KENT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING PhD SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 2020/21

CHASE, Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

  • Fee waiver at the Home/EU rate, plus a maintenance stipend of £15,009 per year (2019/20 rate)
  • For UK and EU students only
  • For current and new students
  • The scholarship competition is open to all new postgraduate research applicants, applying for September 2019 entry
  • Deadline for applications: 10 January 2020
  • For further details see: https://www.kent.ac.uk/scholarships/search/FNADAHRC0002

Vice Chancellor’s Research Scholarships (two available for Architecture)

  • £15,009 (2019/20 rate) plus Home/EU fees 
  • For UK and EU students AND International students
  • Administered under the Graduate Teaching Assistant Scheme
  • Deadline for applications: 19 January 2020
  • Further details to be announced. Please check https://www.kent.ac.uk/scholarships/search/

Global Challenges Research Scholarship (student-led)

  • An annual stipend at UKRI rates (TBC but was £15,009 for 2019/20) plus annual tuition fees at UKRI Home/EU rates (TBC but was £4,327 for 2019/20)
  • A minimum Research Training Support Grant of £1,500 (per year for the first three years of study) and access to a top-up fund
  • For UK and EU students AND International students
  • Deadline for applications: 19 January 2020
  • For further details see: https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/gcdoctoraltrainingcentre/gcdc-doctoral-scholarships-2/

Global Challenges Research Scholarship (staff-led project)

  • Project title: ‘The Urban Agriculture Nexus in informal settlements: an investigation on the benefits of urban food growing in the barrios of Bogotá’ (Dr Silvio Caputo)
  • Scholarship details as above
Architectural Humanities Research Association | PhD ‘TACK / Communities of Tacit Knowledge: Architecture and its Ways of Knowing’

PhD ‘TACK / Communities of Tacit Knowledge: Architecture and its Ways of Knowing’

‘TACK / Communities of Tacit Knowledge: Architecture and its Ways of Knowing’ is a newly funded Innovative Training Network, as part of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions within the European Framework Program Horizon 2020.

Applications for fully funded PhD positions, located at the participating academic institutions, are invited within this 3-year Innovative Training Network. Each PhD project will explore a particular aspect of tacit knowledge in architecture and will become part of the wider international training program on ‘Communities of Tacit Knowledge’, which will provide the opportunity to intensively exchange with other PhD candidates and with international faculty. In addition to the academic experience, secondments will be provided by non-academic partners. Architectural offices from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Norway, Austria and Sweden, will host a PhD candidate in their office for a five-month (part-time) architectural secondment. Three major European cultural institutes, active in the field of architecture, will also provide secondments, in which PhD candidates will become acquainted with methods of knowledge dissemination to a broader audience (curatorial tools), the impact of cultural heritage (archival tools) and of generating a public debate (rhetorical tools).

To apply, please submit the following information/documents via the online platform:

  • a cover letter
  • a full CV (including contact details for at least two academic referees plus marks/grades achieved on current courses)
  • a 1500-word position paper which outlines your interest in researching tacit knowledge in architecture and gives an indication of your three preferred subthemes (e.g. Horizons, Codes, Values, …)
  • a copy of your diplomas

The closing date for applications is 8 November 2019. Interviews will be held between 2 and 13 December 2019. The PhD projects will commence on 1 March 2020. Candidates are expected to be available to commence work on this date. After the selection procedure, PhD candidates will be located at one of the academic partner institutions for the entire duration of the PhD. They will be employed according to the conditions of that academic partner institution. Click here for more information on the specific PhD conditions at each of the institutions of the participating partners. According to EU regulations, researchers must not have resided, worked or studied in the country of the academic partner institutions for more than 12 months in the last three years. Click here to download an Information package for PhD candidates involved in Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks. Any other inquiries about the PhD positions should be emailed to: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Architectural Humanities Research Association | MA in Architectural History

MA in Architectural History

We are excited to announce our new MA in History of Architecture. The MA will be launched in October 2019 and is already taking applications for admission. Students can also apply for the Postgraduate Certificate (the core course and one option) or the Postgraduate Diploma (all elements except the dissertation.)

