Meet Our New Intern: Amanda Strasik
I’m glad to report that the Enfilade internship program is off to a fabulous start. Freya Gowrley did a brilliant job getting things rolling, and she now passes the baton on to Amanda Strasik. Welcome, Amanda! -CH
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Note (added 21 October 2022) — The full postings for interns have been archived offline.
Call for Papers: The Florida State Graduate Symposium
The Florida State University Art History Graduate Symposium
Tallahassee, 4-5 November 2011
Proposals due by 29 August 2011
Keynote Speaker: John T. Paoletti, Kenan Professor of the Humanities, Emeritus and Professor of Art History, Wesleyan University
The Art History faculty and graduate students of The Florida State University invite students working toward an MA or a PhD to submit abstracts of papers for presentation at the 29th Annual Art History Graduate Student Symposium. Paper sessions will begin on Friday afternoon, November 4, and continue through Saturday, November 5, with each paper followed by critical discussion. Symposium papers may come from any area of the history of art and architecture. Papers will then be considered for inclusion in Athanor, a nationally-distributed journal published by the Department of Art History and the FSU College of Visual Arts, Theatre & Dance.
The deadline for receipt of abstracts (maximum 500 words) is 29 August 2011. Please indicate the title of the talk, graduate level, and whether the subject originated in thesis or dissertation research. Send the abstract either as a printout or an email attachment to: Dr. Lynn Jones, Symposium Coordinator, lajones@fsu.edu.
Introducing Enfilade’s First Intern: Freya Gowrley
I’ve been delighted by the emails I’ve received expressing interest in Enfilade’s new internship program. At least tentatively, I have the spot filled until the end of the year. And this morning, I’m really excited to introduce our first intern, Freya Gowrley — or more precisely, to allow her to introduce herself. Welcome aboard, Freya! -CH.
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Note (added 5 May 2025) — The full postings for interns have been archived offline.
Enfilade Turns Two!
An 18th-century balloon takes off (Library of Congress); illustration from Jane E. Boyd, "Artificial Clouds and Inflammable Air: The Science and Spectacle of the First Balloon Flights, 1783," 'Chemical Heritage Magazine' (Summer 2009); click to access the article.
After two years and 123,595 hits, I continue to be amazed at how much more the site has become than I ever initially imagined. Thanks to all of you for your kind input, your generosity in sharing news, and above all for your support in reading. To mark the anniversary, I want to make two plugs: one a familiar refrain, the other an announcement regarding the launch of an internship program.
First, if you’re a regular reader, please consider making a financial contribution to the Historians of Eighteenth-Century Art & Architecture. Enfilade is produced at absolutely zero costs to HECAA, but the organization needs financial resources to pursue its mission, an important part of which includes modest grants for graduate students. Anyone interested in the period is welcome to become a member; so if you’re reading, consider joining. For current members, now is a good time to send in your dues for 2011 if you’ve not yet done so (just $20/$5 for graduate students). Please also think about making an additional donation to help fund the Dora Wiebenson Prize or the Mary Vidal Memorial Fund. Checks should be sent directly to Denise Baxter (the transition to our new treasurer Jennifer Germann will occur soon, but for now Denise is still glad to cash your checks).
Second, I’m pleased to announce that Enfilade is now accepting applications for a new student internship program. The intern positions are intended to provide art historical experience for M.A. students in Art History, Architectural History, Museum Studies, or other related disciplines (exceptional upper-level undergraduates will also be considered). Duties will primarily consist of researching potential postings, gathering information about upcoming exhibitions, conferences, forthcoming books, &c. Depending upon an intern’s interests, expertise, and location, other projects are also possible. Starting dates are flexible. The internship runs for 8 weeks with the possibility of an extension. Students are expected to work a minimum of 5 hours per week. The position is unpaid, though it will include a one-year HECAA membership. Given the nature of the work, the internship can be completed from anywhere. Requirements:
- Basic computer skills with online access
- A minimum of five art history courses
- Strong writing skills
- Fluency in English, though additional languages are certainly advantageous
Application materials:
- Cover letter explaining the applicant’s interests, skills, and plans for the near future
- C.V.
- Writing sample of 3-5 pages
Applications should be sent to CraigAshleyHanson@gmail.com
As with everything with Enfilade, the internship program is an experiment. We’ll see how it goes and adjust accordingly. By all means feel free to send your own ideas, thoughts, and concerns. And again, thanks for reading! -CH.
