HBA Publication Grant
Historians of British Art 2010 Publication Grant
Due by 31 January 2010
The Historians of British Art (HBA) invites applications for its 2010 publication grant. The society will award up to $500 to offset publication costs of or to support additional research for a journal article or book manuscript in the field of British visual culture that has been accepted by a publisher. Applicants must be current members of HBA. To apply, send a 500-word project description, publication information (name of journal or press and projected publication date), budget, and CV to Pamela Fletcher, HBA Prize Committee chair, at pfletcher@bowdoin.edu.
Next Year’s Getty Theme — ‘Display’ Once More
Scholars in Residence Applications for the Getty — Due 1 November
‘The Display of Art’ continues as the theme for the Getty Research Institute from 2009–2010 into 2010–2011.
The Getty Research Institute seeks applications from established researchers as well as those at the pre- and postdoctoral levels who are interested in questions bearing upon ‘The Display of Art’ and wish to be in residence at the Getty Research Institute or Getty Villa during the 2010–2011 academic year.
The Display of Art
Art and display are inseparable. When selecting and juxtaposing objects we create narratives, assign meanings, grant relevance, and produce art history. Studying a work of art requires attention to the social, political, economic, and cultural contexts of its display. The display of art will again be at the center of the scholar year, continuing and building on the theme from 2009–2010. Projects may focus on, but are not limited to, the history of museums; display in and of antiquity; private and public modes of display; the display of cultural encounter; display itself as art form; and the links between the display of art and conservation.
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This year’s scholars and fellows include:
Dominique Poulot (Professor of the History of Art at Université Paris I–Panthéon-Sorbonne and senior member of the French Universitary Institute) — Museum Cultures and Experiences in Europe, 1750–1815
Alain Schnapp (Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Université Paris I–Panthéon-Sorbonne) — Towards a Comparative History of Antiquarianism
Tristan Weddigen (Professor of the History of Early Modern Art at the University of Zurich, Switzerland) — The Collection as a Visual History of Art: The Dresden Picture Gallery in the 18th and 19th Century
Mario Epifani (doctorate from the Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) — Neapolitan Paintings in Italian and European Collections between the 17th and 18th Centuries
Book Prize for Biography
Biennial Annibel Jenkins Biography Prize
Due 15 November
The biennial Annibel Jenkins Prize is given to the author of the best book-length biography of a late seventeenth-century or eighteenth-century subject and carries an award of $1,000. The prize is named in honor of Annibel Jenkins, Professor of English (Emerita) at the Georgia Institute of Technology. A founding member of the Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, she is an outstanding teacher and scholar who has been for many years one of the most active and encouraging members of the academic community in America.
Rules:
- To be eligible for this year’s competition, a book must have a copyright date between November 2007 and October 2009.
- The author must be a member of ASECS at the time of submission.
- Submission must be made by the publisher, and six copies must be received by 15 November 2009.
Send all submissions and inquires for to: ASECS, Annibel Jenkins Book Prize, 2598 Reynolda Rd., Suite C, Winston-Salem, NC 27106; E-mail: asecs@wfu.edu
Fellowships in Cartography
J.B. Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography
Applications due by November 1
Funded by the J. B. Harley Research Trust, the Harley Fellowships provide support of up to four weeks (normally at GBP 400 per week) for those, from any discipline, doing the equivalent of post-graduate level work in the historical map collections of the United Kingdom.
Harley-Delmas Fellowships in the History of Cartography
Applications due by November 1
For the period 2007-2011, in addition to the normal J. B. Harley Fellowships, there are also Harley-Delmas Fellowships funded by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. Successful applicants researching the history of cartography during the European Renaissance to the Enlightenment c.1400-c.1800 will be eligible for a Harley-Delmas Fellowship. All applicants, however, should apply for a J. B. Harley Fellowship. Eligibility for a Harley-Delmas award will be decided by the Selection Committee of the Trustees.
The Fellowship website includes an Application page that should provide all the necessary information as well as answering many frequently asked questions. It would be helpful if you could say where you saw this notice.