The MA will be located in Birkbeck’s Department of History of Art, which has a long and distinguished tradition of teaching the history of architecture dating back to Nikolaus Pevsner’s time at Birkbeck. The planning for the new MA is part of a series of initiatives in the field of architectural history, which include the rich programme of activities run by the Architecture Space and Society Centre, the appointment of Mark Crinson as Professor of Architectural History, a series of PhD workshops and public events held with the ICA, and a major international conference next year on the relation between the history of architecture and the history of design.

Architectural Humanities Research Association | Two post-docs and two PhD positions available at the Centre for Research Architecture, Goldsmiths

Two post-docs and two PhD positions available at the Centre for Research Architecture, Goldsmiths

*Deadline for all positions: 3 Oct 2018*

 

*2x three-year PhD studentships (full-time – one UK/EU fees, one international fees)*

 

The PhDs are part of a European Research Council funded project, Topological Atlas: Mapping Contemporary Borderscapes (TopATLAS). The project  is focused on the investigation of border sites across three countries: Pakistan, Turkey and UK. It involves working with researchers from all three countries, as well as with a range of collaborators including NGOs, lawyers, artists and arts organisations. While the precise topic of research may be adjusted to the interests and expertise of the successful candidate, they will be expected to contribute to the broader research agenda through a focus on the visuality and ethics embedded within digital technologies of mapping, sensing and securitisation at border sites. In addition to developing the core work of the thesis, the PhD will contribute to the project fieldwork in at least one border site. They will also have the opportunity to expand the thesis direction according to their own related interests within the project site(s). 

The person appointed will have the opportunity to work creatively and in close collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of senior and post-doctoral researchers. They will benefit from training opportunities and participation in workshops and other events over the course of the research project. 

TopATLAS is based at the Centre for Research Architecture - https://www.gold.ac.uk/architecture/ - and the PhD candidate will be expected to take an active part in seminars, symposiums and roundtables at the Centre, including working with MA students associated  with the project. They will also assist in the organisation of TopATLAS events (workshops, conferences and seminars).

Apply here: https://jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/topological-atlas-phd-studentships-fulltime-362964.html

 

*TopATLAS Research Fellow (Legal Geography)*

 

We are seeking to appoint a Research Fellow to help support a European Research Council funded project, Topological Atlas: Mapping Contemporary Borderscapes (TopATLAS). The project  is focused on the investigation of border sites across three countries: Pakistan, Turkey and UK. It involves working with researchers from all three countries, as well as with a range of collaborators including NGOs, lawyers, artists and arts organisations.

The post holder’s main responsibility will be WP3 Legal Geography at the Border, but they will also be expected to contribute towards the project fieldwork and any related administrative duties. The post involves identification of and close analysis of legal cases and a thorough investigation of the overlapping jurisdictions and bureaucracies operating at the borders under study. The post holder will also work in collaboration with the research team to analyse the legal and spatial implications of the various technologies of surveillance and securitisation operating at the borders in question.

The person appointed will have the opportunity to work creatively and in close collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of researchers. They will be expected to identify areas of research, develop research methods and extend their research expertise in accordance with the aims of the TopATLAS Project and in particular WP3.

TopATLAS is based at the Centre for Research Architecture - https://www.gold.ac.uk/architecture/ - the post holder will be expected to take an active part in seminars, symposiums and roundtables at the Centre, including working with MA students associated  with the project. They will also assist in the organisation of TopATLAS events (workshops, conferences and seminars).

Apply here: https://jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/topatlas-research-fellow-legal-geography-361226.html

 

*TopATLAS Research Fellow (Digital Design)*

 

We are seeking to appoint a Research Fellow to help support a European Research Council funded project, Topological Atlas: Mapping Contemporary Borderscapes (TopATLAS). The project  is focused on the investigation of border sites across three countries: Pakistan, Turkey and UK. It involves working with researchers from all three countries, as well as with a range of collaborators including NGOs, lawyers, artists and arts organisations.

The post holder’s main responsibility will be WP5 Topological Maps, but they will also be expected to contribute towards the project fieldwork and any related administrative duties. The post involves conducting desk based research into the security and surveillance technologies deployed at the borders under study and design based research into creating visualisations of how these borders function. The post holder will work in collaboration with the research team to produce spatial analyses of the legal, bureaucratic and security regimes at borders, as well as producing visual representations of the border based on qualitative interviews conducted with migrants and refugees.

