Author: Camara Dia Holloway

I am the Project Manager for the Romare Bearden Digital Catalogue Raisonné at the Wildenstein Plattner Institute. I earned my PhD at Yale University in the History of Art Department and specialize in twentieth century American art with a particular focus on the history of photography, race and representation, and transatlantic modernist networks. I also serve as a Founding Co-Director of the Association for Critical Race Art History (ACRAH).

FEL: Pre-Doctoral Diversity Fellowship @ Ithaca College

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The  School  of  Humanities  and  Sciences  at  Ithaca  College  announces  Pre-Doctoral  Diversity  Fellowships  for  2013-14.  The  fellowships  support  promising  scholars  who  are  committed  to  diversity  in  the  academy  in  order  to  better  prepare  them  for  tenure  track  appointments  within  liberal  arts  or  comprehensive  colleges/universities.

Applications  are  welcome  in  the  following  areas:  Art  History,  Communication  Studies,  English,  Economics  and  Modern  Languages  and  Literatures.  The  School  of  Humanities  and  Sciences  houses  additional  interdisciplinary  minors  that  may  be  of  interest  to  candidates:  African  Diaspora  Studies,  Latina/o  Studies,  Jewish  Studies,  Latin  American  Studies,  Asian  American  Studies,  Muslim  Cultures,  Native  American  Studies  and  Women’s  Studies.  Fellows  who  successfully  obtain  the  Ph.D.  and  show  an  exemplary  record  of  teaching  and  scholarship  and  engagement  in  academic  service  throughout  their  fellowship,  may  be  considered  as  candidates  for  tenure-eligible  appointments  anticipated  to  begin  in  the  fall  of  2014.

Position  Responsibilities  and  Terms  of  Fellowship:  Fellowships  are  for  the  academic  year  (August  16,  2013  to  May  31,  2014)  and  are  non-renewable.  The  fellow  will  receive  a  $30,000  stipend,  $3,000  in  travel/professional  development  support,  office  space,  health  benefits  and  access  to  Ithaca  College  and  Cornell  University  libraries.  The  fellow  will  teach  one  course  in  the  fall  semester  and  one  course  in  the  spring  semester  and  be  invited  to  speak  about  her/his  dissertation  research  in  relevant  classes  and  at  special  events  at  Ithaca  College.  Enrollment  in  an  accredited  program  leading  to  a  Ph.D.  degree  at  a  U.S.  educational  institution,  evidence  of  superior  academic  achievement  and  commitment  to  a  career  in  teaching  at  the  college  or  university  level  is  required.  Candidates  must  also  be  authorized  to  work  in  the  United  States.  Prior  to  August  15,  2013,  the  fellow  must  be  advanced  to  candidacy  at  his  or  her  home  institution  with  an  approved  dissertation  proposal.  Preference  will  be  given  to  those  candidates  in  the  last  year  of  dissertation  writing.

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JOB: Assistant Professor, Museum Studies @ Ithaca College

The Department of Art History in the School of Humanities & Sciences at Ithaca College invites applications for a tenure-eligible Assistant Professor appointment beginning August 16, 2013. The successful candidate will serve the department’s new Museum Studies concentration within the Art History B.A., with specialization in any area and be responsible for courses on museum and gallery practices, museum outreach, and curatorial issues. Applicants must have the ability to teach general-education courses in art history, as well as develop more advanced courses in museum studies and practices, including exhibition seminars. The candidate will have a curatorial role in conjunction with the Ithaca College Handwerker Gallery, and will work closely with the gallery director, as well as serving as internship coordinator. The Museum Studies concentration extends the art history major into experiential and theoretical areas of display, museum and gallery practices, and the museum as institution.

Qualifications: Ph.D. preferred (a Masters degree with significant museum experience will be considered). The candidate we seek will have a strong and thoughtful commitment to undergraduate education and scholarship in a liberal arts context. Previous teaching experience and museum or gallery experience desirable. The candidate must be committed to providing an interactive and engaging learning experience in a multi-screen digital classroom environment and to experiential learning in the gallery and museum setting.

