Thursday, February 2, 6:30pm
Elvehjem room L140
The American artist Arthur Dove (1880-1946) is well known for being one of the earliest abstract painters in America. Less known is his career-long preoccupation with the nature and properties of human expression and the sign systems used therein. In this talk, Professor Rachael DeLue of Princeton University discusses how Dove explored these matters in his art and developed a visual vocabulary for use in imagining novel forms and means of communication and interchange. His project entailed a utopian vision of radical connection, a totalizing network of relationships among objects, phenomena, and beings. The science of meteorology--the study of the earth's atmosphere and its weather--served as a model for this vision.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Employment Opportunity: Director of the Center for Historic American Visual Culture at the American Antiquarian Society
The American Antiquarian Society is a learned society that supports a preeminent national research library of early American history and culture. Since 1812, staff and members of the Society have worked assiduously to build and preserve comprehensive collections of the printed record of what is now the United States and Canada from first European settlement through the year 1876. Today, these collections encompass three million books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, graphic arts items, and manuscripts that are housed on twenty-five miles of shelves, including a recent addition built to accommodate a near-doubling of our present holdings. As a learned society, we offer a wide variety of innovative programs and services for diverse audiences including: professional scholars; pre-collegiate, undergraduate, and graduate level students and educators; professional artists and writers; genealogists; and the general public.
Responsibilities: As a member of a collaborative staff, the Director of the Center for Historic American Visual Culture (CHAViC) is responsible for programming that engages scholars in the use of visual materials, including annual conferences and seminars. The Director of CHAViC also serves as an effective ambassador of the Society to the communities of scholars in American studies, history, literature, and art history and maintains active communication and visitation with these important constituencies. Other responsibilities include assisting the Director of Academic Programs in the selection of visual culture fellows and the Director of Outreach with K-12 programs. The Society’s Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Graphic Arts works with the CHAViC director on improving access to collections, website development, and electronic exhibitions.
Qualifications: Successful candidates will have excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills, experience in collaborative decision making in a collegial environment, effective computer skills, and a strong commitment to enhancing the usefulness of collections and reputation of the Society. A PhD in American Studies, American History, or Art History and some experience in administration and teaching is desirable.
Compensation: This is a part time position, available on or about July 1, 2012. Salary will be commensurate with experience, based on a minimum full-time salary of $53,000/year. Benefits include paid holidays, vacation, personal and sick leave; travel and other professional development opportunities.
To apply: Submit a letter of application and a resume electronically to cmackey@mwa.org with the subject line "Search Committee, CHAVIC Director." Please include contact information for three references.
Responsibilities: As a member of a collaborative staff, the Director of the Center for Historic American Visual Culture (CHAViC) is responsible for programming that engages scholars in the use of visual materials, including annual conferences and seminars. The Director of CHAViC also serves as an effective ambassador of the Society to the communities of scholars in American studies, history, literature, and art history and maintains active communication and visitation with these important constituencies. Other responsibilities include assisting the Director of Academic Programs in the selection of visual culture fellows and the Director of Outreach with K-12 programs. The Society’s Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Graphic Arts works with the CHAViC director on improving access to collections, website development, and electronic exhibitions.
Qualifications: Successful candidates will have excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills, experience in collaborative decision making in a collegial environment, effective computer skills, and a strong commitment to enhancing the usefulness of collections and reputation of the Society. A PhD in American Studies, American History, or Art History and some experience in administration and teaching is desirable.
Compensation: This is a part time position, available on or about July 1, 2012. Salary will be commensurate with experience, based on a minimum full-time salary of $53,000/year. Benefits include paid holidays, vacation, personal and sick leave; travel and other professional development opportunities.
To apply: Submit a letter of application and a resume electronically to cmackey@mwa.org with the subject line "Search Committee, CHAVIC Director." Please include contact information for three references.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Employment Opportunity: The German Historical Institute Project Associate
The German Historical Institute Washington DC (GHI) is seeking a Project Associate for its collaborative research project Immigrant Entrepreneurship
The multi-year project is aimed at fostering research into two cornerstones of the American experience, immigration and entrepreneurship. It will feature a published collection – in print and online – of ca. 250 biographical essays of first and second generation German-American businesspeople. By synthesizing the diverse fields of business history, entrepreneurship research, migration history and German-American studies, Immigrant Entrepreneurship will make a significant contribution to a wide array of academic disciplines and offer unique tools for research and teaching. Further information about the project can be found at www.ghi-dc.org/entrepreneurship.
The Project Associate will seek contributors and commission essays for Volume IV: The Age of the World Wars (1918-1945); serve as the GHI liaison between volume editor and contributors, providing for a smooth flow of information between all parties involved and ensuring the scholarly quality and timely delivery of all essays and materials;edit essays in Volume IV; locate images and additional visual material for Volume IV and the other volumes, including copyright clearance; assist with convening project-related conferences, workshops, panels and events;perform other project-related tasks as needed (assist with further research, project outreach, fact-checking, etc.); have the opportunity for own academic contributions to the project.
The multi-year project is aimed at fostering research into two cornerstones of the American experience, immigration and entrepreneurship. It will feature a published collection – in print and online – of ca. 250 biographical essays of first and second generation German-American businesspeople. By synthesizing the diverse fields of business history, entrepreneurship research, migration history and German-American studies, Immigrant Entrepreneurship will make a significant contribution to a wide array of academic disciplines and offer unique tools for research and teaching. Further information about the project can be found at www.ghi-dc.org/entrepreneurship.
The Project Associate will seek contributors and commission essays for Volume IV: The Age of the World Wars (1918-1945); serve as the GHI liaison between volume editor and contributors, providing for a smooth flow of information between all parties involved and ensuring the scholarly quality and timely delivery of all essays and materials;edit essays in Volume IV; locate images and additional visual material for Volume IV and the other volumes, including copyright clearance; assist with convening project-related conferences, workshops, panels and events;perform other project-related tasks as needed (assist with further research, project outreach, fact-checking, etc.); have the opportunity for own academic contributions to the project.
The position is available immediately. It is a two-year contract position with benefits.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Curatorial Interships
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a grant to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in support of curatorial internships. The money will be used to fund a total of 12 internships over the course of the next few years.
Three 3-month internships and one 12-month internship will be available in 2012 for students interested in the study of material culture. Each intern will work directly with a Colonial Williamsburg curator and focus on a specific aspect of study in the fields of fine art, decorative art, folk art, architectural collections or archaeological collections. Applicants should be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in a related field and have completed at least two years of academic credit.
For more information and details on how to apply for a Mellon Foundation internship, please visit Colonial Williamsburg’s website, www.history.org/foundation/careers. Search “current opportunities” for positions: Intern A-Curatorial and/or Intern A-Curatorial (3 month position). Applications will be accepted through Friday, February 10, 2012. Candidates will be notified in early April.
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