Weekly Apollo Competition
Each week, Apollo Magazine gives away a book to a lucky reader who sends in an email in response to a simple question and is then selected from a pool of respondents with the correct answer. This week’s contest seems worth noting both for the book on offer and the query, which is closely related to the painting pictured below (hint, hint!). From the Apollo website:
Emily Cole (Yale University Press, 2009) ISBN: 978-0300148718, $85
This week we are offering you the chance to win Lived In London: Blue Plaques and the Stories Behind Them, edited by Emily Cole (Yale; £40). This superb book charts the fascinating history of London’s Blue Plaques while telling the story of the city’s most famous residents and the buildings in which they lived. Arranged geographically, by borough and area, this book is the first published guide for over half a century to be compiled with the aid of local government and English Heritage files. It includes new research and findings on the people and buildings commemorated, as varied as Winston Churchill, Virginia Woolf, Mahatma Gandhi and Charlie Chaplin. In the book’s foreword Stephen Fry writes, “Part of the sport of Plaque Spotting is to encounter remarkable men and women of whom one has not heard, but whose claim to greatness one can discover. . . The presence of their plaques tells us much about them but also about the London they chose to stay in and which offered them refuge and hospitality. This invaluable book, written with insight and exemplary scholarship, is a perfect companion for anyone who has ever looked up and wondered. . .”
For your chance to win, simply answer the following question:
Which antiquary and collector lived at Number 14 Queen Anne’s Gate (originally called 7 Park Street)?
Clue: Most of the collection of antiquities amassed by this person was acquired by the British Museum.
Email your answers ot offers@apollomag.com using ‘Blue Plaques’ as the subject of your email. Only answers received before midday on 9 October will be entered into the competition draw.
Research at the Clark
Clark Fellowships 2010–2011
Applications Due by November 2
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, a center for research and higher education as well as a public art museum, offers fellowships for national and international scholars, critics, and museum professionals who are engaged in projects with a critical commitment to research in the theory, history, and interpretation of art and visual culture. The institute offers between fifteen and twenty Clark Fellowships each year, ranging in duration from six weeks to ten months. National and international scholars, critics, and museum professionals are welcome to propose projects that extend and enhance the understanding of the visual arts and their role in culture. Stipends are generous and are dependent on salary and sabbatical replacement needs. Housing in the Institute’s Scholars’ Residence, located across the street from the Clark, is also provided. The deadline for applications is November 2, 2009. Successful candidates will be notified in early 2010.
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The list for the 2009-2010 fellows includes information on two eighteenth-century topics:
Chistopher Heuer, Matthew Jackson, and Andrew Perchuk are pursuing a joint book project, “Literal Speeds,” which will explore the underpinnings and development of art history as a discipline in light of its inherent ligatures with late-eighteenth-century cultural developments.
Etienne Jollet, Professor of early modern European art at the Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, is at work on a project addressing sculpture, particularly the support structures and plinths. Jollet’s publications include Chardin (1998), Jean et François Clouet (1997), Figures de la Pesanteur: Newton, Fragonard et les hasards heureux de l’escarpolette (1998), and La Nature Morte ou la place des choses (2007).
Post-Doc Opportunity for Americanists
Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship at the American Antiquarian Society
Applications Due by 15 October 2009
Scholars who are no more than three years beyond receipt of the doctorate are invited to apply for the Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship, a year-long residential fellowship at the American Antiquarian Society. The purpose of the post-dissertation fellowship is to provide the recipient with time and resources to extend research and/or to revise the dissertation for publication. Any topic relevant to the Society’s library collections and programmatic scope, and coming from any field or disciplinary background, is eligible. AAS collections focus on all aspects of American history, literature, and culture from contact to 1876, and provide rich source material for projects across the spectrum of early American studies.
The Society welcomes applications from those who have advance book contracts, as well as those who have not yet made contact with a publisher. The twelve-month stipend for this fellowship is $35,000. The Hench Post- Dissertation Fellow will be selected on the basis of the applicant’s scholarly qualifications, the appropriateness of the project to the Society’s collections and interests, and, above all, the likelihood that the revised dissertation will make a highly significant book.
Further information about the fellowship, along with application materials, is available on the AAS website. Any questions about the fellowship may be directed to Paul Erickson, Director of Academic Programs at AAS, at perickson@mwa.org. The deadline for applications for a Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship to be held during the 2010-2011 academic year is October 15, 2009.
January 15, 2010 is the deadline for most other fellowships offered by the American Antiquarian Society, including the American Historical Print Collectors Society Fellowship and the AAS-American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Fellowship — both of which are open to graduate students as well as more established scholars. A full list of all current fellows can be founder here»
The American Antiquarian Society is an independent research library founded in 1812 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The library’s collections document the life of America’s people from the colonial era through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Collections include books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, broadsides, manuscripts, music, graphic arts, and local histories.
