ASECS Awards, 2014–15
A selection of this year’s ASECS awards that particularly relate to landscapes, images, objects, and material culture:
2014–15 Louis Gottschalk Prize
Vittoria Di Palma, Wasteland: A History (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014).
The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies awards annually the Louis Gottschalk prize to the best scholarly book on an eighteenth-century subject. The 2015 Gottschalk prize has been awarded to Vittoria Di Palma for Wasteland: A History (Yale University Press, 2014), an elegant, probing, and timely account of how the emerging discourse of modern aesthetics in Britain was inseparably intertwined with interest in certain ‘unimproved’ types of land. Di Palma’s work, which conjoins the resources of art history, landscape and garden studies, the history of science, and more disciplines still, is a scholarly tour-de-force that synthesizes disparate studies of subjects ranging from land enclosure to the sublime in order to shed new light on the prehistory of our current ecological challenges.
2014–15 James L. Clifford Prize
Paola Bertucci, “Enlightened Secrets: Silk Intelligent Travel, and Industrial Espionage in Eighteenth-Century France” published in Technology and Culture 54 (October 2013): 820–52.
Bertucci offers a critical examination of the relationship between the openness of academic knowledge and the secrecy of state affairs in the age of Enlightenment. Using the silk manufacturing industry of France and Piedmont as an example, she explores the ways in which technical intelligence was gathered under the guise of academic exchange and demonstrates that the seeming openness of academic culture was one of the resources that intelligent travelers mobilized to serve the state in secret.
2014–15 Women’s Caucus Editing and Translation Fellowship
There were five very fine submissions this year for the Women’s Caucus Editing and Translation Prize. The selection committee—which consisted of Katherine Binhammer, Katharine Kittredge, and Mary Trouille (Chair)—was especially impressed by the proposals submitted by Aileen Douglas and Catherine Sama. Since no prize was given last year, the Women’s Caucus kindly agreed to allow our committee to award a $1,000 prize to both Professors Douglas and Sama. Catherine Sama is Professor of Italian at the University of Rhode Island in Providence. She has published widely on eighteenth-century Italian women writers and artists. The title of her project is “Rosalba Carriera (1673–1757): Correspondence of a Venetian Artist.”
2014–15 Innovative Course Design Competition
Michael Gavin, “Modeling Literary History: Quantitative Approaches to the Enlightenment”
Estelle Joubert, “Music in the Global Eighteenth Century: A New Course Proposal”
Sean Silver, “The Novel and the Museum”
Doctoral Studentship | ‘Nature’ in China and Europe, 1500–1800
From H-ArtHist:
Doctoral Studentship: Conceptualising ‘Nature’ in China and Europe, 1500–1800
University of Exeter, 1 September 2015 — 31 August 2018
Applications due by 15 February 2015
The College of Humanities at the University of Exeter is offering a PhD studentship beginning in September 2015, working for the EU Marie Curie-funded project ‘Nature Entangled’ led by Dr Yue Zhuang (Chinese Studies) at the University of Exeter:
One Doctoral Studentship (open to UK/EU and International students) with all tuition fees paid and annual maintenance grant for three years. The maintenance grant will be £13,863 per year.
The subject of your studentship will be the history of conceptualising ‘Nature’ in China and Europe from 1500–1800. Working across disciplines—art (architectural) history, cultural history and China-Europe relations—you will examine the historical legacy shared between China and Europe in envisioning the ‘natural’ living environment in relation to the well-being of citizens and the state.
The studentship will also offer joint supervision by an eminent professor, Prof. Shaoxin Dong at the National Institute of Advanced Humanistic Studies in Fudan University, Shanghai, China. The student will spend one/half year in China for research and fieldwork. The student will benefit from library and archival resources from across the consortium as well as activities such as student events, conferences and the fostering of peer support networks.
Successful applicants normally have a good first degree (at least 2.1, or international equivalent) in a relevant field of humanities, and have obtained, or are currently working towards, a master’s degree at Merit level, or international equivalent. If English is not your native language then you will also need to satisfy our English language entry requirements. English (fluent) and Chinese (advanced level) are essential whilst other languages such as Italian, Latin, French, or Dutch are desirable. You will be an active member of a research team of four and will contribute to the project’s publications as well as produce an outstanding PhD thesis.