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Petrine Archer, 1956-2012: Scythed too soon

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The Caribbean is in mourning at the sudden passing of one its small group of art historians, Dr. Petrine Archer-Straw. Not many of us knew that she suffered from sickle cell disease which literally allowed the grim reaper to scythe her yesterday, on the eve of her 56th birthday. I didn’t know her closely, but we both wrote about art and sometimes found ourselves in the same forum, as in 2002 at the Documenta11 platform on Créolité and Creolization in St Lucia. Our views on art and culture often diverged but i will miss her meticulously kept blog which chronicled most art events worth recording in Jamaica. Her entries were brief, to the point and allowed you to get a quick sense of whatever it was she was documenting.

Interestingly in a recent posting she found herself confronted by the freewheeling  visual prodigy Peter Dean Rickards, who challenged her description…

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PUB: The Slave in European Art. From Renaissance Trophy to Abolitionist Emblem

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The Slave in European Art: From Renaissance Trophy to Abolitionist Emblem

Edited by prof. Elizabeth McGrath (Warburg Institute) and prof. Jean Michel Massing (University of Cambridge)

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(Editors: Jill Kraye and Charles Burnett)

The Warburg Institute – Nino Aragno Editore (London and Turin, 2012)

This volume explores the imagery of slaves and enslavement – white as well as black – in early modern Europe.

Long before the abolitionist movement took up the theme, European art abounded in images of slaves – chained, subjected, subdued figures. Often these enslaved figures were meant to be symbolic, for slavery was widely invoked as a metaphor in both religious and secular contexts. The ancient Roman iconography of triumphalism, with its trophies and caryatids, provided a crucial impetus to this imagery, particularly for Renaissance artists who developed their own variations. Here the use of classical models had a peculiar force, since nudity…

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JOB: Assistant Professor, Africa and the Diaspora @ Rollins College

The Department of Art and Art History seeks an Assistant Professor of Art History, tenure track, to teach the visual culture of Africa and the Diaspora, in any geographical and chronological periods. Ph.D. and teaching experience required; scholarly productivity expected. Primary area of expertise may be in either Africa or the Diaspora, but the successful candidate must be able to teach in both areas. Especially welcome are applicants with interests in interdisciplinary teaching, the development of courses addressing cross-cultural themes, and international experiences. Preference will be given to applicants with a background in internationalization, community engagement, and/or digital humanities. Opportunities exist for participation with the college’s Cornell Fine Arts Museum, The Africa/African-American Studies Program, and nearby Eatonville. Rollins supports teaching and scholarship that addresses developing countries. Duties include curriculum development, advising, and other service to the department and to the college. Please include cover letter, statement of teaching philosophy, and CV listing at least 3 referees. Finalists will be contacted about submitting letters of recommendation. Review of applications will begin November 28, 2012 and will continue until position is filled.

Applicants should apply on the college’s Human resources page: https://www.rollinsjobs.com/. The search committee chair is Dr. Kimberly Dennis, kdennis@rollins.edu.

JOB: Arts of Africa and the African Diaspora – Tenure-Track @ Wellesley College

The Art Department at Wellesley College seeks candidates for a full-time tenure-track position in the Arts of Africa and the African Diaspora at the rank of Assistant Professor.  Candidates should have a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching and a demonstrated record of scholarly excellence. The position demands an interest in teaching at all levels of the curriculum, as well as active participation in the department’s team-taught introductory course. The teaching load is four courses per year. Collegiality and service on both departmental and college-wide committees, and a strong connection to the Africana Studies Department, is expected. Candidates should have received the Ph.D. by July 1, 2013.

Wellesley is a women’s college and one of the leading undergraduate liberal arts colleges in the United States.  The Art Department includes majors in Art History, Architecture, Studio Arts, Media Arts and Sciences, is closely allied with Cinema and Media Studies, and it enjoys exchange programs with MIT, Brandeis University, and the Olin College of Engineering.

Wellesley College is an EO/AA educational institution and employer.  The College is committed to increasing the diversity of the college community and the curriculum.  Candidates who believe they will contribute to that goal are encouraged to apply.

