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External News and Events: Call for Papers - The British Empire and the Great War: Colonial Societies/ Cultural Responses

Conference - The British Empire and the Great War: Colonial Societies/ Cultural Responses

Invitation:
To mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the Great War in July 1914, Nanyang Technological University invites speakers to participate in an international conference to be held in Singapore from 20-22 February 2014.

Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
Tim Barringer, Paul Mellon Professor of the History of Art, Yale University.
John M. MacKenzie, Emeritus Professor in Imperial History, Lancaster University.
Hew Strachan, Chichele Professor of the History of War, University of Oxford.
Jay Winter, Charles J. Stille Professor of History, Yale University.

Rationale:
‘The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose.’ William Blake, ‘Annotations to Reynolds’ Discourses’ in Joshua Reynolds, Discourses on Art (Yale University Press, 1975), p. 285.

‘When the “Studies in Imperialism” series was founded more than twenty-years ago, emphasis was laid upon the conviction that “imperialism as a cultural phenomenon has as significant an effect on the dominant as on the subordinate societies”,’ Professor John M. MacKenzie, on the series description of ‘Studies in Imperialism’ for Manchester University Press.

In 1914 almost one quarter of the earth’s surface was British. When that same empire and its allies went to war in 1914 against the Central Powers, history’s first global conflict was inevitable. The statistics speak for themselves in terms of recruited soldiers and auxiliaries from the British Empire: 1,300,000 Indian, 500,000 Canadian, 300,000 Australian, 100,000 New Zealand; 80,000 South African; 15,000 West Indian and Cypriot. They came too, in smaller numbers, from places like Rhodesia, Tonga, the Falkland Islands, Ceylon and Kuwait.

It is the social and cultural reactions within these distant, often overlooked, societies now thrust into the mainstream of modern industrial conflict, which is the focus of this conference. The organisers are especially interested in papers which allow a decentralisation of socio-cultural analysis away from the more predictable metropolitan perspective (and away from the monolithic notion of empire) to focus instead on contrasts and complementarities of ideology throughout the geographical and ethnic extremes of both the ‘formal’ and ‘informal’ empire. From Singapore to Australia, Cyprus to Ireland, India to Jamaica, and around the rest of the British imperial world, further complexities and interlocking themes will be addressed, for example; how different strata and subsets of imperial society shaped and were shaped by the experience of total war; and how disparate societies and cultures – in all their manifestations and on their various ‘home fronts’ – shaped and were shaped by the war. As the thematic list below indicates, this conference will be of particular interest to those actively researching amongst other things: imperial and colonial history / theory, war and society, war and culture, art history, cultural studies, music history, photography, propaganda, education, pacifism, gender studies, class and race structures / relations, at the end of the pax Britannica.

The themes of the conference must relate to British colonial societies and culture of the Great War and might very well include (but not necessarily be restricted to) the following areas:-

• Cultural reflection, formation, creation and deception.
• Indigenous and diaspora responses
• Constructions of the English and / or British Empire?
• Nationalism versus trans-nationalism
• Inter-cultural and / or multi-cultural responses
• Cultural erasure and historiography
• Mimicry, mediation and masculinity
• Migration and transformation
• Religion, secularism, philanthropy and missionaries
• Archaeology, museums and collecting
• Ideological binaries from the metropole to the periphery
• Civil liberties in the empire
• Imperial pacifism and conscientious objectors
• Cultural / imperial rivalry between allies
• Colonial women and women in the empire
• ‘High’ versus ‘low’ cultural responses to war
• Propaganda and the empire
• Film and the empire
• Music and the empire
• Artists and the perspectives of artists
• Poets / authors and the written word (including children’s literature).
• Photography and perspectives of photographers
• Imperial broadcasting and popular entertainment
• Linguistics and change
• Colonial political elites
• Imperial/colonial forces
• Imperial/colonial loyalties and disloyalties
• Race relations at the front, at the centre, and at the periphery
• Shaping of collective identities
• Educating the young: History text books throughout the empire
• University education, intellectual elites and the next generation

Abstracts:
A 200-word abstract and a short biography of about 100 words should be sent to both organisers by 14 June 2013.

