Appel à candidature : « A. W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship – Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA), Washington D.C. »

The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces a postdoctoral fellowship supported by a grant from the A. W. Mellon Foundation. One fellowship is awarded each year for two consecutive academic years. The A. W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow will reside in Washington. During the first year the fellow will carry out research and writing for publication. The fellow will also design and direct an intensive weeklong seminar for the seven predoctoral fellows at the Center, focusing on a topic related to the applicant’s field of interest and with a special emphasis on methodological issues. In the second academic year, while continuing research and writing in residence, the A. . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Fellowship Program at the Clark Art Institute, 2013-2014 »

The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute combines a public art museum with a complex of research and academic programs, including a major art history library. The Clark is an international center for discussion on the nature of art and its history.

Clark Fellowships

The Clark offers between fifteen and twenty Clark Fellowships each year, ranging in duration from six weeks to ten months. National and international scholars, critics, and museum professionals are welcome to propose projects that extend and enhance the understanding of the visual arts and their role in culture.

Stipends are dependent on salary and sabbatical replacement needs. Housing in the Institute’s Scholars’ Residence, located across the street from . . . → En lire plus

Appel à communication : « American Art History and Digital Scholarship: New Avenues of Exploration »

The Archives of American Art announces an upcoming symposium, American Art History and Digital Scholarship: New Avenues of Exploration, to be held at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture in Washington, DC, on Friday, November 15. This will be followed by a one-day workshop at the Archives of American Art on Saturday, November 16. We seek proposals for Friday’s presentations and applications for participation in Saturday’s moderated workshop.

The purpose of the symposium is to convene scholars, archivists, librarians, graduate students, technical experts, and the public to consider American art history in a digital world. The symposium will examine ways to integrate digital tools and/or resources into . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Duchamp Research Stipendium »

Staatliches Museum Schwerin

Application deadline: Oct 31, 2013

Duchamp Research Stipendium The Staatliches Museum Schwerin- Art Collections, Castles and Gardens has amongst its holdings one of the most important collections in Europe of works by the artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1966). This complex is comprised of 90 works. In connection with these holdings, the Duchamp Research Center was founded in 2009 with the goal of integrating the Schwerin Duchamp collection into international networks while encouraging and realizing interdisciplinary research projects. In particular, the center wishes to attract young researchers from individual disciplines such as art history, cultural research, philosophy, literary research, musicology and film and media research and encourage them to engage themselves . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « International Travel Grant Program – College Art Association (CAA) »

The CAA International Travel Grant Program, generously supported by the Getty Foundation, provides funding to twenty art historians, museum curators, and artists who teach art history to attend the 102nd Annual Conference, taking place February 12–15, 2014, in Chicago. The grant covers travel expenses, hotel accommodations, per diems, conference registrations, and one-year CAA memberships. For 2014, CAA will offer a one-day preconference meeting on February 11 for grant recipients to present and discuss their common professional interests and issues.

The goal of the program is to increase international participation in CAA and to diversify the organization’s membership, which now includes members from seventy-five nations. CAA also strives to familiarize international participants with the submission process for conference sessions and to . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Henry Moore Institute »

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

Application deadline: Jul 22, 2013

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 2013. Based at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, the Post-doctoral Fellow’s research focus should be pre-twentieth-century sculpture, paying particular attention to the ways in which history is engaged with in the present.

The Post-doctoral Research Fellowship is funded by . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Travel Grants – Italian Art Society »

The Italian Art Society provides a number of travel grants for graduate students and senoir scholars to present papers at important conferences (such as CAA, ICMS/Kalamazoo, and RSA). Two categories exist, with different deadlines and criteria:

SCHOLARS TRAVELING FROM ABROAD Through the generosity of the Kress Foundation, the IAS provides support to US or foreign scholars traveling internationally to present papers in IAS-sponsored sessions at the College Art Association, the International Congress on Medieval Studies, the Renaissance Society of America, and the Society of Architectural Historians, or any other conference where the IAS is sponsoring a session. Applicants must have received their Ph.D. by the time of application and must . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Bourse de la Société Malevitch 2013 »

The Malevich Society is pleased to announce its call for 2013 grant applications.The Malevich Society is a not-for-profit organization based in New York dedicated to advancing knowledge about the Russian artist Kazimir Malevich and his work.