The person appointed will have the opportunity to work creatively and in close collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of researchers. They will be expected to identify areas of research, develop design research methods and extend their research expertise in accordance with the aims of the TopATLAS Project and in particular WP5.

TopATLAS is based at the Centre for Research Architecture - https://www.gold.ac.uk/architecture/ - the post holder will be expected to take an active part in seminars, symposiums and roundtables at the Centre, including working with MA students associated  with the project. They will also assist in the organisation of TopATLAS events (workshops, conferences and seminars).

Apply here: https://jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/topatlas-research-fellow-digital-design-361233.html

Architectural Humanities Research Association | Lecturer in Architectural Studies, University of Manchester

Lecturer in Architectural Studies, University of Manchester

The University of Manchester seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Architectural Studies to contribute to the development of the Manchester Architecture Research Group (MARG), the Manchester School of Architecture (MSA) and the School of Environment, Education and Development (SEED) (see: http://www.seed.manchester.ac.uk/subjects/architecture). 

The lecturer will also contribute to the newly formed Manchester Urban Institute (MUI), a cross-disciplinary research institute launched in 2017.

We are looking for candidates who specialise in the architectural humanities and/or social sciences and can contribute to research-informed teaching that complements our existing clusters of activity. The post will involve teaching at both undergraduate and taught postgraduate levels, supervising PhD students, as well as research and administrative roles as specified by the Head of Department. We are particularly keen to hear from candidates who can complement and develop the capacity of our existing research themes and expertise.

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status.  All appointments are made on merit.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies

It is proposed to hold interviews on Thursday 20 September 2018.

 

Architectural Humanities Research Association | CHASE PhD scholarships: Kent School of Architecture

CHASE PhD scholarships: Kent School of Architecture

The University of Kent is proud to be part of the Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-East England (CHASE) which was awarded a £17million Doctoral Training Partnership by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in October 2013. Our partners include The Courtauld Institute of Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, the Open University, and the Universities of East Anglia, Essex, and Sussex. SOAS and Birkbeck, University of London joined the consortium as associate members in 2014.

CHASE is one of only 11 UK AHRC-funded Doctoral Training Partnerships and the partners have committed an additional £10million in studentship funding which will allow CHASE to provide AHRC awards to over 375 PhD students in the arts and humanities across the partner institutions over five years.

CHASE will offer students a wide range of exciting opportunities to gain professional experience, work across institutions and disciplines, and acquire advanced research skills. Further information is available from the CHASE Website

The Kent School of Architecture welcomes research proposals and applications from candidates in the field of the history and theory of architecture, or in aspects of architecture closely related to philosophy, theology or archaeology.                

How to apply

New students wishing to be considered for these scholarships must apply for a PhD place at the University of Kent  by 11th January 2017 at the latest. Applicants are advised to discuss their research project with academic members of staff in the relevant schools as soon as possible. Any current PhD students wishing to be considered for AHRC funding should contact their School Director of Graduate Studies (with responsibility for research programmes) to advise them of this as soon as possible or by 11th January 2017 at the very latest. CHASE will fund up to 75 doctoral studentships for admission in 2017.

What happens next?

Stage 1: School level
All applications for PhD study received by relevant schools by 11th January 2017 will be considered for AHRC funding. Candidates shortlisted for the CHASE competition by academic schools will be invited to complete a CHASE application form by Monday 30th January 2017 and interviews are expected to take place w/c 6th February 2017. Candidates will be informed of the outcome as soon as possible following the interviews. Candidates successful at school-level interviews will have their applications submitted to the Kent CHASE Studentship Selection Panel.

Stage 2:  Kent level
The Kent CHASE Studentship Selection Panel will take place towards the end of February 2017 to decide which applications will be submitted to the consortium stage of the competition.

Stage 3: Consortium level
The final Kent shortlist of applications will go forward to the consortium stage of the competition at the beginning of March. Applications will be considered by CHASE selection panels comprising academic colleagues representing all seven CHASE member institutions. All candidates will be informed by Thursday 6th April 2017 about the outcome of their applications.

* Please note that access to the CHASE application forms will only be made available to short-listed candidates.  Guidance on the CHASE application form can be accessed at: www.chase.ac.uk/apply/

Candidates should ensure that they are readily contactable via email during January and February 2017.