Michael Walsh, Associate Professor in Art History, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. mwalsh@ntu.edu.sg

Andrekos Varnava, Lecturer in Modern History, Flinders University, Australia. andrekos.varnava@flinders.edu.au

External News and Events: Event - 'London at the Library: Episode 1'

London at the Library: Episode 1
Dr. Matthew Green and Marcus Riddell

Westminster Reference Library
Thursday 29th of November.

Our inaugural evening will feature Dr Matthew Green (writer and guide) on London's 17th century coffee houses and Marcus Risdell (archivist of the Garrick Club) on London's Gentlemen's clubs. A soundtrack for the city will be provided by The Clerkenwell Kid.

Dr Green’s illustrated, caffeinated talk will take you on a whirlwind tour of London’s original - and best - coffee houses. Hear the story of how, in 1652, a bitter black drink from Turkey transformed the face of London forever, brought people together, and inspired brilliant ideas that would shape the modern world. Immerse yourself in the cosy, smoky atmosphere of the Georgian coffeehouse and hear tales of all that went on inside: from dolphin dissections to lethal duels over Latin grammar, from inquisitions of insanity to salacious gossip-mongering. Feel a tinge of nostalgia for the lost, candlelit world of flickering conviviality, intellectual enlightenment, and unbridled creativity as our streets are invaded by bland Starbucks clones. Free shots of gritty black coffee, brewed 17th-century style, included.

Marcus Risdell will then describe how the earliest London Clubs met in the Coffee Houses and Inns of 18th century London.

Here, behind closed doors, gentlemen (and they were predominantly gentlemen) could enjoy each others' sociability whilst gaining access to an exclusive network of contacts. The 19th century witnessed an explosion in Club making catering for all classes and occupations.

There were clubs for authors, for the theatrical profession, for travellers, reformers, soldiers and politicians of all colours: even one for mountaineers. Quite a few survive today.

This talk will open a door onto this most private world and offer a peek at London’s unique Clubland.

Admission: £6 in advance from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/190202
or £8 on the door.
Westminster Reference Library
35 St Martin’s Street
London WC2H 7HP
Telephone: 020 7641 5250
Email: referencelibrarywc2@westminster.gov.uk

For details of all events
www.westminster.gov.uk/services/libraries/news/wrfevents/

For details of our location, directions and opening hours see
www.westminster.gov.uk/services/libraries/findalibrary/westref/

Nearest Tube: Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus, Charing Cross
Buses: 11, 24, 29, 176 or any that go to Trafalgar Square or Charing Cross Road

External News and Events: Event - 'London at the Library: Episode 1'

London at the Library: Episode 1
Dr. Matthew Green and Marcus Riddell

Westminster Reference Library
Thursday 29th of November.

Our inaugural evening will feature Dr Matthew Green (writer and guide) on London's 17th century coffee houses and Marcus Risdell (archivist of the Garrick Club) on London's Gentlemen's clubs. A soundtrack for the city will be provided by The Clerkenwell Kid.

Dr Green’s illustrated, caffeinated talk will take you on a whirlwind tour of London’s original - and best - coffee houses. Hear the story of how, in 1652, a bitter black drink from Turkey transformed the face of London forever, brought people together, and inspired brilliant ideas that would shape the modern world. Immerse yourself in the cosy, smoky atmosphere of the Georgian coffeehouse and hear tales of all that went on inside: from dolphin dissections to lethal duels over Latin grammar, from inquisitions of insanity to salacious gossip-mongering. Feel a tinge of nostalgia for the lost, candlelit world of flickering conviviality, intellectual enlightenment, and unbridled creativity as our streets are invaded by bland Starbucks clones. Free shots of gritty black coffee, brewed 17th-century style, included.

Marcus Risdell will then describe how the earliest London Clubs met in the Coffee Houses and Inns of 18th century London.

Here, behind closed doors, gentlemen (and they were predominantly gentlemen) could enjoy each others' sociability whilst gaining access to an exclusive network of contacts. The 19th century witnessed an explosion in Club making catering for all classes and occupations.

