Curator of Education, Academic Programs for the Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana

The curator of education, academic programs, is responsible for interpreting the art collection of the Snite Museum of Art for Notre Dame faculty and students. Some programs also benefit faculty and students at nearby Saint Mary’s College, Holy Cross College, Bethel College and Indiana University South Bend.

Some programs include:
- Tours designed in consultation with faculty members, to reinforce class topics within a wide range of academic disciplines;

- Foreign language tours in which Notre Dame students studying a foreign language receive a tour in that language. Some tours are led by the curator and others are led by graduate students with native fluency in the foreign language;

- Organize lectures and symposia to interpret special exhibitions;

- Organize special teaching exhibitions designed to augment specific classes. This sometimes involves assisting a faculty member with their guest curatorial responsibilities.

Minimum Qualifications
- Master’s degree in art history or art education
- 3 – 4 years experience in a similar position
- Exceptional competence as a public speaker, tour leader and writer
- Ability to take digital images and to manipulate them in imaging software such as Adobe Photoshop
- Able to utilize Museum software such as Word, Excel and FileMaker Pro (collection database)
- Type (keyboard) 40 words per minute

Preferred Qualifications
- Ph.D. in art history
- Fluency in a foreign language

Special Instructions to Applicants
Please submit a writing sample with your application, resume and cover letter.

Required Applicant Documents
Resume/Vitae
Cover Letter
Recommendations 3
Other 1
Department
SNITE:Snite Museum
Department Website
sniteartmuseum.nd.edu

Job Posting Date (Public)
04-26-2012
Job Closing Date
05-25-2012

Job Number
12242
Quicklink
jobs.nd.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=58543

Ann M. Knoll
Associate Director
Snite Museum of Art
P.O. Box 368
or
100 Moose Krause Circle
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame  IN  46556-0368
phone: 574-631-4842
fax: 574-631-8501
ann.m.knoll.7@nd.edu

Newberry Grad-in-residence

I write to let you know about our Graduate Scholar-in-Residence program at the Newberry, now poised to begin its second academic year.  We started the program last year to encourage PhD candidates in the humanities to conduct research in our collections and become a part of our community of scholars.  We selected four graduate students for the pilot program in 2011-12, which proved a great success.

We now invite graduate students who have advanced to PhD candidacy to apply for this status for 2012-13.  Preference will be given to candidates whose dissertation projects are well advanced and who demonstrate a need for Newberry collections in their dissertation projects.  The students who are selected will be provided with research carrels, access to the Newberry during extended hours, and opportunities to present their work-in-progress to the Newberry’s scholarly community.

Would you kindly pass the attached application and informational letter along to doctoral candidates who you think might be interested?

With thanks,

Diane Dillon
Director of Scholarly and Undergraduate Programs

LA Tech is looking for a Modernist – June 1 deadline

Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, a doctoral 2 institution, is seeking a tenure-track art historian of Contemporary and 20th-Century art.  Please read the official offering description below.  If you know of any potential candidates, please forward this email to them.  I would be grateful for any leads as to potential applicants.  Please email such information to Saul Zalesch, szalesch@latech.edu.

LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY

ART HISTORIAN- CONTEMPORARY AND 20TH CENTURY ART

Art Historian. Tenure Track. Contemporary and 20th Century art.  History of Photography highly desired. Start September 2012. History of Graphic Design a plus. Ability to develop and teach a new upper-level course in ancient, medieval, or nonwestern art. Person will also supervise and conduct the School of Art’s transition from 35-mm slides to digital imagery. Louisiana Tech University is a Doctoral 2 institution, the preeminent university in Northern Louisiana. Send letter of application, CV, and list of references to Art History Search Committee, School of Art, Louisiana Tech University, Box 3175, Ruston, LA 71272.
Application reviews begin June 1, 2012 and continue until position is filled, pending budgetary approval. For further information email szalesch@latech.edu.  EOE. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

Louisiana Tech University is a member of the University of Louisiana System. AA/EOE/WMA

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is seeking eligible candidates for the Kress Interpretive Fellowship for 2012-2013.

KressInterpretiveFellowship

The Kress Interpretive Fellowship aims to cultivate students and young professionals interested in museum careers and focuses on curatorial and educational collaboration. The 2012-2013 Fellow’s activities will focus on collection presentation in the Museum’s galleries, interpretation, and teaching. Specifically, s/he will participate in the ongoing discussions concerning the reinstallation of the new European Paintings galleries, scheduled to reopen in May 2013.

 

The attached flyer includes a full project description and application procedures. The deadline for applications is June 1, 2012. Please feel free to share this email with students and colleagues.

