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JOB: Tenure-Track Art History Position @ Grinnell College

GRINNELL COLLEGE – DEPARTMENT OF ART (18th-19th-CENTURY EUROPEAN ART HISTORY) – TENURE-TRACK POSITION (START FALL 2013).

GRINNELL COLLEGE.  Tenure-track position in the Department of Art: 18th-19th-Century European Art History, starting Fall 2013.  Assistant Professor (Ph.D.) preferred; Instructor (ABD) or Associate Professor possible.  Grinnell College is a highly selective undergraduate liberal arts college.  Art history and studio art form a combined program emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches.  Important teaching resources include the college’s art collection, its gallery, and a print and drawing study room.  Applicant’s area should be 18th-19th century European, with strong secondary emphasis on non-European, non-western, or colonial/postcolonial art.  The College’s curriculum is founded on a strong advising system and close student-faculty interaction, with few college-wide requirements beyond the completion of a major.  The teaching schedule of five courses over two semesters in the first year will include three courses in the candidate’s area(s) of specialization and two sections of the thematic and cross-cultural introduction to art history.  In subsequent years there will be the expectation of teaching (in rotation with other art history faculty) the exhibition seminar and the senior seminar.  Every few years one course will be a Tutorial (a writing/critical thinking course for first-year students, oriented toward a special topic of the instructor’s choice).

In letters of application, candidates should discuss their interest in developing as a teacher and scholar in an undergraduate, liberal arts college that emphasizes close student-faculty interaction.  They also should discuss what they can contribute to efforts to cultivate a wide diversity of people and perspectives, a core value of Grinnell College.  To be assured of full consideration, all application materials should be received by December 1, 2012.

Please submit applications online by visiting our application website at https://jobs.grinnell.edu.  Candidates will need to upload a letter of application, curriculum vitae, transcripts (copies are acceptable), sample of scholarly writing, and provide email addresses for three references. Questions about this search should be directed to the search chair, Professor Jenny Anger, at [ArtSearch@grinnell.edu] or 641-269-4262.

Grinnell College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to attracting and retaining highly qualified individuals who collectively reflect the diversity of the nation. No applicant shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, national or ethnic origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, religion, creed, disability or veteran status. For further information about Grinnell College, see our website at http://www.grinnell.edu

CFP: Museums & Social Issues

Museums & Social Issues

A Journal of Reflective Discourse

Museums & Social Issues (MSI), a peer-reviewed journal published by Left
Coast Press, Inc., is pleased to announce a change in format that will
allow researchers, museum practitioners, theorists, social scientists, and
others to submit articles on any topic related to the engagement of museums
in the enduring and complex issues facing our society.

Since its inaugural issue in 2006, MSI has been a theme-based journal,
addressing topics such as race, immigration, incarceration, connection with
nature and other topics. The new format will maintain the focus on
compelling issues but will provide more flexibility and the ability to
respond to dynamic and contemporary topics by featuring theoretical,
philosophical, and practical pieces that discuss museums in relation to a
range of contemporary issues, rather than limited to a specific theme.

We are particularly interested in articles that present either a synthesis
of a body of research or current and innovative research or programming
related to the questions society faces. Topics might address:

Enduring and emerging social problems such as homelessness, war, poverty,
climate change, privacy, mental health.

Contemporary aspirations or perspectives on improving quality of life such
as life/work balance, happiness initiatives, advocacy movements, play,
spirituality.

Thoughtful responses and analysis of current and emerging trends that
relate to the well-being of communities and individuals, such as political
movements, emerging technologies, music, leisure time pursuits, etc.

Exhibit, Book or Program Reviews: The journal is also soliciting reviews of
products that address questions or issues of concern to society.

For more information, contact Editor, Kris Morrissey msiuw@uw.edu or
submit an inquiry through the journals online submission process at:
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/msi

All manuscripts are subject to anonymous peer review by knowledgeable
scholars and professional practitioners and, if accepted, may be subject to
revision. Materials submitted to MSI should not be under consideration by
other publishers, nor should they be previously published in any form.