There were clubs for authors, for the theatrical profession, for travellers, reformers, soldiers and politicians of all colours: even one for mountaineers. Quite a few survive today.

This talk will open a door onto this most private world and offer a peek at London’s unique Clubland.

Admission: £6 in advance from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/190202
or £8 on the door.
Westminster Reference Library
35 St Martin’s Street
London WC2H 7HP
Telephone: 020 7641 5250
Email: referencelibrarywc2@westminster.gov.uk

For details of all events
www.westminster.gov.uk/services/libraries/news/wrfevents/

For details of our location, directions and opening hours see
www.westminster.gov.uk/services/libraries/findalibrary/westref/

Nearest Tube: Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus, Charing Cross
Buses: 11, 24, 29, 176 or any that go to Trafalgar Square or Charing Cross Road

External News and Events: Art History in the Pub CARLISLE - "Wherever I Stand is the Birthplace of My Nation"

Art History in the Pub
Matt Baker, artist working in public space
Wherever I Stand is the Birthplace of My Nation…. projects in Govan
5.00pm, Thursday 6 December 2012
The Milbourne Arms
150 Milbourne Street, Carlisle,
CA2 5XB.
Tel. 01228 541194
Free to attend – all are welcome

As part of the University of Cumbria’s commitment to bringing the best in cutting-edge art-historical research to a wider community, we are pleased to announce the third installment of our "Art History in the Pub" series of talks, lectures and events.

Our speaker is Matt Baker, one of Scotland’s leading public artists giving an illustrated talk on a socially-engaged approach to public practice
(http://sacrificialmaterials.blogspot.com)

External News and Events: Event - ‘From a Sculpture Study Centre to the Henry Moore Institute (and back again): the evolution of a legacy’

21 November 2012, 6pm
John Thorp, Leeds Civic Architect
‘From a Sculpture Study Centre to the Henry Moore Institute (and back again): the evolution of a legacy’
Henry Moore Institute
Boardroom

While he was in the process of establishing The Henry Moore Foundation in the mid-1970s, Henry Moore donated generously to Leeds Art Gallery. This enabled the City Council to address the dilemmas posed to the Art Gallery by inherited urban design, architectural and technical problems.

The Council subsequently selected John Thorp's plans for an extension of the Art Gallery, to create a robust Sculpture Gallery. From 1976 to the early 1980s Moore also engaged creatively, through the encouragement and financial support of his Foundation, in a sequence of four phases of extension, restoration, conversion and new-build works.

In this talk, Thorp will explain how the experience of making the Sculpture Gallery as a building resonated profoundly with the process of forming sculpture and will describe the complex and challenging process prior to the eventual laying of the foundation stone by Moore and the formal opening of the refurbished and extended galleries by Her Majesty the Queen in November 1982.

John Thorp began working as an architect for the City Council in 1970 and became Civic Architect when the role was created in 1996 and is responsible for the development of much of Leeds' recent civic landscape.

The Henry Moore Institute is open until 8pm on Wednesday evenings.
Free, but advance booking essential, as places are limited:
Kirstie Gregory (Research Programme Assistant): kirstie@henry-moore.org

External News and Events: Call for Papers - Art History and Bildwissenschaft: interfaces, interactions, antinomies

 Art History and Bildwissenschaft: interfaces, interactions, antinomies

The Center for The History of Images and Visual Culture, Masaryk University and Moravian Gallery Brno
28-29 March 2013
Keynote speaker: Professor Horst Bredekamp (Humboldt University)

It is a well-established fact that the discipline of art history has over the decades increasingly opened itself to the study and interpretation of non-art images, including scientific and utilitarian imagery. Ten years ago, Horst Bredekamp has even urged that art history should rediscover its legacy of an all-inclusive image science – or Bildwissenschaft. Others have argued that art historians should assume a leading role in a truly multidisciplinary image science. In the meantime, however, in German academia, Bildwissenschaft has already established itself as a respected, bourgeoning and ambitious discipline alongside history of art, as evidenced e.g. in an increasing number of independent image-science departments and a massive flood of new publications, thus providing an alternative to “visual studies” as typically practiced in Anglo-American academia. At the same time, it can be argued that the potential of the Bildwissenschaft as truly multidisciplinary image-science remains largely unfulfilled, as its response to fundamental methodological and theoretical challenges imposed by contemporary scientific images has been limited.

