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 « 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 : « Newberry-Kress Fellowship, Chicago »

Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, US

Application deadline: Jan 15, 2013

Newberry-Kress Fellowship in European Art and Art History

This fellowship offers support for PhD candidates or postdoctoral scholars; qualified applicants must be working on a European art history project covering the period prior to 1830.

The Newberry houses a variety of European art and the history of art and architecture within its collection. Most of these works relate to subject areas for which the library’s holdings are particularly strong. Particular collection strengths include medieval manuscripts; post-1500 European manuscripts; book illustrations; printing and book arts; calligraphy; maps, views, and topographical prints; caricatures and cartoons; and printed books and serials relating to the field of art history.

The total stipend for this . . . → 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

Appel à candidature « Terra Foundation Summer Residency, Giverny, France »

June 10–August 4, 2013

Each summer, the Terra Foundation for American Art offers ten residential fellowships for emerging artists and predoctoral scholars in a setting rich in art historical significance. Since 2001, the Terra Summer Residency has provided American and international fellows with the opportunity to pursue individual work and research within a framework of interdisciplinary exchange and cross-cultural dialogue. In addition to working collaboratively, fellows interact regularly with invited senior advisors and guest lecturers—established international artists, curators, and professors in the field of American art. The program supports the creative and research projects of the residents, inspiring them to reflect on cultural interpretive models and encouraging them to . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature « Internships in the Museum Profession, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. »

Internships in the Museum Profession at the National Gallery of Art provide institutional training to students interested in pursuing a museum career. Working closely with professional staff at the Gallery, interns participate in the ongoing work of a department, complete a project or a discrete portion of a larger project, and attend a weekly seminar that introduces the staff, departments, programs, and functions of the Gallery. Possible placements are in the conservation, curatorial, design, and education departments.

Eligibility Although consideration will be given to students with a spring 2013 undergraduate degree, preference will be given to applicants who are enrolled in a graduate program or are recent MA, MFA, or . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature « 2013-2014 Fellowships at the New-York Historical Society, New York »

The New-York Historical Society offers eight fellowships for the 2013-2014 academic year. Designed to encourage and promote the use of its extraordinary collections of primary and secondary sources relating to the history of New York and the nation, the fellowships are open to scholars at various times during their academic

The New-York Historical Society, founded in 1804, holds a unique collection of books, manuscripts, graphic materials, decorative objects, and works of art. New-York Historical’s Patricia D. Klingenstein Library comprises more than 350,000 books, three million manuscripts, and distinctive collections of maps, photographs, prints, and ephemera documenting the history of America from the perspective of New York. Fellows will be encouraged to explore . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : bourses de la Fondation Giorgio Cini (Venise, 2013)

La Fondation Giorgio Cini offre trois bourses de six mois à des doctorants et six bourses de trois mois à des post-doctorants âgés de moins de 35 ans pour effectuer leurs recherches à Venise. Les boursiers recevront une somme de 1000 € par mois et seront logés dans la résidence du centre Vittore Branca sur l’île San Giorgio Maggiore à Venise. Ils participeront aux activités du Centre International d’études sur la culture italienne Vittore Branca (Centro Internazionale di Studi della Civiltà Italiana “Vittore Branca”), Les bourses s’adressent aux étudiants italiens et étrangers travaillant sur la culture italienne, en particulier sur Venise. Dans le domaine de . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : bourses INHA pour des séjours de recherche à Paris

Pour effectuer un séjour de recherches à Paris durant l’année 2013, l’Institut national d’histoire de l’art (INHA) met à la disposition de chercheurs résidant hors Ile-de-France, douze défraiements de 500 euros (remboursement sur justificatifs).

Peuvent candidater : les doctorants inscrits dans une université européenne ; les chercheurs engagés dans la vie professionnelle (maîtres de conférences, conservateurs du patrimoine, conservateurs territoriaux du patrimoine et attachés de conservation), sans condition de nationalité.