Architectural Humanities Research Association | PhD Studentships in Art, Design& Architecture (London 2016/17)

PhD Studentships in Art, Design& Architecture (London 2016/17)

The Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture is pleased to invite

applications to its PhD programmes in all areas of art, design and

architecture. The Faculty offers AHRC studentships in two

cross-university training centres: TECHNE and the London Doctoral

Design Centre (LDOC). These centres offer the highest quality research

expertise and aim to develop the next generation of art and design

researchers. TECHNE has approximately 50 scholarships to award each

year across a range of arts and humanities disciplines. LDOC is focused

in the Design and Built Environment areas and has approximately 6

scholarships to award each year. In 2015-16, 11 AHRC studentships were

awarded to Kingston applicants. Maintenance rates for 2016-17 are

yet to be announced by the AHRC, but for a guide, the 2015/16 maintenance

rate for full-time students is £16,075.

 

TECHNE Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)

TECHNE provides an outstanding graduate training experience, drawing

together the best of traditional scholarship, history, theory and

practice across seven higher education institutions in London and the

South East with extensive collaboration from 13 world-leading partners

including the Natural History Museum, the V&A, the Science Museum, the

BFI and the Barbican. Further information is available at:

www.techne.ac.uk

 

London Doctoral Design Centre (CDT)

LDOC offers a unique opportunity to conduct interdisciplinary research

in Design, supported by a rich and varied network of design research

expertise and creative industry partners organisational partners

(including BT, Design Council, International Flavours and Fragrances,

Microsoft Research Cambridge and V&A Museum). We are looking for

motivated and engaged individuals, from any disciplinary background,

with a strong interest in exploring how design can make a difference to

contemporary social concerns, knowledge production and creative

practices. Further information is available at: http://ldoc-cdt.ac.uk

 

Deadline for final applications to Kingston University:

- GMT 5pm Friday 8 January 2016

- Interviews held in the week beginning 18 January 2016

- Final submission via Kingston to TECHNE/ LDoc: Sunday 7 February 2016

Architectural Humanities Research Association | Architecture MA

Architecture MA

The Architecture MA incorporates a number of different study options including an extensive range of individual module choices and specialist pathways in Cultural Identity and Globalisation, History and Theory, and Digital Media.

Situated in the progressive intellectual milieu of London, the Architecture MA programme offers a flexible programme of study and a unique opportunity to pursue advanced postgraduate research combining high-level theoretical investigation with innovative design approaches.

The Department of Architecture at the University of Westminster provides first-class facilities such as state-of-the-art digital design/fabrication equipment and a team of lecturers and researchers deeply immersed in the very latest developments in architectural design, theory, historical research, and technology. The Architecture MA is part of a suite of Masters offered by the Department of Architecture aimed at graduates looking to further their education and enhance their employability by acquiring new knowledge and skills. Focused on architectural research, the Architecture MA also offers a firm grounding for those seeking to pursue further research and/or an academic career.

Architectural Humanities Research Association | MSc in Architectural History and Theory, University of Edinburgh

MSc in Architectural History and Theory, University of Edinburgh

This programme offers students advanced training in the methodological, theoretical, and historiographical aspects of architecture and the wider built environment, all within the beautiful and superbly preserved setting of the Scottish capital and UNESCO World Heritage city of Edinburgh. Through a structured set of courses, including a substantial array of elective modules, supervised dissertation research, and optional internships, students will acquire a breadth of historical understanding as well as develop a rigorous approach to research practice and culture. The programme offers excellent preparation for doctoral research and careers that engage with the history and interpretation of architecture and the built environment.

The programme’s distinctiveness lies in the variety of its coverage and its position at the centre of a constellation of subjects and specialist disciplines within Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA) and Edinburgh College of Art (ECA), including architecture, landscape architecture, history of art, and conservation studies. It is also part of a unique suite of specialist courses and degrees that deal specifically with the history and theory of architecture from the undergraduate level (Architectural History - MA (Hons)) through to PhD research, comprising the largest such centre for the study of architectural history in the United Kingdom.