The aim of the conference is to reflect on practices and agenda of Bildwissenschaft in relation to the discipline of art history and on various issues and problems arising at the intersection of these two fields of enquiry. It will explore various modes and points of interface, interaction and antinomy (actual, as well as potential) between art history and Bildwissenschaft, both in university/academic environment and in the realm of museum and exhibition practice. While historiographic issues and specific case studies are not to be excluded, the focus of the meeting should be on conceptual, theoretical and methodological issues and their implications for research, teaching and museum/exhibition projects and presentation strategies. Possible issues include, but are by no means limited to:

• Is Bildwissenschaft as a specific academic discipline feasible and promising project outside its native context of German academia?
• What is the potential role of multidisciplinary image science in contemporary research university?
• What are the possibilities and limits of the transfer of specific concepts, theories and skills of image analysis between disciplines of humanities and sciences?
• Is a general theory of image, which could be applicable to a wide-range of artistic and epistemic images, possible and desirable project?
• Is Bildwissenschaft a potential place of productive cooperation/interaction between the exact sciences and humanities?

Please email abstract of up to 300 words to kesner@mail.muni.cz by 10 January 2013.

External News and Events: Call for Papers - Art, Anxiety, and Protest in the Edwardian Belle Époque

Call for Papers
Art, Anxiety, and Protest in the Edwardian Belle Époque
Graduate Student Symposium
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Yale Center for British Art
New Haven, Connecticut
britishart.yale.edu

The belle époque, the long summer garden party of the Edwardian afternoon, when there was a lightness in the air, when “the fruit was ripe and we were eating it”; all that was a class-based, wishful misremembering across the chasm of 1914–18.
—Lisa Tickner, The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907–14

In retrospect it may seem a belle époque, but no époque is altogether belle to those who are living through it, and the Edwardian period shares our century’s right to appropriate Auden’s phrase, “The Age of Anxiety.”
—Samuel Hynes, The Edwardian Turn of Mind

This one-day graduate student symposium considers the visual arts in Britain and its empire, America, and Continental Europe between 1901 and 1910—the era marked out by the reign of the British monarch Edward VII—in relationship to the intersecting social, economic, sexual, political, and psychological tensions and anxieties of the period.

The opening decade of the twentieth century is still often perceived as a golden age of luxury, glamour, and relative social stability, before the cataclysm of World War I. The historian George Dangerfield, investigating the “strange death of liberal England,” conversely argued in 1935 that it was also a period of crisis that saw, inter alia, an upsurge in militant trade unionism, the agitation for women’s suffrage, the origins of fascism, impending constitutional crisis, and imperial unrest. Similar tensions were felt across Europe and the Americas during this transitional period.

This symposium will consider the ways in which the first decade of the twentieth century came to be interpreted both as a golden age and an age of anxiety and protest, and how the visual and material culture of the time registered ambivalent feelings about the state of society in Britain and beyond.

The symposium coincides with the opening of Edwardian Opulence: British Art at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century, the first major international exhibition in more than a generation devoted to surveying the full depth and breadth of the visual arts in Britain during the first decade of the twentieth century. The exhibition itself aims to overturn such diametrically opposed notions of the Edwardian period as either a golden age or a period of upheaval, showing instead that these are two points on either end of a continuum along which many new and viable perspectives of art and culture of the period may be plotted. While the exhibition focuses on the artistic production, consumption, and display of the cultural elite, this symposium will also consider the material and visual culture of protest and opposition.

Papers are invited on topics relating to Britain and its empire, the United States, and Continental Europe (especially France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, and Scandinavia).