 

Sincerely,

Marcie Karp

Managing Museum Educator

Academic Programs

CES Announces New Dissertation Completion Fellowships funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation – Feb. 4, 2013

Starting in 2013, CES will partner with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to provide 10 Dissertation Completion Fellowships in European Studies each year.  Designed to facilitate the timely completion of the doctoral degree, each fellowship includes a $25,000 annual stipend as well as assistance in securing reimbursements or waivers for up to $3,500 in eligible health insurance and candidacy fees.
Winners will also participate in a variety of professional development activities organized by the Council for European Studies, such as publishing in Perspectives on Europe, a semi-annual journal of the Council for European studies; presenting at the International Conference of Europeanists; and participating in career development seminars and workshops.  The Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowships are funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Henry Moore Foundation Post-doctoral Research Fellowships – June 11, 2012 deadline

The Henry Moore Foundation will support a small number of two-year post-doctoral research fellowships in the field of sculpture studies at a British university from the autumn of 2012. Managed by the Henry Moore Institute, these Fellowships assist scholars who have recently completed doctoral studies to prepare a substantial publication or similar research output. The Foundation will award a grant of up to £21,000 per annum towards the fellowship.
Applicants must have an affiliation with a university department who will act as the host to the Fellow. Fellows will be expected to present the development of their work every six months to the Henry Moore Institute, a centre for the study of sculpture based in Leeds.
The Fellowships run for two years, however if the Fellow does not fulfil his/her obligations to the University in the first year, the second year’s funding could at the Foundation’s discretion be revoked.
Applications marked ‘Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship Grants’ should be sent by 11 June 2012 to:

Kirstie Gregory (Research Programme Assistant)
Henry Moore Institute, 74 The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AH
kirstie@henry-moore.org
 

VMFA, Curatorial Associate, Paul Mellon Collection – May 16, 2012 deadline

Curatorial Associate, Paul Mellon Collection.  This full-time employment opportunity is open to the general public and closes at 5:00 p.m., May 16, 2012.    Position details are currently on our website.

Curator of Exhibitions job, McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

The University of South Carolina is seeking applications for the position of Curator of Exhibitions at the university’s museum, McKissick Museum.

Details and instructions to apply may be found at http://hr.sc.edu/employ.html. Select “Search Staff Positions” then McKissick Museums under “locations” to see the listings. All applications must be submitted through the USC online system.

McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina is seeking to fill its position of Curator of Exhibitions. The museum is a unit within the College of Arts and Sciences and is an important part of the University’s goal to achieve excellence in teaching, research and service.  McKissick’s primary focus is on multidisciplinary projects that interpret regional culture and the environment.  It presents six to eight original exhibitions each year based on the Museum’s collections and/or on academic research initiatives.

The position is responsible for coordinating the overall exhibition program including on-site and traveling presentations. This includes working with museum staff, consultants and faculty in the development of content, interpretive goals, and object selection/presentation. The curator directly supervises the physical installation and oversees all fabrication, construction and mounting of exhibitions as well as prepares and monitors annual and project budgets, grant proposals, and other funding requests for the department. Supervises academic internships and serves as an instructor for the Museum Management Graduate Certificate Program as assigned by the program’s Director.

This position requires good communication skills, the ability to adhere to deadlines and budgets, and an ability to work within a team structure. Knowledge of Southern folklife, material culture, history, art, or natural science is an advantage. MA degree is preferred or BA degree with two years curatorial experience.

The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employment opportunities or decisions for qualified persons on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation or veteran status.

Lana A. Burgess, Ph.D.

Faculty Curator, McKissick Museum

Director, Museum Management Program

University of South Carolina

816 Bull Street

Columbia, SC 29208

803.777.5486

Online Tutorial for Research Data Management for PhD Students

I received this link through GSAS, and I’d be curious to learn if anyone finds it useful. – DF.
Introducing the Research Data Management Training course (MANTRA)

The Research Data MANTRA course is an open, online training course intended for self-paced learning by PhD students and early career researchers in the initial stages of their research careers or by anyone interested in learning more about research data management, an issue gaining prominence in the research policy arena.

It is available to work through online at http://datalib.edina.ac.uk/mantra/ or for download as re-usable learning objects from Jorum, http://dspace.jorum.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/16055. It was developed at EDINA and Data Library, University of Edinburgh, by a team of data librarians and an e-learning specialist, funded by the JISC Managing Research Data Programme (2010-11).

The course is intended to increase researchers’ awareness of data management issues. It supports statements about good practice in research data management with real life stories and scenarios. It is designed to be fun, relevant, useful, interactive and timely (FRUIT) for those pursuing a research project. The accompanying software modules give a deeper grounding in data handling skills within particular analysis environments.