To be considered for this Doctoral award, you must complete an online web form where you must submit some personal details and upload a covering letter setting out your suitability for this project, a full CV, research proposal, transcripts, details of two referees and, if relevant, proof of your English language proficiency, by 15 February 2015. Your research proposal should be no more than 4 sides of A4 in length and should be related to the history of ideas of ‘Nature’ in the landscape discourses of China and Europe in 1500–1800.
In addition you must also ensure that your referees email their references to the Postgraduate Administrator at humanities-pgadmissions@exeter.ac.uk by 15 February 2015. Please note that we will not be contacting referees to request references, you must arrange for them to be submitted to us by the deadline.
References should be submitted by your referees to us directly in the form of a letter. Referees must email their references to us from their institutional email accounts. We cannot accept references from personal/private email accounts, unless it is a scanned document on institutional headed paper and signed by the referee. All application documents must be submitted in English. Certified translated copies of academic qualifications must also be provided. Guidelines on submitting references to us can be found on our dedicated page, where you can also download a copy of our institutional reference form for your referees to complete and return to us, or for them to use as a guide.
More information is available here»
Rijksmuseum Research Fellowship Programme, 2015–16
From the Rijksmuseum:
The Rijksmuseum Research Fellowship Programme, 2015–16
Applications due by 15 March 2015
The Rijksmuseum operates a research fellowship programme for outstanding candidates working on the art and history of the Low Countries whose principal concern is object-based research.
The Rijksmuseum houses the world’s largest collection of Dutch artistic and historical treasures, and the most complete library on Dutch art. The museum re-opened its doors to the public in April 2013 following a ten-year renovation that completely transformed the institution. For the first time in its history, the paintings, sculpture, decorative arts and historical artefacts are being shown together in a chronological display. This innovative curatorial approach presents the public with an overview of the art and history of the Netherlands from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century.
The aim of the Rijksmuseum Research Fellowship Programme is to train a new generation of museum professionals: inquisitive object-based specialists who will further develop understanding of Netherlandish art and history for the future. The focus of research should relate to the Rijksmuseum’s collection, and may encompass any of its varied holdings, including Netherlandish paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, prints, drawings, photography and historical artefacts. The purpose of the programme is to enable doctoral candidates to base part of their research at the Rijksmuseum and to encourage the understanding of Netherlandish art and history by offering students and scholars access to the museum’s collections, library, conservation laboratories and curatorial expertise. Partnership and collaboration is at the heart of these fellowships, which provide support for the museum and its research priorities, as well as its academic and non-academic partners.
For the 2015–16 academic year, candidates may apply for the following fellowships:
• Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship
• DSM-JLL Fellowship
• JLL-DSM Fellowship
• Johan Huizinga Fellowship
• Manfred & Hanna Heiting Fellowship
The closing date for all applications is 15 March 2015, at 6:00 pm (Amsterdam time/CET). No applications will be accepted after this deadline. All applications must be submitted online and in English. Applications or related materials delivered via email, postal mail, or in person will not be accepted. Selection will take place in April 2015. Applicants will be notified by 1 May 2015. All fellowships will start in September 2015. Further information and application forms are available here.
Fellowship with The Phillips Collection and GWU
From H-ArtHist:
Postdoctoral Fellowship with The Phillips Collection and George Washington University
Applications due by 15 January 2015
The Phillips Collection, in partnership with the George Washington University, offers a postdoctoral fellowship to support research and teaching on topics in American, European, or non-western art, including photography, from 1780 to the present. The next fellowship term is July 2015 through June 2016.
The appointment carries a departmental affiliation with the George Washington University’s Department of Fine Arts and Art History and with The Phillips Collection. The fellow receives a stipend and generous benefits package, as well as various university/museum privileges, including access to facilities, libraries of institutions, equipment, support staff, curators, and faculty.