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

• nostalgia for the past and avant-garde radical change in the arts
• notions of luxury and decadence in Britain and America since the 1880s
• the anxiety of empire (e.g., the Boer Wars; the Congo reform movement)
• the femme fatale, the “new woman,” feminism, and suffragism
• racial politics, eugenics, and the Nietzschean idea of the superman
• art at the dawn of psychoanalysis
• the interplay between art, science, and the occult (e.g., Theosophy)
• popular culture; working-class culture
• photography and early cinema
• British socialism and the arts (e.g., Fabianism and culture)
• Early Modernism and the Arts and Crafts movement

We invite proposals for 25-minute papers on this theme from graduate students working in any discipline. Special consideration will be given to papers examining the topic in relation to British art and culture. Cross-disciplinary and comparative studies are particularly welcome. Please e-mail abstracts of no more than 300 words by January 7, 2013.

lars.kokkonen@yale.edu
Lars Kokkonen
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research Department
Yale Center for British Art

Travel funds for speakers are available upon application.

External News and Events: Call for Papers - Invene Journal - 1st Issue

 Invene Journal- 1st Issue

Invene is a French-based new research journal edited with research students in mind. This journal aims at encouraging students’ research and making it visible. Invene is both a paper and electronic Journal, published on an annual basis. The Journal accepts papers in all languages but reserves the right to refuse papers in a language in which we cannot find reviewers. Currently, we welcome submissions in English, French, Spanish, German and Japanese. Invene is a multidisciplinary journal which encourages interdisciplinary thinking.

The first issue of Invene will be published in September 2013. The issue will focus on the theme ‘Exchanges between East and West’, ranging from cultural, commercial, diplomatic or linguistic exchanges. This issue aims at raising a manifold of questions. How are exchanges between East and West developed across the centuries? What contributes to the exchanges? How do they contribute to create images of the East and the West?

The call for papers includes, but is not limited to exchanges in all their forms:

• East/West: frontiers and stereotypes
• Dichotomous representation of the world: East/West
• Eastern culture as ‘other’
• Involvement of political/cultural institutions in the construction of an image of the East/West
• Stereotypes and reality
• Greek influence in the East
• Christian missions in the East
• The lingua franca
• The Ottoman Empire
• The Seleucid Empire: between East and West
• The eastern religions in the Roman Empire
• The reception of Eastern culture in Europe and America/ the reception of Western culture in the East
• The popular image of the East in Europe/ the popular image of Europe in the East
• Cultural interrelations
• Representations in the media
• The East in European art/ The West in Eastern art
• Eastern art in Europe and America
• Learning about the East from Europe: possibilities and limits
• Researching the East as a foreigner
• Student exchanges: a new kind of exchanges?

We welcome articles of 2 to 6 pages, including footnotes (see the writing guidance below for the size and font).

For each issue, we also accept up to two larger papers (up to 16 pages), that will determine the main theme of the issue. So please, feel free to send us papers that do not respond to the main theme, we will consider them for the next issue.

We also accept research in progress, including methodologies, reviews (book, film, exhibition…), conference records, etc. They should not be longer than 1 page, including footnotes.

Contact and further information details: invene.submissions@gmail.com

For more information, visit http://invene.blogspot.fr/

Deadline for submission: 1st March 2013

External News and Events: Funding Opportunities - Terra Fellowships and Professorships 2013

 With funding from the Terra Foundation for American Art, The Courtauld Institute of Art’s Research Forum is pleased to announce the following fellowships/professorships:

1) The 2013-2015 Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship for the teaching and study of historical American art (pre-1980). The award will enable a recent postdoctoral scholar to teach at The Courtauld Institute of Art and to undertake a major research project intended for publication. The Fellow will teach one course in the first year and two courses in the second year on selected American art topics.

2) One short-term (twelve-week) Visiting Professorship in American art (art history, architectural history or art conservation) is available in the Spring academic term (January to March) of either 2014 or 2015. The professor will give one full-term course that is integrated with The Courtauld Institute of Art's curriculum and will participate in other scholarly activities.