The course content consists of an online module and four software modules. The online module is organized in eight learning units as:

1.    Research data explained: introduces the learner to the concept of research data, what constitutes research data, and how it differs from other types of information.
2.    Data management plans: focuses on the concept of data management and how to create a data management plan.
3.    Organising data: introduces the learner to the concept of research data organisation or housekeeping, explains why it is important, and what constitutes good data file management.
4.    File formats and transformation: is about data file formatting, compression, normalisation, and other kinds of data transformation, and why such skills are useful in a research context.
5.    Documentation and metadata: focuses on the importance of documenting data during a research project and purposes of metadata.
6.    Storage and security: raises awareness about the issues involved in storing, securing and backing up your research data.
7.    Data protection, rights and access (in development).
8.    Preservation, sharing and licensing (in development).

Each unit in the module ends with an interactive summary and ‘next steps’ where the learner is guided to the recommended resources for further information on the topic.

The online module was created using the Xerte Online Toolkits (XOT) authoring tool developed by the University of Nottingham with JISC TechDis. XOT is an open source content creation tool that allows non-technical staff to quickly and easily build rich, interactive and engaging resources with high levels of accessibility built-in. Multiple authors worked to an agreed set of templates to create the topical units of the online module, ensuring a common look and feel. XOT allowed for the creation of SCORM-compliant packages which could be exported for deposit in JORUM and can be imported to any Virtual Learning Environment. The Creative Commons Open Attribution licence ensures maximal flexibility for those wishing to repurpose the materials.
The software modules for data handling skills are designed to be self-paced practical exercises in four software packages (SPSS, R, ArcGIS, NVivo) which are widely used by researchers in different fields. They were written by expert data analysts in each software  domain. These practical exercises (Word documents) may be downloaded together with the zipped data files (also open-licensed), and printed for convenience of stepping through the exercise on a computer. Some experience with the software is a prerequisite.

The MANTRA training course is a first step in a strategy towards long term culture change in improving research data management and sharing practice; it has been well received by local stakeholders and the data management and curation community internationally. Delivery of the course within the University of Edinburgh involves working with our stakeholders in the graduate schools to embed these resources in existing courses, and collaboration with the Institute for Academic Development to roll it out to all postgraduate and early career researchers. It is integral to the Information Services’ plan to develop research data storage and management services for its research community to support the University’s Research Data Management Policy, passed in May 2011. The Data Library will ensure that the online hosted course remains up-to-date and fit for purpose, and that future versions get deposited in Jorum for community use.

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The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

Stefan Engelhorn Curatorial Fellowship at the Harvard Art Museums – May 4, 2012 deadline

The Curatorial Fellowship Program at the Harvard Art Museums is
designed to broaden the experience of persons embarking on professional
and scholarly careers in art history who are considering the museum
profession. The Fellow shares fully in the range of curatorial
activities including acquisitions and documentation of the permanent
collection, and in answering scholarly inquiries and general
correspondence. The Fellow also undertakes a collections-related
project. The 2012-2014 Stefan Engelhorn Curatorial Fellowship project
will concentrate on research, cataloging, and interpretive materials
related to the permanent collection of the Busch-Reisinger Museum to be
installed in the museum’s new facility at 32 Quincy Street. Applicants
should have an interest in the art of German-speaking countries and
related cultures of central and northern Europe in all media, as well
as aspects of exhibition design and provenance research.

The Harvard Art Museums, with the Straus Center for Conservation and
Technical Studies, is a major center for art historical research and
training. Fellows engage in close study and analysis of objects and
their institutional frameworks, as well as broader issues of museum
practice and museology. The term of the fellowship in the
Busch-Reisinger Museum is 22-months, beginning no later than September
4, 2012. Summer start date strongly preferred. The Museums are
currently undergoing a major renovation and access to the collection
will be limited during this term.

Basic Qualifications

M.A. and graduate training in art history or related field.

Additional Information

Ph.D. past qualifying paper preferred; competent German-language skills
(written and verbal) required; demonstrated interest in the work of art
museums and scholarship; excellent written and verbal communications
skills; computer proficiency in word processing and database
applications preferred.

Application Procedures:
A complete application includes a letter of interest, resumé or
curriculum vitae, transcript, writing sample, and 3 letters of
recommendation. Please apply online with letter and curriculum vitae
only at http://employment.harvard.edu.
Send transcript, writing sample, and 3 letters of recommendation to:
Harvard Art Museums, Human Resources Office, 32 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Applications must be received by May 4, 2012.
Inquiries may also be directed to the Human Resources Office (telephone
- 617.495.3555; fax – 617.496.9032). Writing samples will not be
returned unless requested by applicant.

Competitive stipend and a travel/research allowance provided.

For related information, please visit:

http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/about/

Reference / Quellennachweis:
STIP: 2012-2014 Stefan Engelhorn Curatorial Fellowship at the
Busch-Reisinger Museum/Harvard Art Museums. In: H-ArtHist, Mar 24,
2012. <http://arthist.net/archive/2974>.