Conference: Theories and Things, New Directions for the Decorative Arts
With Julie Ramos, I am organizing a study day at the Institut national d’histoire de l’art (INHA) featuring the research of upcoming junior scholars on new directions in the decorative arts. The event will cover several centuries and artistic mediums that intersect with material culture, ornament, objects, and materiality. For Enfilade readers, there will be some excellent presentations on eighteenth-century art, notably by Delphine Burlot, Elisa Foster, Anne Perrin Khelissa, and Boris Gibhardt. If you will be in Paris in early June, I hope to see you there. – JF.
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Des Théories et des choses: nouvelles orientations dans l’étude des arts décoratifs
Institut national d’histoire de l’art, Paris, 6 June 2011
La « culture matérielle », notion globalisante bien que problématique, permet de rapprocher de nombreuses disciplines savantes, des études américaines aux Visual Studies, en passant par l’anthropologie, la philosophie, l’architecture, l’histoire de l’art, l’histoire et la littérature. Elle se manifeste notamment de manière implicite dans nombre de projets menés actuellement, par exemple dans le thème de la prochaine conférence du CIHA (Comité International d’Histoire d’Art) en 2012, The Challenge of the Object, ainsi que dans la future exposition Paris: Life and Luxury au Getty Institute de Los Angeles, qui prévoit l’exposition des objets dans un intérieur parisien reconstitué. Cette actualité est l’occasion d’interroger la manière dont les objets sont traités, comparés et évalués. La tendance à une normalisation et à une naturalisation des termes par le discours de l’histoire de l’art invitent à de nouvelles analyses et clarifications. Cette journée d’études se propose d’examiner pourquoi et comment les théories de la “culture matérielle” sont presque devenues synonymes d’étude des arts décoratifs, en cela toutes périodes et techniques de fabrication confondues. Elle a pour objectif de présenter les travaux de jeunes chercheurs (doctorants et post-doctorants) de différentes spécialités portant sur des objets de la culture matérielle. Il s’agira d’ouvrir ainsi des perspectives nuancées et critiques pour l’étude de ce champ, engageant des questions d’historiographie, d’histoire de l’art, de philosophie et d’esthétique. En remettant en jeu l’identité de l’objet autant que la conception de sa matérialité, cette journée entend redonner une dimension critique aux théories de la culture matérielle et explorer leurs apports à l’histoire de l’art. Contact: jennifer.ferng@inha.fr
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1: La culture matérielle
Modération: Julie Ramos (INHA)
9h30 – 9h50: Anne PERRIN KHELISSA (Centre allemand d’histoire de l’art)
Le statut juridique des objets du décor à Gênes au XVIIIe siècle. Une question posée à l’histoire de la culture matérielle nobiliaire
9h50 – 10h10: Jennifer FERNG (MIT / INHA)
Les états révolutionnaires d’échange: L’économie matérielle ou la transformation de l’ornement et de la monnaie
10h10 – 10h30: Damien DELILLE (Université François Rabelais de Tours / INHA)
“Les arts de la personnalité”: costume symboliste et critique du dandy fin de siècle
10h30 – 11h00: Discussion
11h00 – 11h15: Pause (more…)
Call for Papers: St. Thomas Graduate Symposium
University of St. Thomas Art History Graduate Symposium
St Paul, Minnesota, 17-18 November 2011
Proposals due by 15 June 2011
The University of St. Thomas (MN) Art History Graduate Program invites proposals for its second annual graduate student research symposium. This year’s event will be held November 17-18, 2011, with a keynote talk by Dr. Steven Nelson (Associate Professor of African and African American Art History and chair of the Graduate Council at the University of California, Los Angeles) on Thursday night and student papers on Friday, November 18.
For consideration please submit a 250-word abstract and CV as attachments to artgradstusym@stthomas.edu by June 15, 2011. Selected participants will be notified by June 30 and your full paper will be due by October 1. Paper presentations will be 20 minutes in length, and the Graduate Program will award a prize to the best paper of the symposium. For more information about the event please contact artgradstusym@stthomas.edu. We look forward to your submission!