3) One short-term (one-week) Visiting Professorship in American art (art history, architectural history or art conservation) who will share his or her research with The Courtauld’s community formally (through lectures and seminars) and informally

Further details of all these initiatives are given below. The deadline for all of these is 15 January 2013.

For information about the Terra Foundation for American Art and related initiatives see their website (http://www.terraamericanart.org/europe)

Terra Foundation for American Art Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship
at The Courtauld Institute of Art

For period 1 September 2013 to 31 July 2015
Salary - £57,702 (approx. US$92,300) for this period (payment will be in sterling, subject to tax and National Insurance deductions) (1st year salary: £29,712 pa; 2nd year salary £30,535 pa pro rata).

The total package available including salary, benefits, research, travel and living expenses has a value of up to US$100,666

With funding from the Terra Foundation for American Art, The Courtauld Institute of Art’s Research Forum is pleased to announce the 2013-2015 fellowship for the teaching and study of historical American art (pre-1980). The award will enable a recent postdoctoral scholar to teach at The Courtauld Institute of Art and to undertake a major research project intended for publication. The Fellow will teach one course in the first year and two courses in the second year on selected American art topics. The Fellow will participate in The Courtauld’s research seminars and in the research culture generally.

This fellowship is part of an initiative of the Terra Foundation that aims to develop international interest, knowledge, and scholarship in the field of historical American art, and it is being awarded in conjunction with similar fellowships at the Freie Universität in Berlin and the Institut national d’histoire de l’art in Paris.

Applicants are expected to be at an early stage of their career, not currently holding, or having held a permanent university post and having received a doctorate within the three-year period prior to taking up the award. The scheme offers an early career researcher in the field of historical American art the possibility of gaining experience of research and teaching in a notable centre of art historical studies, which will enhance his or her curriculum vitae, improve his or her prospects of obtaining permanent teaching posts, and further the knowledge of American art.

Candidates for the postdoctoral fellowships who have taken up a Terra Foundation for American Art postdoctoral teaching fellowship at the John F. Kennedy Institute of American Studies, the Institut national d'histoire de l'art, or The Courtauld Institute of Art within the last four years will not be considered.

Applicants are asked to submit (1) a completed application form, with two letters of recommendation, including one from the candidate’s supervisor (these can be sent separately); (2) an equal opportunities monitoring form. CV’s alone will not be accepted. For further details please visit the Courtauld website http://www.courtauld.ac.uk/vacancies/TerraPostdoctoralTeachingFellowship.shtml or email recruitment@courtauld.ac.uk or telephone 020 7848 1881. Please return completed application forms to the Human Resources Manager, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN, marking the envelope private and confidential, or send by email to recruitment@courtauld.ac.uk.

Closing date: 15 January 2013
Candidates will be notified of the result by mid-March 2013.

The Courtauld Institute of Art promotes equal opportunities.

Terra Foundation for American Art Visiting Professorship (Twelve Weeks)
at The Courtauld Institute of Art

Twelve-weeks in Spring (January – March) 2014 or 2015
Open to junior and senior professors with a salary of up to US$22,838 (payment will be in £ sterling, subject to tax and National Insurance deductions). Additionally a package for research, travel and living expenses is available with a value of up to US$13,699

With funding from the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Research Forum is offering one short-term (twelve-week) Visiting Professorship in American art. This professorship is part of an initiative of the Terra Foundation that aims to internationalise the field of historical American art, building a network of scholarly peers and has been awarded in conjunction with similar professorships at the Freie Universität Berlin and the Institut national d’histoire de l’art in Paris. For information about this initiative, please see the Terra Foundation website (http://www.terraamericanart.org)

This appointment will be offered to a scholar of American Art whose work plays a defining role in the disciplines of art history, architectural history or art conservation and who is willing to share his or her research with The Courtauld’s community formally (through lectures and seminars) and informally. In addition to presenting his or her research, the Visiting Professor will teach a BA course and meet with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to discuss their individual projects. The Professorship will be held during The Courtauld’s spring term (January to March 2014 or 2015).