The fellowship is open to untenured scholars who have received their PhDs within the past five years. Applicants must have successfully defended their thesis prior to the application deadline (no later than January 15, 2015) and their doctoral degree must be conferred no later than June 30, 2015, prior to the start day of July 1, 2015. Preference will be given to applicants whose projects focus on subjects related to the museum’s areas of collecting and reinterpret the topic via innovative methodological approaches or alternative perspectives that may cross national boundaries and art historical time periods.
The next fellowship opportunity is July 2015 through June 2016. Deadline for receipt of the application is January 15, 2015. To apply, send a cover letter, CV, a one-page research proposal, a sample syllabus for a proposed undergraduate or graduate course, and two letters of reference. All application materials must be sent electronically in one PDF document to fellowships@phillipscollection.org. Letters of recommendation may be submitted together with the application materials or sent separately by the recommenders to the same e-mail address.
Hodson-Brown Fellowship, 2015–16
Hodson-Brown Fellowship, 2015–16
Applications due by 15 March 2015
The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience and the John Carter Brown Library invite applications for the Hodson Trust-John Carter Brown Fellowship, a unique research and writing fellowship. The deadline for applications for the 2015–2016 Hodson-Brown Fellowship is March 15, 2015. The fellowship supports academics, independent scholars, writers, filmmakers, novelists, and artists working on significant projects relating to the literature, history, culture, or art of the Americas before 1830.
Fellowship award: $20,000 plus housing and university privileges.
Duration: two months of research in Providence, RI (any time between September and May) and two months of writing in Chestertown, Md. (any time between May and August).
Residence: In Providence, a private room in the John Carter Brown Library’s Fellows’ Residence; in Chestertown, exclusive occupancy of a restored circa-1735 house.
Work space: In Providence, space in the John Carter Brown Library; in Chestertown, a private office in the circa-1745 waterfront Custom House, home of the Starr Center.
Additional information is available here»
Fellowships | Lichtenberg-Kolleg Early Career Fellowships
Lichtenberg-Kolleg Early Career Fellowships, 2015–17
Applications due by 2 March 2015
The Lichtenberg-Kolleg, the Göttingen Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, invites applications for up to 12 Early Career Fellowships.
Opening its doors in 1737 Göttingen quickly established itself as one of Europe’s leading Enlightenment universities. Named after one of the most important and versatile representatives of the Gottingen Enlightenment, the Lichtenberg-Kolleg is an interdisciplinary research institute with a strong focus not only on the Enlightenment(s), but also on ‘bridges’ between the human and natural sciences and on the study of religion. For the period October 2015 to July 2017 we are inviting early career scholars to join one of the research teams for the study of either:
• Globalising the Enlightenment: Knowledge, Culture, Travel, Exchange and Collections, or:
• Human Rights, Constitutional Politics and Religious Diversity, or:
• Primate Cognition: Philosophical, Linguistic, and Historical Perspectives.
The University of Göttingen is an equal opportunities employer and places particular emphasis on fostering career opportunities for women. Qualified women are therefore strongly encouraged to apply as they are underrepresented in this field. Disabled persons with equivalent aptitude will be favoured. All Fellowships are open to candidates who have received a doctorate within the last 6 years. The deadline for applications is 2nd March 2015.
Details are available here»
Charles E. Peterson Fellowship
From H-ArtHist:
Charles E. Peterson Fellowship
Applications due by 2 January 2015
In a joint program with the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, the Society of Architectural Historians is pleased to offer an annual fellowship that will support the participation of a graduate student in the research and writing for a volume in the Buildings of the United States (BUS) series and/or SAH Archipedia, the Society’s online architectural resource. This fellowship was established in 2008 in honor of Charles E. Peterson, FAIA, founder of the Historic American Buildings Survey. The recipient will research some aspect of American architecture prior to 1860, which he/she may choose from a list of topics provided by authors of forthcoming BUS books. The prize will be presented at the Society’s annual conference in April and will be announced in the SAH Newsletter following the conference.