Call for Papers: The Florida State Graduate Symposium
The Florida State University Art History Graduate Symposium
Tallahassee, 4-5 November 2011
Proposals due by 1 August 2011 [extended to 29 August]
Keynote Speaker: John T. Paoletti, Kenan Professor of the Humanities, Emeritus and Professor of Art History, Wesleyan University
The Art History faculty and graduate students of The Florida State University invite students working toward an MA or a PhD to submit abstracts of papers for presentation at the 29th Annual Art History Graduate Student Symposium. Paper sessions will begin on Friday afternoon, November 4, and continue through Saturday, November 5, with each paper followed by critical discussion. Symposium papers may come from any area of the history of art and architecture. Papers will then be considered for inclusion in Athanor, a nationally-distributed journal published by the Department of Art History and the FSU College of Visual Arts, Theatre & Dance.
The deadline for receipt of abstracts (maximum 500 words) is Monday, August 1, 2011. Please indicate the title of the talk, graduate level, and whether the subject originated in thesis or dissertation research. Send the abstract either as a printout or an email attachment to: Dr. Lynn Jones, Symposium Coordinator, lajones@fsu.edu.
Research at the Boston Athenaeum
Short-Term Fellowships at the Boston Athenæum
Applications due by 15 April 2011
The Boston Athenæum, offers short-term fellowships to support the use of Athenæum collections for research, publication, curriculum and program development, or other creative projects. Each fellowship pays a stipend for a residency of twenty business days and includes a year’s membership to the Boston Athenæum. Scholars, graduate students, independent scholars, teaching faculty, and professionals in the humanities as well as teachers and librarians in secondary public, private, and parochial schools are eligible.
The Boston Athenæum, a membership library, first opened its doors in 1807, and its rich history as a library and cultural institution has been well documented in the annals of Boston’s cultural life. Today, it remains a vibrant and active institution that serves a wide variety of members and scholars. Members take advantage of its large and distinguished circulating collection, a newspaper and magazine reading room, the exquisite fifth floor reading room, quiet spaces and rooms for reading and researching, a children’s library, and wireless internet access throughout its building. The Special Collections resources are world-renowned, and include maps, manuscripts, rare books, and archival materials.
Additional information is available here»
Art History Post-Doc in Hong Kong
From The University of Hong Kong:
Two-Year Research Post-Doc at The University of Hong Kong
Applications due by 18 April 2011
Founded in 1911, The University of Hong Kong is committed to the highest international standards of excellence in teaching and research, and has been at the international forefront of academic scholarship for many years. Ranked 21st among the top 200 universities in the world by the UK’s Times Higher Education, the University has a comprehensive range of study programmes and research disciplines spread across 10 faculties and about 100 sub-divisions of studies and learning. There are over 23,400 undergraduate and postgraduate students coming from 50 countries, and more than 1,200 members of academic and academic-related staff, many of whom are internationally renowned.
The Society of Scholars in the Humanities at the University of Hong Kong is a society of young scholars involved in cutting-edge research. It is designed to encourage critical and creative thought both within and between the disciplines in the Arts and Humanities. There are two research Scholarships for 2011: one in Art History and one in History.
Each Scholarship is for two years and is non-renewable. Applicants are invited from all educational institutions across the world. The Scholarships are intended for researchers early in their careers to carry out innovative research. Candidates are expected to be either graduate students in the final stages of their Ph.D. studies, or researchers who have been awarded their Ph.D. degree for not more than two years from the date of application. Details about the Society and FAQs are available at: http://www.soh.hku.hk/scholars/2011/index.html.
Scholars will be provided with free accommodation, office space, airfares for overseas candidates, a research grant of up to HK$14,000 a year, and a stipend of HK$22,000 per month. (Scholars who have not yet been awarded a Ph.D. degree will receive a salary of HK$18,000 per month.) Successful candidates will be appointed as Research Scholar. (more…)
Architecture Dissertations in Progress
As part of the Early Modern Architecture initiative, we are compiling an international list of Ph.D. dissertations from any discipline and on any aspect of the architecture (design, theory, and practice) of Europe and its colonies, 1400-1800. Once we have assembled a substantial number of dissertations, we will post the list on our site. If you are supervising or writing a dissertation that is in progress or was completed during the 2010-2011 school year, please email us with the author’s and supervisor’s names, the dissertation title, and the names of your department as well as institution. We will then add your information to our list. Alternatively, an online form is available through our website here.
— Kimberley Skelton and Freek Schmidt
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