Candidates for the visiting professorships who have held a Terra Foundation for American Art visiting professorship or postdoctoral teaching fellowship at the John F. Kennedy Institute of American Studies, the Institut national d'histoire de l'art, or The Courtauld Institute of Art within the last four years will not be considered.

Applicants are asked to submit (1) a completed application form; (2) two letters of recommendation (these can be sent separately); (3) an equal opportunities monitoring form. For further details please visit The Courtauld’s website http://www.courtauld.ac.uk/vacancies/TerraVisitingProfessorship.shtml or email recruitment@courtauld.ac.uk or telephone 020 7848 1881. Please return completed application forms to the Human Resources Manager, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN, marking the envelope private and confidential, or send by email to recruitment@courtauld.ac.uk.

Closing date: 15 January 2013
Candidates will be notified of the result by mid-March 2013.

The Courtauld Institute of Art promotes equal opportunities.

Terra Foundation for American Art Visiting Professorship (One Week)
at The Courtauld Institute of Art

One-week Visiting Professorship in the academic years of either 2013-14 or 2014-15

With funding from the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Research Forum is offering a one-week Visiting Professorship in American art. This professorship is part of an initiative of the Terra Foundation that aims to internationalise the field of historical American art, building a network of scholarly peers and has been awarded in conjunction with similar professorships at the Freie Universität Berlin and the Institut national d’histoire de l’art in Paris.

This appointment will be offered to a scholar of American Art whose work plays a defining role in the disciplines of art history, architectural history or art conservation and who is willing to share his or her research with The Courtauld’s community formally (through lectures and seminars) and informally. In addition to presenting his or her research the Visiting Professor is expected to meet with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to discuss their individual projects.

The Professorship will be held during either the 2013-14 or 2014-15 academic years, in the alternate year to the twelve-week Visiting Professorship also currently been offered.

Candidates for the visiting professorships who have held a Terra Foundation for American Art visiting professorship or postdoctoral teaching fellowship at the John F. Kennedy Institute of American Studies, the Institut national d'histoire de l'art, or The Courtauld Institute of Art within the last four years will not be considered.

For the one-week appointment there is no formal application procedure. Those interested should send an expression of interest with a CV by email to: researchforum@courtauld.ac.uk, marked for the attention of Professor Caroline Arscott.

For further information contact: researchforum@courtauld.ac.uk
Deadline for expressions of interest: 15 January 2013

If sending an expression of interest by post, these should be addressed to:

Professor Caroline Arscott
c/o Cynthia de Souza
Research Forum
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Somerset House
The Strand
London
WC2R 0RN
UK

The Courtauld Institute of Art promotes equal opportunities.

For further information about the Terra Foundation for American Art see their website: www.terraamericanart.org
 

External News and Events: Talk - "Something to See Here: For a Militant Visual Culture Practice," by Nicholas Mirzoeff

 Goldsmiths College, University of London - The Department of Media & Communications' Radical Media Forum: Media Experiments presents:

"Something to See Here: For a Militant Visual Culture Practice," by Nicholas Mirzoeff - Thurs., Nov. 29, 5:30, Goldsmiths (U of London) - New Academic Building, LG02. (Free, no reservations necessary.)

In this presentation, I will describe how my work has unfolded from the analysis of critical visuality studies into a militant research practice over the past two years. I'll demo my project about the Algerian Revolution and its place as a key site on the border between the global North and South. It was produced in Scalar, a multi-media born digital authoring software, which led me to think more closely about how I produce media, as well as describe them. Finally, I'll talk about how the interface of digital humanities and critical visuality came to shape my durational writing project called Occupy 2012 in which I write every day in regards to the Occupy movement. This is a critical project based on a performance art model in direct (inter)action with an ongoing social movement.

Biography: Nicholas Mirzoeff is Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at NYU. He is the author of many books including The Right to Look: A Counterhistory of Visuality (2011) and editor of The Visual Culture Reader (3rd edition, 2012). He has recent essays in Critical Inquiry, Social Research and Public Culture. His current projects engage with the Occupy movement; and the aesthetics of extinction.

For further information, see: http://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=5848 and https://sites.google.com/site/mcradicalmedia/