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1. World Monuments Fund Spring Spotlight, Webinar, Online
This event, featuring several interesting guest speakers, “will focus on the role heritage sites will play in the months and years to come as the world recovers.”
When: 19 May 2020, 12 pm EDT
Where: Online
Cost: Free
2. State of the Art Market – Case Studies and a Look Ahead, Webinar, Online
“This online panel will gather representatives from various parts of the commercial art world to discuss the present state of the art market, what we have learned so far, what we can expect in the coming months and case studies for future alternative models for both exhibitions and dealerships.”
When: 18 May 2020
Where: Online
Cost: Free (?)
More Info: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/7015889454667/WN_VRNOEQZyQwe-lPWrn5ehfg
3. Postdoctoral Researcher: The Restitution of Knowledge–artefacts as archives in the (post)colonial museum, Job, Oxford, UK
“The project seeks to intervene in current dialogues about restitution by generating and sharing of knowledge about the ongoing histories of colonial loot.” This looks very interesting. Must have your PhD by 1 July to apply.
When: Apply by 11 June 2020
Where: Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford University, UK
Pay: £32,817–£40,322
More Info: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_company=10&p_internal_external=
Contact: dan.hicks@prm.ox.ac.uk
Contact: dan.hicks@prm.ox.ac.uk
4. Provenance Researcher, Job, Gotha, Germany
“The Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein Gotha is seeking a provenance researcher for the project: Provenance research and research into the genesis of the collection.” It’s a 3 year position. Presumably good German is needed.
When: Apply by 31 May 2020
Where: Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha, Germany
Cost: Pay Unknown
More Info: https://www.artmarketstudies.org/job-provenienzrecherche-und-erforschung-der-sammlungsgenese-gotha/#more-15228
Contact: pfeifer-helke@stiftung-friedenstein.de
5. Archive Archaeology: Preserving and Sharing Palmyra’s Cultural Heritage, Postdoctoral Fellowship (Job), Aarhus, Denmark
This postdoc will work on publishing Harald Ingholt’s digital archives of Palmyra online with a hope to assess the current damage to Palmyrene cultural heritage and aid in reconstruction of lost contexts. Note the comically impossible-seeming language requirement so perhaps ask about that before applying.
When: Apply by 31 May 2020
Where: University of Aarhus, Denmark
Cost: Pay Unknown
More Info: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BZP560/postdoctoral-fellowship-fixed-term-contract-archive-archaeology-preserving-and-sharing-palmyras-cultural-heritage-through-harald-ingholts-digital-archives
Contact: rubina.raja@cas.au.dk
6. Imagining the Pacific in Scotland in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries: Collectors and Collections, Museums and Universities, PhD Studentship, Norwich, UK
An AHRC funded studentship jointly supported by University of East Anglia and National Museums Scotland, looking at the collections that resulted from Scotland’s Pacific presence. Only UK or EU citizens may apply.
When: Apply by 1 June 2020
Where: University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Cost: £15,285 per annum and a Collaborative Doctoral Award maintenance payment of £600 per annum; UEA supplements this with an additional annual £1000 stipend payment for three years and a fieldwork bursary of up to £2000. The successful applicant will also be entitled to up to £1000 per annum paid directly from the Museum.
7. Provenance research: debating a practical science, Call for Papers/Conference, Zurich
This conference “will bring together a variety of stakeholders in provenance research and stimulate exchange around significant themes and methodological issues”; suggested topics on the site. Note they say participants should have a passive knowledge in German, French, and English.
When: Abstracts by 30 June 2020
Where: Swiss Institute for Art Research, Zürich, Switzerland
Cost: ‘The organisers will reimburse the cost of board & lodging and travel (2nd class / economy)’
More Info: https://www.artmarketstudies.org/cfp-provenance-research-debating-a-practical-science-zurich-4-5-nov-2020/#more-15241
Register: regula.kraehenbuehl@sik-isea.ch
8. Technologies for Cultural Heritage, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships, Venice, Italy
The Centre for Cultural Heritage Technology is eager to support Marie Curie applications for people who want to work on projects related to remote sensing of looted archaeological sites and tech to counter looting and trafficking of heritage.
When: Expressions of interest by 10 June 2020
Where: Instituto Italiano di Technologia, Venice, Italy
Cost: Pay would be the standard for the call I imagine
More Info: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BZZ400/marie-sklodowska-curie-actions-individual-fellowships-technologies-for-cultural-heritage
Contact: ccht@iit.it
9. Provenance Research in the Non-European Anthropological Collection, Job, Rostock, Germany
This one year full time provenance position is to work on the skull collection of the Institute of Anatomy, funded by the German Lost Art Foundation; Good German needed.
When: ASAP
Where: Universitätsmedizin Rostock, Germany
Cost: Pay Unknown
More Info: https://www.artmarketstudies.org/job-research-post-provenienzforschung-in-der-ausereuropaischen-anthropologischen-sammlung-universitatsmedizin-rostock/#more-15255
Contact: ekkehardt.kumbier@med.uni-rostock.de