Applicants should send, electronically, a letter of application that describes their teaching and research interests, a CV, and a pdf of a publication or writing sample to: https://career.wellesley.edu. We ask for three letters of recommendation (The online application will request names/email address so that recommenders or dossier services may submit the letters directly.)  The application must be received by December 14, 2012. If circumstances do not allow you to submit materials through our on-line application system, please email us at working@wellesley.edu.

EXH: Distance and Desire: Encounters with the African Archive @ The Walther Collection

Distance and Desire
Encounters with the African Archive
Part II: Contemporary Reconfigurations

The Walther Collection presents Part II of Distance and Desire: Encounters with the African Archive, a three-part exhibition series curated by Tamar Garb. Contemporary Reconfigurations offers new perspectives on the African photographic archive, reimagining its diverse histories and changing meanings. The exhibition centers on photography and video by African and African American artists who engage critically with the archive through parody, appropriation, and reenactment.

Carrie Mae Weems introduces the themes of Contemporary Reconfigurations with her powerful series “From Here I Saw What Happened And I Cried,” a revision of nineteenth and twentieth-century anthropometric photographs of African Americans, overlaid with texts by the artist. Sammy Baloji and Candice Breitz rework ethnographic photographs onto large-scale collages. Zwelethu Mthethwa and Zanele Muholi examine sexuality, costume, and ritual. Samuel Fosso and Philip Kwame Apagya create exuberantly staged studio portraiture, using elaborate backdrops and sets to critique stereotypes and identities.

Sabelo Mlangeni’s black and white photo-essay, “Imbali,” documents the reed dances of KwaZulu-Natal, showing the display of virgins vying to be chosen as brides. Pieter Hugo’s series “There’s a Place in Hell for Me and My Friends” examines ethnicity and skin tonalities through anthropological mug shots. Working in video, Berni Searle performs as a statuesque deity engaged in domestic labor in “Snow White,” and Andrew Putter gives an indigenous voice to the effigy of Marie van Riebeeck, wife of the first Dutch settler in the area known today as Cape Town, in “Secretly I Will Love You More.”

For this group of artists, a stereotype or ethnographic vision in one era may provide material for quotation, irreverent reworking, or satirical performance in another. Illustrating how the African archive — broadly understood as an accumulation of representations, images, and objects — figures in selected contemporary lens-based practices, the exhibition stages a dialogue between the distance of the past and the desiring gaze of the present.

Contemporary Reconfigurations will be on view from November 30, 2012 to March 9, 2013.
Opening Hours: Thursday – Saturday, 12pm-6pm

The Walther Collection Project Space
526 West 26th Street, Suite 718
New York, NY 10001

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FEL: Graduate Fellowship @ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Graduate College of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is
announcing a new interdisciplinary arts and humanities initiative, called
“Seeing Systems,” which focuses on the study of vision and technology.

The Seeing Systems program is inviting applications from students to pursue
their graduate studies at UIUC for the 2013 academic year in a range of
programs, including in art history, media and cinema, and African-American
studies. Fellowships include a $20,000 per year stipend, as well as a
waiver of tuition and campus fees.

For details and applications procedures see:
http://publish.illinois.edu/seeingsystems/

FEL: Three Fellowships @ The Center for Jewish History

The Center for Jewish History, one of the foremost Jewish research and
cultural institutions in the world, is now accepting applications for three
competitive academic fellowships:

NEH Fellowship for Senior Scholars
The Center for Jewish History offers a single fellowship to a senior
scholar through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The
awards support original research at the Center in the humanities, including
but not limited to Jewish studies, Russian and East European studies,
American studies and Germanic studies, as well as musicology, linguistics,
anthropology, sociology and history. Applications are welcome from college
and university faculty in any field who have completed a PhD more than six
years prior to the start of the fellowship and whose research will benefit
considerably from consultation with materials housed at the Center.
Fellowships carry a stipend of up to $50,400 for a period of one academic
year. Fellows are expected to conduct original research at the Center,
deliver at least one lecture based on the research conducted, actively
participate in the scholarly community at the Center, acknowledge the
Center and NEH in all publications resulting from research completed during
the fellowship and submit a report upon completion of the fellowship
describing the experience. For more information about the fellowship and
complete application instructions please visit: http://www.cjh.org/p/36.

Applications for the 2013-2014 fellowship are Due December 3, 2012
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