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University of Aberdeen, PhD Studentships in the Archaeology of the North
(Feb. 12, 2008)
University of Washington, PhD Fellowships in Southeast Asian Archaeology
(Oct. 24, 2007)
posted June 24, 2008
The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces its program for Paul Mellon and Ailsa
Mellon Bruce Visiting Senior Fellowships. Fellowships are for full-time research, and scholars are
expected to reside in Washington and to participate in the activities of the Center throughout the
fellowship period. Lectures, colloquia, and informal discussions complement the fellowship program.
Visiting senior fellows are provided with studies. They have access to the notable resources
represented by the collections, the library, and the photographic archives of the National Gallery
of Art, as well as to the Library of Congress and other specialized research libraries and
collections in the Washington area.
Fields of Study
Applications will be considered for research in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual
arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, prints and drawings,
film, photography, decorative arts, industrial design, and other arts) of any geographical area and
of any period. Applications are also solicited from scholars in other disciplines whose work
examines artifacts or has implications for the analysis and criticism of visual form. Qualifications
and Selection.
Visiting senior fellowships are intended for those who have held the Ph.D. for five years or more or
who possess an equivalent record of professional accomplishment at the time of application.
Individuals currently affiliated with the National Gallery of Art are not eligible for the visiting
senior fellowship program. Visiting senior fellowships are awarded without regard to the age or
nationality of applicants. Applications are reviewed by an external selection committee composed of
scholars in the history of art and related disciplines. Outside readers may assist in the evaluation
of proposals.
Support
The Center awards up to twelve short-term (up to 60 days) Paul Mellon and Ailsa Mellon Bruce
Visiting Senior Fellowships. Visiting senior fellows receive stipends that include round-trip travel
and local expenses. Stipends for two-month fellowships range from $6,000 to $8,000, depending on
relocation requirements. Visiting senior fellows who relocate to Washington will be provided with
housing in apartments near the Gallery, subject to availability. In addition, fellows receive
allowances for photography. Associate Appointments
The Center will consider appointment of associates who have obtained awards for full-time research
from granting institutions other than their home institutions and would like to be affiliated with
the Center. Appointments to associate status will be considered for periods of up to 60 days.
Qualifications and selection for associate status are the same as those for visiting senior fellows.
Applications
Candidates for visiting senior fellowships should submit seven sets of all materials, including
application forms, proposals, and photocopies of one article or chapter of a book. Two letters of
recommendation in support of the application are required. Procedures for associate appointments are
the same as those for the visiting senior fellowship program. Visiting senior fellowships may not be
postponed or renewed.
Visiting senior fellows may receive awards in three consecutive years but thereafter must wait three
years before reapplying to the Center. Individuals may not apply for other Center fellowships while
an application is pending or once a fellowship has been awarded. The application deadlines and award
periods are as follows:
Visiting Senior Fellowships and Associate Appointments
(up to 60 days)
* award period: March 1–August 31, 2008
deadline: September 21, 2007
* award period: September 1, 2008–February 28, 2009
deadline: March 21, 2008
* award period: March 1–August 31, 2009
deadline: September 21, 2008
For information contact:
Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts
National Gallery of Art
2000B South Club Drive
Landover, Maryland 20785
Telephone: (202) 842-6482
Fax: (202) 789-3026
Contact us via a Web form
http://www.nga.gov/resources/casvavissen.shtm
An application form (PDF 167k) is available here as a PDF (Portable Document Format) file that can
be filled in on screen.
posted March 31, 2008
Dear Colleagues:
We are now accepting applications for a new program designed to provide a year of coursework and
training to junior-level archaeological professionals from East/Southeast Asian countries. We are
particularly interested in applicants who:
1. Have B.A. degrees from their own countries
2. Have two years of professional experience in archaeology
3. Have sufficient English language competency to benefit from college-level courses
The full announcement is attached in pdf format to this email message and complete information about
the Luce Asian Archaeology Program, including eligibility, application requirements, and forms is
posted at
http://www.anthropology.hawaii.edu/programs/asianarch.html
We will begin review of applications April 4, 2008 for the first cohort of participants who
will begin the Program in July, 2008.
We seek help from our western colleagues as well, in circulating this announcement to potential
applicants from East and Southeast Asian countries.
Best wishes,
Nancy I. Cooper
Program Coordinator
asiaarch@hawaii.edu
For more Information see:
pdf
posted February 13, 2008
submitted by Simon Kaner
THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN
Department of Archaeology
PhD Studentships in the Archaeology of the North
We are pleased to offer a number of fully-funded PhD studentships to start in the 2008-9 academic
year at the University of Aberdeen’s new Department of Archaeology.
The department has a unique focus on the ‘Archaeology of the North’, defined here as including
Scotland and northern Britain, Scandinavia and northern Europe, the North Atlantic and the
circumpolar region encompassing Siberia, the North Pacific and the high latitudes of North America.
We are looking to recruit a new generation of research students who are willing to play an active
role in the development and expansion of current research strengths within the department.
We are the UK’s youngest archaeology department, established in 2007 but located on the 15th-century
campus of one of Britain’s ancient universities. Our growing institution is at the centre of a
lively and close-knit community of scholars from anthropology, geography, history, Scandinavian and
Celtic studies, and the natural sciences, all of whom have active research interests in the northern
world.
The department is also at the centre of a formal network of academic contacts, ensuring that
research students have easy access to resources, supervision and materials at some of the world’s
leading research centres, including the Smithsonian Institution, SILA, and universities across
Russia, North America and Fenno-Scandia. Staff languages include Danish, Norwegian, Russian and
Swedish. We are able to supervise a diverse range of research in both the humanities and sciences.
Students have access to the extensive collections of the Marischal Museum, chemistry, geology and
geography laboratories and a wide range of analytical equipment.
PhD candidates who wish to pursue research in one of the following areas are particularly encouraged
to apply:
• Archaeological ethics
• Archaeology of conflict
• Archaeology of ideologies, identity and world-views
• Archaeology of pre-Christian ritual and religion, especially shamanism
• Circumpolar archaeology
• Dispersal of innovations in northern societies
• Diet, health, demography and mobility of hunter-gatherers
• Mortuary archaeology
• Early medieval archaeology, especially the Viking Age
• Ethnoarchaeology
• Human-environment interactions
• Northern migrations, colonisations and culture contacts
• Post-colonial approaches to material culture studies
• Urban development in the north
Studentship Details
Fees at Home/EU rate and Subsistence at the standard research council student stipend rate (minimum
stipend for £12,940 for 2008-9)
Application Procedures
Candidates are requested to send in a CV, an outline of their intended research project, and a
statement indicating why they would like to undertake doctoral research at the University of
Aberdeen, to:
Professor Neil Price (Head of Department)
Department of Archaeology
University of Aberdeen
St Mary's Building
Aberdeen AB24 3UF
Tel: 01224 272363
neil.price@abdn.ac.uk
Informal enquiries are also welcome.
Enquires concerning the application procedure should be directed to:
Graduate School Admissions Unit
University of Aberdeen
St Mary's Building
Aberdeen AB24 3UF
Tel: 01224 272655
Fax: 01224 272818
kim.paterson@abdn.ac.uk
Closing date: Friday 21st March 2008
Departmental Web Page:
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/archaeology/