In the belief that Malevich was a pioneer of modern art who should be recognized for his key contributions to the history of Modernism, the Society awards grants to encourage research, writing, and other activities relating to his history and memory.

The Society welcomes applications from scholars of any nationality, and at various stages of their career. Graduate students are welcome to apply to the Society’s grants after completing at least one . . . → En lire plus

Appel à communication : Full program of panels for CAA Annual Conference 2014, Chicago

The 2014 Call for Participation for the 102nd Annual Conference, taking place February 12–15, 2014, in Chicago, describes many of next year’s programs sessions. CAA and the session chairs invite your participation: please follow the instructions in the booklet to submit a proposal for a paper or presentation.

Listing more than 120 panels, the deadline for proposals of papers and presentations for the Chicago conference is Monday, May 6, 2013.

In addition to dozens of wide-ranging panels on art history, studio art, contemporary issues, and professional and educational practices, CAA conference attendees can expect participation from many area schools, museums, galleries, and other institutions. The Hilton . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Drs. Thomas and Marika Herskovic Essay Prize 2013 »

The prize: A $1000 award, supported by Drs. Thomas M. and Marika Herskovic, that recognizes outstanding scholarship by a graduate student on a topic related to Abstract Expressionism. This may be an essay on a single artist, a study of a group or regional school, Abstract Expressionism’s theoretical, philosophical or aesthetic constructs, the movement’s ramifications for other developments in modern art, or its cross-cultural stimuli. Submissions will be judged by an advisory committee including members of Stony Brook University’s Department of Art, Art History and Art Criticism.

Eligibility: Any student enrolled in a masters or doctoral program in Art History, American Studies, or another discipline to which Abstract Expressionism is relevant. Proof . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « John H. Daniels Fellowship, National Sporting Library & Museum, Middleburg, Virginia »

The National Sporting Library & Museum seeks applications for the John H. Daniels Fellowship which supports scholars doing research in the area of equestrian, angling and field sports. Individuals from the disciplines of history, literature, equine studies, journalism, art history, anthropology, area studies as well as sport and environmental history have received Daniels Fellowships.

The John H. Daniels Fellowship supports scholars at the National Sporting Library & Museum for periods of two weeks to one year. Applicants must submit a formal application demonstrating how they will utilize the NSLM collections of books, periodicals, manuscripts, archival materials and fine art for research. The NSLM has over 24,000 volumes on equestrian, angling . . . → En lire plus

Appel à contribution : « Transgender art and cultural production »

TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly vol.1, no.4: « Trans Cultural Production »

CFP Deadline: Apr 15, 2013

The arts have served as a cultural arena for imagining, creating, and proliferating transgender experiences and communities around the world. As part of its inaugural year, TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly (pub. Duke University Press) will feature a special issue examining trans cultural production in art, film, dance, design, architecture, literature, and music. We seek papers that critically analyze the current state, history, and significance of these expressive forms as they address, depict, and are mobilized by trans subjects broadly defined, including people whose gender/sex expression is not informed primarily by contemporary Western constructions and . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Graduate Student Summer Seminar, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven »

The Yale Center for British Art offers a biennial Graduate Student Summer Seminar, which takes the form of a week-long intensive course taught by a team of scholars from the Center and other institutions. At the heart of these seminars is an immersion in the collections of the Center and elsewhere at Yale University. Each seminar takes as its focus a specific topic that draws upon the strengths of the collections, and sessions are taught primarily in the Center’s galleries and Study Room.

