-on experience working on a project for a specific department with exposure to all aspects of the Museum’s operation.

The internships . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Lauro DeBosis Fellowship 2014-2015, Cambridge MA »

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Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Application deadline: Feb 14, 2014

The Committee for the Lauro De Bosis Lectureship in the History of Italian Civilization at Harvard University seeks candidates who attained their Ph.D. (or equivalent) within the past ten years (December 2003 or after), for a postdoctoral fellowship in any aspect of Italian culture, history, and society, to be held during the academic year 2014-2015. The fellowship may be one or two semesters in length, depending on the proposed research project; it carries a stipend of $25,000 for one semester and $50,000 for two semesters. The recipient of the fellowship will be expected to be in residence in Cambridge for . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Center for American Art Summer Fellowships, Philadelphia Museum of Art »

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Two summer fellows will be chosen to assist in the Museum’s Department of American Art, contributing to ongoing collection research and exhibition preparation. Graduate students in art history or related fields with an interest in curatorial studies and American painting and sculpture before 1945 are encouraged to apply. Fellows will be expected to work 10 weeks between June 2 and August 29, 2014. This fellowship includes a stipend.Please create a single document to upload as your application that includes a letter describing your interest and preparation for this position; a curriculum vitae including education, employment, publications, and honors; . . . → En lire plus

Appel à communication : « Charlemagne après Charlemagne »

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Appel à communications 11e symposium annuel de la Société Internationale des Médiévistes – Paris Invités d’honneur: Dominique Boutet Date limite d’envoi des propositions: 10 février 2014

La Société Internationale des Médiévistes de Paris (IMS-Paris) sollicite l’envoi de communications et de thèmes de sessions pour son Symposium de 2014 portant sur « Charlemagne après Charlemagne ».

Le personnage historique du roi franc devenu empereur en 800 et mort en 814 a connu au Moyen Age et au-delà une fortune qui dépasse sans doute celle de tout autre personnage historique médiéval. Le Symposium se propose d’examiner ces traditions en s’intéressant aux représentations après 814 de ce Charlemagne qui allait . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature « Post-doctoral Fellowship, Phillips Collection and George Washington University »

1637wThe Phillips Collection, in partnership with George Washington University, offers a postdoctoral fellowship to support research and teaching on topics in American, European, or non-western art, including photography, from 1780 to the present. The fellow is expected to be in residence in Washington, D.C., at The Phillips Collection during the fall and spring semesters throughout the term of the fellowship.

The fellow is also expected to teach one undergraduate or graduate course at the Center for the Study of Modern Art or at the George Washington University, present at least one public lecture at the Phillips, and participate in other programs and discussions with scholars, critics, museum staff, and students at the . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature « Marjorie Susman Curatorial Fellowship, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago »

resize__575__575__5__text_images__full_1308248977collectionThe Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA) is one of Chicago’s major museum institutions and one of the nation’s largest facilities devoted to the art of our time, offering exhibitions, performances, and programs of the most thought-provoking art created since 1945.

Considered one of the premiere curatorial training opportunities in the nation, the MCA’s Marjorie Susman Curatorial Fellowship is intended to offer an exceptional graduate-level candidate the opportunity to gain professional curatorial experience in a major museum setting. The Fellow is primarily responsible for exhibition- and/or collection-related research, with additional duties as appropriate to specific projects. As a 12-month, 40-hour per week commitment, the Fellow is exposed to all . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Short-Term Research Fellowships, Newberry Library, Chicago »

Wing-MS-ZW-545-.S431-(Vault),-Alphabet-of-ornamental-capitals,-John-Scottowe,-letter-TShort-term fellowships are generally restricted to postdoctoral scholars, PhD candidates, or holders of other terminal degrees who live and work outside of the Chicago area and who have a specific need for Newberry collection. The tenure of short-term fellowships is one continuous month, unless otherwise noted. Scholars who have an extensive need for use of the collections may request two months of fellowship support. The award is $2,500 per month for most short-term fellowships.

Applications must be received electronically by January 15, 2014, 11:59 pm C.S.T. This includes the applicant’s own materials and all letters of reference.

List of Short-Term Fellowships

Newberry Short-Term Resident Fellowships for Individual Research This fellowship provides access to the Newberry’s collection for PhD candidates or . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature « Getty Graduate Internships »

ImageShowGetty Graduate Internships are offered in the four programs of the J. Paul Getty Trust — the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Research Institute, the Getty Conservation Institute, and the Getty Foundation to students who intend to pursue careers in fields related to the visual arts. Training and work experience are available in areas such as curatorial, education, conservation, research, information management, public programs, and grantmaking.