Back issues available at www.LCoastPress.com

CFP: Annual Graduate Student Conference in African-American History @ UMemphis

The Graduate Association for African-American History (GAAAH) at The
University of Memphis invites graduate students at all levels to submit
proposals for its 14th Annual Graduate Student Conference in
African-American History, to be held October 31-November 2, 2012, in
Memphis, Tennessee. We welcome the submission of individual papers,
complete sessions, workshops, and roundtables on all topics relating to the
scholarship and teaching of African-American/African Diaspora histories and
cultures. We encourage the participation of graduate students who represent
a broad range of disciplinary and methodological approaches.

Individual paper proposals should include a 300-word abstract, including a
paper title; author contact information; postal address and e-mail address;
and a brief curriculum vitae. The organizers of complete sessions should
send, in a single submission, abstracts and cvs for each of the paper
presenters; 200-word description of the session; and contact information
for all participants. Please list audio-visual requirements, if any.

This year’s conference will feature a keynote address from Dr. Deborah Gray
White, Professor of History at Rutgers University and the author of Ar’n’t
I A Woman? Female Slaves in the Plantation South (1985 and 1999), the
groundbreaking gendered analysis of the institution of slavery.
Additionally, she is the author of Too Heavy a Load: Black Women in
Defense of Themselves, 1984-1994 (1999) and Let My People Go:
African-Americans, 1804-1860 (1996).  Professors from area institutions
will serve as panel commentators and participate in a workshop on
professional development and the job market.

The submission deadline for proposals is September 22, 2012. A committee
of University of Memphis professors will consider all papers for the
“Memphis State Eight Paper Prize” which is awarded to the conference’s best
paper. The first place prize includes a monetary award. Second and third place
papers will also receive recognition.

Participants will be notified of acceptance by October 1, 2012, and
completed 10-12 page papers must be received no later than October 15,
2012.

Please submit all proposals by e-mail to GAAAH President Micki Kaleta.
gaaah.memphis@gmail.com or mykaleta@memphis.edu.

For questions, you also may call Ms. Kaleta at (901) 678-3395 or contact
GAAAH faculty advisors Dr. Arvin Smallwood at (901) 678-3869 and
asmallwd@memphis.edu or Dr. Ernestine Jenkins at
eljenkins@memphis.edu and ( 901) 678-3450.

REF: Slavery and Revolution @ WWW

Announcing the launch of Slavery and Revolution, an internet resource for research about Jamaica and Atlantic slavery in the Age of Revolution

Slavery and Revolution uses a blogging format to showcase excerpts from letters written by Simon Taylor (1738-1813), a slaveholder and plantation owner who lived in Jamaica during a period characterised by revolution, war, and imperial reform. The website is a free resource, open to anyone. Its contents are intended for academics, students, and others to use in their research, teaching, and learning.

Web address: http://blog.soton.ac.uk/slaveryandrevolution/

Follow Slavery and Revolution on Twitter: Slavery & Revolution @SlandRev

CONF: ‘Disturbing Pasts: Memories, Controversies and Creativity’ @ Museum of Ethnology, Vienna

Conference homepage:http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/disturbing-pasts/

We are pleased to announce the details of the conference ‘Disturbing Pasts: Memories, Controversies and Creativity’ at the Museum of Ethnology, Vienna, on the 20th to 22nd November, 2012. This is part of a two-year international research project led by Dr Leon Wainwright (The Open University, UK; http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/arthistory/wainwright.shtml ) and funded by HERA (Humanities in the European Research Area, the European Science Foundation).

‘Disturbing Pasts’ brings together artists, photographers, curators, policy makers and academics from around the world, with the aim of networking with one another and exploring creative engagements with controversial and traumatic pasts in art practice, curating and museums.

Our theme:    Traumatic pasts have complex and often dramatic influences on the present. In many countries, legacies of war, colonialism, genocide and oppression return again and again to dominate contemporary politics, culture and society. The controversies surrounding traumatic pasts can shape policy, make or break governments, trigger mass demonstrations, and even spark violent confrontation. These pasts also inspire rich visual and creative responses, through which the past is remembered, remade and challenged, and the public space of the modern museum is the primary venue for these responses.