The Award
The committee will award the fellowship by February 1, 2014, at which time the recipient will choose from the pre-defined list of available topics. The fellowship grant of $2,000 will be contingent upon the recipient’s completion of the project, which is expected to require no more than 100 hours of work. A portion of the award ($500) will be paid in early June to cover the recipient’s immediate expenses. The balance of the award ($1500) will be payable upon completion of the project. The completed project must be submitted to SAH by August 31, 2014.
Criteria for Application
The fellowship is intended for students currently enrolled in graduate programs in art or architectural history, architectural design, urban planning, historic preservation, landscape architecture, American studies, or related disciplines. Preference will be given to SAH members. The successful applicant does not need to reside in Philadelphia, although the Athenaeum will be glad to have the fellowship recipient use its collections. Applications will be reviewed by a committee composed of BUS/SAH Archipedia editors, authors, and Athenaeum staff. You do not have to be a member of SAH to apply for this fellowship, but membership is encouraged.
Application Details
Applicants must submit the following:
• Cover letter discussing their research interests and professional goals
• CV or resumé
• Brief writing sample (5–10 pages)
• Letter of recommendation from an advisor or principal professor
Applications for the 2015 award will be accepted up to January 2, 2015. Apply at the SAH website.
Terra Foundation Research Travel Grants to the U.S.
Terra Foundation Research Travel Grants to the United States
Applications due by 15 January 2015
The Terra Foundation offers Research Travel Grants to enable scholars outside the United States to consult resources that are only available within the United States. These grants provide support for research on topics concerning American art and visual culture prior to 1980. Grant funding is available for short-term travel (3 months maximum) that gives scholars:
• an opportunity to discover new source material
• experience works of art first-hand in museums and private collections
• consult local archives and library collections
• establish professional networks for future research
Funds can be used for related transportation, lodging, meals, and research fees and expenses. They cannot be used for the purchase of computers or other equipment. The foundation accepts proposals from only doctoral students and postdoctoral and senior scholars outside the United States. Please visit our website for eligibility and grant requirements, application form, and information about funding.
Fellowships | American Art and Visual Culture at the Smithsonian
Smithsonian American Art Museum Research Fellowships
Washington, D.C.
Applications due by 1 December 2014
The Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery invite applications for research fellowships in art, craft, and visual culture of the United States. Fellowships are residential and support full-time independent and dissertation research. The stipend for a one-year fellowship is $32,500 for predoctoral fellows or $47,500 for senior and postdoctoral fellows, plus research and travel allowances. The standard term of residency for fellowships is twelve months, but shorter terms will be considered; stipends are prorated for periods of less than twelve months. December 1, 2014, is the application deadline for fellowships that begin on or after June 1, 2015. For applications and general information visit www.AmericanArt.si.edu/fellowships.
Fellowships | Newberry Library, 2015–2016
The Newberry Library Fellowships in the Humanities, 2015–2016
Applications due by 1 December 2014 (Long-Term) and 15 January 2015 (Short-Term)
Newberry Library, Chicago (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
The Newberry’s fellowships support humanities research in our collections. Our collections are wide-ranging, rich, and sometimes a little eccentric. If you study the humanities, chances are good we have something for you. We promise you remarkable collections; a lively interdisciplinary community of researchers; individual consultations on your research with staff curators, librarians, and scholars; and an array of scholarly and public programs. Applicants may apply for both Long- and Short-Term fellowships within one academic year. All applicants are strongly encouraged to consult the Newberry’s online catalog and collection guides before applying.
Long-Term Fellowships
Long-Term Fellowships are intended to support individual scholarly research and promote serious intellectual exchange through active participation in the Newberry’s scholarly activities. Applicants must hold a PhD at the time of application in order to eligible. Applicants may apply for 4 to 12 months of support, with a stipend of $4,200 per month.
Short-Term Fellowships
Short-Term Fellowships are available to postdoctoral scholars, PhD candidates, and those who hold other terminal degrees. Most fellowships are restricted to scholars who live and work outside the Chicago Metro area. Short-Term Fellowships are generally awarded for one continuous month in residence at the Newberry, with stipends of $2,500 per month. Applicants must demonstrate a specific need for the Newberry’s collection.
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