In continuità con il Programma di Studi sull’Età e la Cultura del Barocco e nell’ambito di un ampliato programma di sostegno alla ricerca dedicato alle Humanities, la Fondazione 1563 per l’Arte e la Cultura della Compagnia di San Paolo bandisce un concorso per 5 Borse di alti studi sull’Età e la Cultura del Barocco destinato a giovani . . . → En lire plus

Postdoc positions, Free University and University of Amsterdam

Postdoc positions, Free University and University of Amsterdam

Amsterdam Application deadline: Jun 28, 2020

Applications are invited for 2 funded Postdoc positions (1.5yr) on ‘Worlding Public Cultures: Museums in an Age of Decolonization’, one at the Free University/Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) and the other at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). They will be part of the Netherlands-based team for the NWO-funded Transatlantic Platform ‘Worlding Public Cultures: The Arts and Social Innovation’, led by Prof. dr. Wayne Modest (VU) and dr. Chiara de Cesari (UvA).

For details and how to apply please use these links:

For the VU postdoc: . . . → En lire plus

Assistant Professorship, Digital Visual Studies, University of Zurich

Assistant Professorship, Digital Visual Studies, University of Zurich

University of Zurich Application deadline: Jul 15, 2020

The University of Zurich invites applications for an

assistant professorship in digital visual studies.

The goal of the professorship is to advance visual research in the digital humanities. The professorship is part of the Max-Planck-funded cooperation project Digital Visual Studies hosted by the University of Zurich and supported by the Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History. It participates in the academic programming of the Digital Visual Studies project, co-supervises its doctoral students and interacts with its postdocs and visiting faculty. The professorship also collaborates with the Swiss Art Research Infrastructure and . . . → En lire plus

Visiting Professor, University of Vienna

Visiting Professor, University of Vienna

The University of Vienna (20 faculties and centres, 178 fields of study, approx. 9.800 members of staff, about 90.000 students) seeks to fill the position from 01.09.2020 to 28.02.2021 of a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies.

Duration of employment: 6 month/s

Extent of Employment: 30 hours/week

Job grading in accordance with collective bargaining agreement: Univ Prof. (KV) Gastprof. with relevant work experience determining the assignment to a particular salary grade.

Job Description: The guest professorship is a replacement for Prof. Raphael Rosenberg, Department of Art History. Applicants should have a focus on early modern or possibly modern European Art . . . → En lire plus

Bourses doctorales : Digital Visual Studies, Zurich

PhD Fellowships in Digital Visual Studies, Zurich

University of Zurich-Max Planck Society Application deadline: Dec 23, 2020

Call for Applications: Ph.D. Fellowships in Digital Visual Studies

The Max Planck Society (MPG) and the University of Zurich (UZH) invite applications for interdisciplinary predoctoral fellowships in the field of Digital Visual Studies (DVS) for a duration of 2+1 years. The program is part of a five-year cross-institutional Digital Humanities research project funded by the MPG, supported by the Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History (BHMPI) and collaborating with the Swiss Art Research Infrastructure (SARI) and the UZH Digital Society Initiative (DSI). The DVS project is . . . → En lire plus

Bourse du CEEH à la fondation Roberto Longhi

With the support of the CEEH (Centro de Estudios Europa hispanica), the Fondazione di Studi di Storia dell’Arte Roberto Longhi offers a fellowship for a project about artistic relationships between Italy and Spain to be developed during the 2020-2021 academic year. The deadline for applications is June 20, 2020.

The requirements and application procedure are available here. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed by the Selection Committee in Italian. Applicants are expected to have a basic knowledge of English and/or French as well.

Fellowship holders are required to live in Florence for the entire duration of the fellowship (except for research . . . → En lire plus

Appel à contribution : Congrès de l’AGES – Catastrophes, menaces et risques naturels

Tandis que la notion de « risque » s’est trouvée au centre des réflexions sur la modernité et ses formes contemporaines (postmodernité, modernité réflexive…) – particulièrement dans les années 1980 à 2000 en Europe en raison des risques technologiques (le nucléaire) et écologiques, mais aussi de l’apparition d’un nouveau paradigme : la « société du risque » (U. Beck) –, celle de « catastrophe » était évacuée ou appliquée seulement à des cas particuliers (1). Or, depuis le début du XXIe siècle, plusieurs événements relayés par les médias du monde entier (le tsunami de 2004 dans l’Océan indien, l’ouragan Katrina en 2005, le cyclone . . . → En lire plus