 

Le dossier de demande comprendra : – un curriculum vitae – une lettre de motivation adressée au Directeur Général de l’INHA, à l’attention du directeur du département des Études et de la recherche. Ce courrier détaillera le projet scientifique, ainsi que les motifs . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : poste de maître assistant en histoire de l’art moderne à l’Université de Zurich

The Chair for History of Early Modern Art invites applications for the position of Doctoral or Postdoctoral Faculty Fellow (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent) non-tenure-track, part-time (50%). Applicants should demonstrate wide ranging regional and thematic interests in European painting, sculpture and/or architecture and art theory, 1400-1800.

Full-time faculty fellows teach at least one two-hour class per semester, organize research excursions and conduct their own independent research projects. The ability to teach and perform administrative duties in German, at the latest one year after the start date, is required. Completion of the PhD by the start date is preferred.

Employment conditions follow the guidelines as established by the University of Zurich. The three-year fixed-term contract can be renewed for . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : « Postes de doctorant/e ou post-doc dans le groupe de recherches FORM UND EMOTION » (DFG, programme Emmy Noether, Mayence)

Date limite pour déposer la candidature: novembre 12, 2012

Le groupe de recherches „FORM UND EMOTION. Affektive Strukturen in der französischen Kunst des 19. Jahrhunderts und ihre soziale Geltung“, payée par la Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (programme Emmy Noether-Nachwuchsgruppe), offre un poste de doctorant/e ou un poste de post-doc à partir du novembre 2012 pour un an. Eventuellement le contrat pourrait-être renouvelé pour un autre an. Le salaire suit les conditions de la DFG ainsi que celles de l’université Johannes Gutenberg de Mayence.

Nous cherchons des candidats internationaux venant des différentes disciplines dans les lettres et sciences humaines, lesquelles cherchent à contribuer à notre travail avec un projet de recherches. Ils devaient démontrer une grande qualification et motivation pour la recherche scientifique pluridisciplinaire ainsi qu’un fort intérêt pour la participation active dans . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature : une bourse post-doctorale ou trois bourses doctorales à l’Université de Heidelberg

Heidelberg University is offering 1 Postdoctoral Fellowship or 3 PhD Scholarships in the Art Histories of China, Japan, and Europe, respectively, within the Cluster “Asia and Europe in a Global Context,” funded by the German Federal Excellence Initiative. The position/s shall begin from 1 January 2013, but a later appointment may be considered.

The three-year position/s are situated within the research group MC4 ‘Frames and Framing in Transcultural Interactions’ and shall take a new look at the processes of material and textual “en-framings” (mountings, texts, pictorial additions and adaptations) of specific paintings and objects as they travel from one cultural environment to another. The successful applicants are expected to contribute to the research group’s objectives in . . . → En lire plus

Call for PhD Research Fellow at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven – Belgium), Department of Art History/ Illuminare – Centre for the Study of Medieval Art

UtopiaFor the period 1 February 2013 – 31 January 2014

In relation to the project: In Search of Utopia, 1516-2016 Funding will be provided by the Veronique Vandekerchove Chair of the City of Leuven (KU Leuven) With the following project outline: Between 5 October 2016 and 15 January 2017 a major international loan exhibition is planned at M – Museum Leuven (Belgium) entitled In Search of Utopia, 1516. The exhibition is organized by the KUnST Leuven Foundation, M – Museum Leuven, and Illuminare – Centre for the Study of Medieval Art (University of Leuven). The curator of the exhibition and promoter of the research project is Prof. dr. Jan Van der Stock of the University of Leuven.

In 2016 it will be 500 . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature « Wolfsonian–FIU Fellowship Program, Wolfsonian-Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida »

The Wolfsonian–Florida International University announces its fellowship program for 2013-14. The Wolfsonian is a museum and research center in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, that promotes the examination of modern visual and material culture. Its fellowship program is intended to support research on the museum’s collection, generally for periods of three to four weeks. Fellowships include a stipend, accommodations, and round-trip travel. The timing of dates will be negotiated with individual awardees. The program is open to holders of master’s or doctoral degrees, Ph.D. candidates, and to others who have a significant record of professional achievement in relevant fields. Scholars from outside of the United States are eligible.

The focus of the Wolfsonian . . . → En lire plus

Appel à candidature « Anne L. Poulet Curatorial Fellowship 2013–15, The Frick Collection, New York »

The 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 « 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 2013-14. 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 fellowships. Stipend: . . . → En lire plus