In June 2013, the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) will offer a week-long graduate student seminar, open to doctoral candidates interested in learning about color and its historical development, manufacture, and use in a range of . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Morgan Drawing Institute Fellowships, Morgan Library & Museum, New York»

The Morgan Drawing Institute will award a small number of fellowships for the 2013-14 academic year. Applications are invited for consideration for Post-Doctoral and Pre-Doctoral Fellowships and for the Morgan-Menil Fellowship (specializing in moderna nd contemporary drawings). Fellowships are intended to support independent research projects on subjects relating to some aspect of the history, theory, collecting, function, or interpretation of old master and/or modern drawings. While research projects may focus in some way on works in the Morgan’s collection, this is not a prerequisite for consideration or support.

Pre-Doctoral Fellowships are awarded to advanced-level graduate students who have completed all course work and exams and are currently engaged in carrying . . . → En lire plus

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

Institution majeure pour l’art aux Etats-Unis, le Philadelphia Museum of Art offre un stage d’été aux étudiants qui travaillent sur l’art américain. Le poste est rémunéré et, les responsabilités du stagiaire incluent la contribution à la recherche autour de la collection permanente et la participation à la préparation d’expositions. Les étudiants détenant un Master et les doctorants (‘graduate students’) sont invités à faire une candidature. Les étudiants intéressés par le travail dans les musées et la peinture/sculpture américaine d’avant 1945 sont fortement encouragés à candidater.

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Application deadline: February 15, 2013

Two summer fellows will be chosen to assist in the Museum’s Department of American Art, contributing to ongoing collection . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature « Allen Whitehill Clowes Fellowship, Indianapolis Museum of Art »

The Indianapolis Museum of Art is pleased to announce a one-year curatorial fellowship. The fellowship supports scholarly research related to the Clowes Collection at the IMA and provides curatorial training in the field of European painting and sculpture. The Clowes Fellow is fully integrated into the curatorial division of the Museum and has duties comparable to those of an assistant curator, ranging from collection research and management to exhibition development and the preparation of interpretive materials and programs.

To be eligible for the fellowship, the applicant must be enrolled in a graduate course of study leading to an advanced degree in the history of art or a related discipline, or be a . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature « Visiting Senior Fellowship Program, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. »

The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces its program for Paul Mellon and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Visiting Senior Fellowships. Fellowships are for full-time research, and scholars are expected to reside in Washington and to participate in the activities of the Center throughout the fellowship period. Lectures, colloquia, and informal discussions complement the fellowship program. Each visiting senior fellow is provided with a study. In addition, visiting senior fellows who relocate to Washington are provided with housing in apartments near the Gallery, subject to availability. Visiting senior fellows have access to the notable resources represented by the collections, the library, and the image collections of the National Gallery of Art, . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature « Summer internships (paid), National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. »

Since 1964 the National Gallery of Art has offered professional museum training to candidates from all backgrounds through a variety of internship programs. Nine-week summer internships provide opportunities to work on projects directed by a Gallery curator or department head. Biweekly museum seminars introduce interns to the broad spectrum of museum work, and to Gallery staff, departments, programs, and functions.

Eligibility varies according to internship. Several opportunities are geared to undergraduates graduating in May 2013. The majority of slots are for currently enrolled graduate students of all levels and those graduating in May 2013 with a relevant degree (such as MA, MBA, MFA, M Arch, M Ed, JD, or MLS). Please check prerequisites carefully. Applicants from all backgrounds are encouraged . . . → En lire plus

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

Short-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 $2,000 per month for most short-term fellowships.

Applications must be received electronically by January 15, 2013, 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 . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature « Graduate Curatorial Internships, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. »

Graduate Curatorial Internships at the National Gallery of Art provide in-depth training for advanced PhD students and recent PhD recipients interested in gaining curatorial experience in a museum setting. Interns work with curators on permanent collection and exhibition projects and attend a weekly seminar that introduces the staff, departments, programs, and functions of the Gallery. The duties and responsibilities are comparable to those of curatorial assistants.

Eligibility Eligibility is limited to doctoral students who are in the advanced stage of their dissertations and to recent PhD recipients (dissertations must have been filed no earlier than September 2011). Neither previous museum experience nor a stated goal of a museum career is required. Applicants . . . → En lire plus