Please see the list of internship position areas and host departments participating in 2014—2015 (PDF, 6 pp., 122kb)

Eligibility Internships are open to students of all nationalities. Applicants must be:

Students currently enrolled in a graduate program leading to an advanced . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Anne L. Poulet Curatorial Fellowship 2014-16, Frick Collection, New York »

the-frick-collection_v1_460x285The Frick Collection is pleased to announce the availability of a two-year predoctoral fellowship for an outstanding doctoral candidate who wishes to pursue a curatorial career in an art museum. The fellowship will offer invaluable curatorial training and will provide the scholarly and financial resources required for completing the doctoral dissertation. Internationally renowned for its exceptional collection of Western European art from the early Renaissance through the end of the nineteenth century, The Frick Collection, complemented by the equally significant resources of the Frick Art Reference Library, offers a unique opportunity for object-based research. The fellowship is best suited to a student working on a dissertation that pertains to one . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Terra Foundation Academic Awards, Fellowships & Grants »

A wide range of Terra Foundation academic awards, fellowships, and grants help scholars realize their academic and professional goals and support the worldwide study and presentation of the art of the United States. The deadline for all academic award, fellowship, and grant applications is January 15, 2014 unless otherwise indicated.

Doctoral and Postdoctoral Research Travel Grants to the United States The Terra Foundation offers Research Travel Grants to enable scholars outside the United States to consult resources that are only available within the United States. These grants provide support for research on topics concerning American art and visual culture prior to 1980. Six to twelve grants are awarded annually: up . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature « Winterthur Research Fellowship Program, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Delaware »

Winterthur, a public museum, library, and garden supporting the advanced study of American art, culture, and history, announces its Research Fellowship Program for 2014-2015. Winterthur offers an extensive program of short- and long-term fellowships open to academic, independent, and museum scholars, including advanced graduate students, to support research in material culture, architecture, decorative arts, design, consumer culture, garden and landscape studies, Shaker studies, travel and tourism, the Atlantic World, childhood, literary culture, and many other areas of social and cultural history. Fellowships available to foreign applicants include 1-2 semester dissertation fellowships and 1-2 month short-term fellowships.

Dissertation Fellowship

Doctoral candidates conducting research or writing a dissertation receive four- to nine-month . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Long-term fellowships – Newberry Library, Chicago »

Long-term fellowships are available to postdoctoral scholars who want to be in residence at the Newberry for periods of four to twelve months. Applicants for postdoctoral awards must hold a PhD at the time of application (unless otherwise noted). These grants support individual research and promote serious intellectual exchange through active participation in the Newberry’s scholarly activities, including a biweekly fellows’ seminar. The stipends for these fellowships are $4,200 per month; awardees must indicate in their applications how many months they intend to be in residence at the Newberry. Applicants may combine these fellowship awards with sabbatical or other stipendiary support. Scholars may apply for any of the long-term fellowships . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Art History Fellowships – Metropolitan Museum of Art »

The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers fellowships in art history for PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and senior museum professionals. Predoctoral art history fellows can be asked to assist the hosting curatorial departments with projects that complement their approved scholarly subject. Not all departments request this assistance. Senior fellows are generally expected to spend all of their time on their approved fellowship projects. However, if a senior fellow would like to contribute a portion of his or her time to the department it is usually welcomed. Fellows may be asked to give gallery talks to the public during their fellowship term and will be expected to participate in a . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Getty Library Research Grants – Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles »

The Getty Research Institute invites applications for its Library Research Grants. Getty Library Research Grants provide partial, short-term support for costs relating to travel and living expenses to scholars whose research requires use of specific collections housed in the Getty Research Institute.

Eligibility Library Research Grants are intended for scholars of all nationalities and at any level who demonstrate a compelling need to use materials housed in the Research Library, and whose place of residence is more than eighty miles from the Getty Center. Projects must relate to specific items in the library collection.

Terms Library Research Grants are intended to provide partial support for costs relating to travel and living expenses. . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowship – Metropolitan Museum of Art »

This two-year fellowship provides curatorial training and opportunities for scholarly research at the Metropolitan Museum. The fellow is fully integrated into one of the Museum’s curatorial departments and exposed to the full range of curatorial work, while devoting his or her time to a specific Metropolitan Museum project. The individual works directly with one or more curators, who serve as supervisors and mentors throughout the term of the fellowship. The fellow also has the opportunity to undertake an independent project in consultation with his or her supervising curator. One curatorial fellow will be selected for 2014–2016.

Department Areas

Applicants whose work falls in one of the following areas may apply:

Departments of . . . → En lire plus

Workshop : Bourses et stages aux États-Unis

Vous êtes intéressé par la recherche ou souhaitez travailler dans un musée américain? Votre thèse ou mémoire nécessite un séjour aux Etats-Unis? Vous avez terminé votre thèse et cherchez un post-doc? Vous souhaitez savoir comment les Américains organisent leur CVs et leurs propositions de projet?

Si la réponse est oui, le Workshop – Bourses et Stages aux États-Unis est fait pour vous! Rendez-vous le mardi 24 septembre 2013 de 15h à 17h en salle Vasari (INHA). La session couvrira une grande variété d’informations, y compris: les différentes opportunités offertes aux étudiants et chercheurs Français, la façon dont les Curriculum vitae américains sont rédigés, des informations sur l’obtention des . . . → En lire plus