Innovation in Teaching Award
ASECS Innovative Course Design Competition
Deadline: 1 October 2009
To encourage excellence in undergraduate teaching of the eighteenth century, the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies invites proposals from members in any of its constituent disciplines. Proposals should be for a new approach to teaching a unit within a course on the eighteenth century, covering perhaps one to four weeks of instruction, or for an entire new course. For example, participants may offer a new approach to a specific work or theme, a comparison of two related works from different fields (music and history, art and theology), an interdisciplinary approach to a particular social or historical event, new uses of instructional technology (e.g., web sites, internet resources and activities), or a new course that has never been taught or has been taught only very recently for the first time. Participants are encourage to include why books and topics were selected and how they worked. Applicants should submit five (5) copies of a 3-5 page proposal (double-spaced) and should focus sharply on the leading ideas distinguishing the unit to be developed. Where relevant, a syllabus draft of the course should also be provided.
The Committee will select the top three proposals by November 15. A major criterion for judging the proposals is how specific they are in relation to design, readings, pedagogy, and/or activities. The authors will be asked to develop a brief presentation for delivery in the Teaching Competition seminar at the 2010 Annual Meeting. A distinguished teacher-scholar will be invited to moderate the session. A $500 award will be presented to each of the participants, and they will be invited to submit a twelve-page account of the unit or course, with a syllabus or other supplementary materials for publication on the website. (more…)
Wanted: Best Graduate Paper on a Feminist or Women’s Studies Subject
Catharine Macaulay Prize Competition
The Catharine Macaulay Prize is an annual award made by the Women’s Caucus of ASECS for the best graduate student paper on a feminist or Women’s Studies subject presented at the ASECS Annual Meeting or at any of the regional meetings during the academic year. In addition to special recognition, the prize carries a cash award of $200.
To be eligible for the prize, papers must advance understanding of women’s experience and/or contributions to eighteenth-century culture or offer a feminist analysis of any aspect of eighteenth-century culture and/or society.
The deadline for submission is September 1, 2009. The paper you submit for the prize should be the one you presented at the conference without expansion or significant revision. Submissions for the Catharine Macaulay Prize must be sent directly to the ASECS office for consideration. PO Box 7867, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109; or as an email attachment (Word): asecs@wfu.edu. The winner of the prize will be notified soon after the committee has made its decision and will be announced at the following year’s annual meeting as well as in the Summer or Fall news circular.
ISECS Junior Scholar Seminar to Convene in Belfast, August 2010
The International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS) holds a seminar every year for junior scholars, which they define as those within six years of receiving their PhD. Below is the CFP for the next seminar, on the topic of Cultural Intermediaries, which will take place at Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, from 16–20 August 2010.
I would strongly encourage HECAA’s younger members to submit proposals, and if not this year, then in the future. I took part in the 2008 seminar, held at the University of Pardubice in the Czech Republic, and had one of the very best scholarly experiences of my entire career. I made great friends, heard terrific papers, and spent a week in a gorgeous part of the world.
-Michael Yonan
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Charles Lanyon, Lanyon Building, ca. 1850 (Belfast: Queen's University)
Proposals are due 30 September 2009
The International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS) invites applications from scholars in all fields of eighteenth-century studies to an interdisciplinary seminar in 2010. It will be hosted by Queen’s University’s Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies (CECS) with the support of the University’s Research and Regional Services Office. CECS is an interdisciplinary Centre dedicated to fostering research and academic exchange across the Arts and Social Sciences. The event will be organised by Professor Simon Davies and other members of CECS.
The theme proposed is Cultural Intermediaries. The theme will be interpreted as widely as possible but could include scholarly investigations of travellers, adventurers, diplomats, slave narratives, reports of colonial administrators as well as books, translations/adaptations, newspapers, periodicals, scientific reports, correspondences. Needless to say, other topics which can be shown to be relevant will be very welcome.
Accommodation, Subsistence, Travel – Accommodation and meals will be provided by CECS. Participants will be requested to pay for their own travel arrangements although some limited funds will be available from ISECS for those unable to obtain any financial support.
Submission of Proposals – The seminar will be limited to 12-15 participants. The proposals (approx. 2 pages, single-spaced) should be based on an original research project (eg. a doctoral thesis or equivalent) that deals with one of the aspects mentioned above. Because this is a seminar rather than a conference, each participant will be given one hour to present a paper which will then form the basis of a group discussion. Preference will be given to scholars at the beginning of their academic careers (doctorate or equivalent for less than six years). The official languages of the seminar are English and French. (more…)
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