Linda Hall Library, one of the world’s foremost independent research libraries devoted to science, engineering, and technology, is seeking an Assistant Curator of Rare Books to join its Collections department.

Reporting to the Vice President for Special Collections and a member of the Collections and Public Services division, the Assistant Curator plays an integral role in describing and promoting one of the world’s premiere collections of rare books devoted to science. The incumbent will work to inspire broad and creative use of the Library’s unparalleled rare book and collections and will perform a range of activities in collaboration with colleagues. The Assistant Curator, in collaboration with members of the collections and public services division, catalyzes greater public understanding of the Library’s collection through public programs, class visits, exhibits, and scholarly cataloging and description.

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The Ph.D. Program in Art History of the Graduate Center, City University of New York seeks someone with a publication record at the intersection of Art History of the nineteenth or twentieth century and post-colonial/decolonial studies, in any geographic region. Additional research areas of particular interest include diaspora studies and/or critical race theory. Preference will be given to scholars whose research connects with another department(e.g., Theatre and Performance, English, History) or certificate program (e.g., Africana Studies, American Studies, Critical Theory, Film Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies). We strongly encourage members from historically underrepresented communities, inclusive of all women, to apply. 

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The University of Kansas Libraries seeks a curious, creative, and collaborative curator to share in the management, development, and promotion of the university's rare books and manuscript holdings at the Kenneth Spencer Research Library. The special collections curator will share in collection development (by purchase and donation); instruction for KU classes, K-12 students, community groups, and other types of outreach; reference service; and collaborative initiatives to enhance the discovery of and access to Spencer’s collections, including digitization. The special collections curator will report to the director of the Spencer Research Library and will work closely with another special collections curator and colleagues across Spencer and the larger KU library system.

The minimum salary is $54,000, with final determination commensurate with experience. Rank considerations are based on professional performance, research, and service experience sufficient to qualify for appointment at the rank of Assistant Librarian or Associate Librarian.

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The Department of Prints and Drawings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston seeks applicants for up to two Claire W. and Richard P. Morse Curatorial Research Fellowships for Special Projects in Prints, Drawings, Watercolors, and Illustrated Books. These Fellowships are part-time appointments (14 hours a week) for a period of up to 6 months, beginning in January/February, 2023.

The Claire W. and Richard P. Morse Curatorial Research Fellowships are open to individuals at different stages of their doctoral or postdoctoral career.

The MFA’s collection of prints and drawings is one of the deepest and broadest in the United States, containing almost 200,000 works that range from the beginnings of printing in the fifteenth century to today. The department embraces its responsibility as a place of training and engagement with works on paper and in its activities highlights the special role the printed image plays as a mirror of society and means of communication. The department is also fully committed to acquire works and present narratives in currently underrepresented areas to ensure a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive collection.

The Fellow(s) will be based in the Department of Prints and Drawings and work closely with the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Curator of Design on “Digital Koehler,” a research project supported by The Getty Paper Project. The Fellow(s) will also have the opportunity to research, catalogue, and interpret some area of the MFA’s renowned collection of works on paper, to be determined both by the needs of the Museum and the specialized knowledge of the successful candidate.

As part of the Prints and Drawings team at the MFA, the Fellow(s) will have access to the MFA’s expertise, resources and research facilities and participate in a range of activities and training opportunities. The Fellow(s) are expected to contribute to the Museum’s public and academic programs and will provide a final report and presentation at the conclusion of their Fellowship.

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The American Historical Print Collectors Society (AHPCS) offers financial support to publications on topics relating to historical prints produced in or about North America one hundred or more years ago. Over the past forty-plus years, AHPCS has supported the publication of hundreds of articles, catalogs, and monographs on a wide variety of 18th- and 19th-century printmakers, printing methods, publishers, and artists.

Applications are accepted semi-annually with deadlines of January 1st and July 1st.

The Morgan Library & Museum invites applications for the position of Assistant or Associate Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints. The primary responsibility of this position is the care, growth, display, interpretation, presentation, and publication of a broad spectrum of the Morgan’s extensive and famous collection of fifteenth - through nineteenth-century drawings and prints, with a particular emphasis on the Dutch, Flemish, and German schools. In consultation with the department head, the assistant/associate curator is responsible for organizing in-house and loan exhibitions featuring this and/or related material. The assistant/associate curator should also be able to conduct research on other parts of the department’s holdings of drawings before 1900 and to participate in exhibitions and projects in other fields and media. The assistant/associate curator will lecture on the collection as required and will participate in the planning and content of symposia, scholars’ days, and other programs organized under the auspices of the Morgan’s Drawing Institute. Participation in the administrative tasks associated with the functioning of the curatorial department is required; this will include responding to scholarly and public inquiries related to the collection and attending meetings or serving on committees as necessary; collaboration with other departments at the Morgan and with other institutions is a fundamental aspect of the position. The position reports to the Charles W. Engelhard Curator, the Head of the Department of Drawings and Prints.

The Association of Graduate Art Students (AGAS) at the University of Georgia, in partnership with the Georgia Museum of Art, invites emerging scholars to submit proposals for papers that contribute to the discussion of new perspectives and interpretations on African American, Euro-American and Native American art. The symposium will be presented in conjunction with the traveling exhibition “Object Lessons in American Art: Selections from the Princeton University Art Museum,” on view February 4 – May 14, 2023.

Our symposium will expand the scope of the exhibition by using contemporary lenses to rethink preconceived notions of American visual and material culture. Conventional approaches to the art of the United States have often focused upon Eurocentric artists and consequently advanced colonizing perspectives on this material. Yet, America’s rich history gives way to new studies that break these long-standing conceptions and allow for more representation that is reflective of the diverse society of the past and present.

This symposium aims to enrich and reframe the Eurocentric traditions associated with American visual and material culture by advancing contemporary perspectives and considering American art in light of the pressing issues of our day. Such perspectives will afford new insights into US history and push forward experimental approaches for the future.

Our symposium encourages submissions that discuss specific works of art or themes related to “Object Lessons in American Art: Selections from the Princeton University Art Museum.”
Other relevant topics include but are not limited to:

- Women artists in America/the Americas
- Race, identity, and the role of African American and Native American artists
- Past and present diversity in American art
- Ecological and ecocritical approaches to American art
- Global and hemispheric perspectives on American art and the art of the Americas
- Expressions of American patriotism and imperialism

Current graduate students and other emerging scholars should submit abstracts (maximum 300 words) and an up-to-date CV to ldsoa.agas@gmail.com by December 30, 2022. Applicants will be notified of the committee’s decision by January 15, 2023.

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The Menil Drawing Institute in Houston, Texas offers a residential fellowship program as a part of its mission to become a major research center on modern and contemporary drawing. The program fosters the highest level of scholarship and makes possible rich, interdisciplinary, object-based conversations on the drawing medium’s history, theory, criticism, and practice.

Fellows receive a stipend to cover living and other expenses incurred during the fellowship, and they are housed in a fully furnished apartment within a recently refurbished historic bungalow on the Menil campus. They are also assigned a workspace at the Drawing Institute to use for the duration of the fellowship and have access to the collections and archives, the staff and library at the Menil, as well as to local institutional libraries.

We are currently requesting applications for the Menil Drawing Institute Pre-Doctoral Fellowship for the 2023-2024 academic year. Applications are due to mdi@menil.org by December 16, 2022; all applicants will be notified of the Menil’s decision by late January 2023.

More information about our fellowship program can be found at https://www.menil.org/drawing-institute/scholars.