Confirmed speakers include artists, curators, policy-makers and academics:

Peju Layiwola, Dierk Schmidt, T. Shanaathanan, Christopher Cozier, Rita Duffy, Paul Lowe, Rafał Betlejewski, Joanna Rajkowska, Heather Shearer, John Timberlake, Shan McAnena, Sofia Dyak, Wayne Modest, Liv Ramskjær, Maria Six-Hohenbalken, Margit Berner, Clara Himmelheber, Maruska Svasek, Fiona Magowan, Alexander Etkind, Uilleam Blacker, Andrij Portnow, Elizabeth Edwards, Sigrid Lien, Susan Legêne, Annette Hoffmann, Erica Lehrer, Simon Faulkner, Carol Tulloch

‘Disturbing Pasts’ marks a collaboration between three HERA-sponsored research consortia drawn from universities throughout Europe, in partnership with the Museum of Ethnology, Vienna. They are:

o   ‘Creativity and Innovation in a World of Movement’ (CIM) http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/CreativityandInnovationinaWorldofMovement/

o   ‘Photographs, Colonial Legacy and Museums in Contemporary European Culture’ (PhotoCLEC) http://www.heranet.info/photoclec/index

o   ‘Memory at War’ (MAW) http://www.memoryatwar.org/

The project will publish its scholarly and creative work in a special issue of the Open Arts Journal (www.openartsjournal.org), and the conference will generate audio-visual material to be made available through the Open Arts Archive (www.openartsarchive.org).

Entrance to the conference is free, but places are limited, and so we ask that you please reserve in advance by writing to Julia Binter, Julia.Binter@ethno-museum.ac.at

Committee members for the project include: Dr Leon Wainwright (The Open University, UK), Dr Barbara Plankensteiner (Museum of Ethnology, Vienna), Dr Maruska Svasek (Queen’s University, Belfast), Professor Elizabeth Edwards (De Montfort University, Leicester), Dr Alexander Etkind and Dr Uilleam Blacker (University of Cambridge).

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The project ‘Disturbing Pasts: Memories, Controversies and Creativity’ is financially supported by the HERA Joint Research Programme which is co-funded by AHRC, AKA, DASTI, ETF, FNR, FWF, HAZU, IRCHSS, MHEST, NWO, RANNIS, RCN, VR and The European Community FP7 2007-2013, under the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities programme.

 

JOB: Carruthers Internship @ Birmingham Museum of Art, Spring 2013

Carruthers Internship – Spring Semester 2013

Education: Graduate student

Area of Study: Art History, Visual Culture, History, African American Studies, or American Studies

Purpose: To support exhibition projects related to the 50th anniversary of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing.

Responsibilities:
·        Assist with artist research which includes but not limited to exhibition history, biographical information, and bibliographical history.
·        Write artist biographies and descriptions of art for museum publications.
·        Create artist files for artists involved with commemorative projects.
·        Help coordinate performance projects.
·        Manage communication between the curatorial department and artists and exhibition lenders.
·        Other duties as assigned.

The Carruthers Intern will have the opportunity to contribute to the Museum’s public and support group programs.

Examples include:
·        ArtBreaks
·        Lunch & Learn
·        Gallery Talks

Special Skills
·        Strong interest in African American art and history
·        Good verbal and written communication skills
·        Strong visual analysis skills
·        Extensive experience with library, archival, and web-based research

Time period: January 14 – May 3, 2013
Hours per week: 15-20 hours
The Carruthers Intern will receive a $3,000 stipend.

Additional application material: 10-15 pp writing sample from a research or seminar paper

Deadline is November 1, 2012. Please check out
https://artsbma.org/about/internships/item/642-carruthers-internship-curatorial

For more information, contact Anne Forschler-Tarrasch at aforschler@artsbma.org

Call for Submissions: Meditations on Emancipation (in the 21st Century) @

This exhibition Meditations on Emancipation (in the 21st Century) is being developed as part of the semester long programming in support of Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation at Geneseo. The Bertha V.B. Lederer Gallery seeks artist’s submissions that specifically address the Emancipation Proclamation and what it means today.

Submissions are due: November 15, 2012

Artist Notification:  December 15, 2012

http://www.geneseo.edu/galleries/meditations-emancipation