Architectural Humanities Research Association | Project PhD Studentship - Performing Bodies: Anatomical Display in the C20 Fairground

Project PhD Studentship - Performing Bodies: Anatomical Display in the C20 Fairground

We are delighted to announce a new studentship working on ‘Performing Bodies: Anatomical Display in the Twentieth-Century Fairground’ for entry in October 2015. This opportunity arises from University of Sheffield funding dedicated to developing its research resources, in this case the National Fairground Archive.

The award will cover the cost of UK/EU tuition fees and provide an annual maintenance grant (£14,057 in 2015-16) plus an annual Research Training Support Grant of £1,000 for three years.

Application deadline: 12pm, Monday 11 May 2015

Interviews: interviews will take place in the week commencing 1 June 2015

Further information about the award and how to apply is available on our website:

http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/history/phd/performingbodies

 

The Project

The project will use the National Fairground Archive’s collection on sideshows and fairground exhibits in a multidisciplinary exploration of the popular presentation of bodily and anatomical display. Both simulacra (waxworks, mannequins and ‘sleeping beauty’ exhibits) and live display (freak shows to strip tease) were deployed within performative frameworks, exploiting ideas of the arcane, the unsettling and the macabre in relation to the body and embodiment. Within the noisy, transient and atemporal world of the fairground, these uncanny encounters provided important insight into popular constructions of human agency and identity.

Central areas of investigation include:

·         What do the historical, aesthetic and performative constructions of anatomical display reveal about contemporary understandings of embodiment and human identity and how did these change over the course of the twentieth century?
·         How are constructions of gendered bodies reflected and constructed within the fairground displays, discourses and practices?
·         How were scientific and medical discourses transposed into popular culture?
·         How might the fairground audience have made sense of these various forms of the human body, living and non-living, sexed and non-sexed?

The Studentship

Supervisory team: Professor Mary Vincent (Department of History), Dr Julia Dobson (School of Languages and Cultures)

The doctoral project will constitute an independent piece of research on a topic related to the overall project. The student will be able to use evidence and electronic resources generated by the project; attend project meetings, workshops and conferences; benefit from working closely with the investigators and Research Associates; and be given the opportunity to co-write publications. Nonetheless, in consultation with the supervisors, s/he will be given the latitude to shape their own direction of research.

The student will have access to the established archival practices and support of the National Fairground Archive and the multidisciplinary network of Medical Humanities Sheffield. Training available through the Doctoral Academy, Doctoral Development Programme provision and Faculty postgraduate networks is further supported by a dynamic postgraduate and research community.

Architectural Humanities Research Association | Fully Funded Doctoral Studentship: Literature and Architecture, 1700—1850

Fully Funded Doctoral Studentship: Literature and Architecture, 1700—1850

Literature and Languages

The School of Arts and Humanities is pleased to invite applications for this three-year, fully-funded PhD Studentship (fees and subsistence at current AHRC UK/EU rates). Funded by the University of Stirling, this studentship is designed to complement an AHRC Leadership Project entitled ‘Writing Britain’s Ruins, 1700-1850: The Architectural Imagination’. Led by Dale Townshend, and supported by post-Doctoral Fellow Dr Peter Lindfield and a network of academics from various disciplines across the UK, this interdisciplinary project seeks to explore the relationship between architecture and literary culture in Britain over the long eighteenth century (1700—1850). While the precise scope and emphases of the thesis will be shaped by the interests and initiative of the successful applicant in consultation with the supervisory team, likely areas for research might include: 

  • Literature and the rise of heritage in the long eighteenth century
  • Antiquarianism and the literature of architectural ruin
  • Topographical poetry in the eighteenth century
  • Romanticism and architecture
  • Individual Gothic / Romantic writers and the architectural
  • Gothic architecture and the ‘Gothic’ literary aesthetic

 

Architectural Humanities Research Association | MA in Architectural Design

MA in Architectural Design

The MA in Architectural Design is a design-based Masters course focusing on knowledge of design approaches and processes. It encourages students to develop a distinctive design practice. The programme builds on the School of Architecture´s acclaimed research and teaching expertise in the area of architectural design, complementing the work done in ARB/RIBA accredited programmes of the School. These consider architectural design within a broad social, environmental and economic context. Students on the MA in Architectural Design programme are encouraged to explore, challenge, and inform contemporary architectural design practice through seminars, research, studio project work, field trips, and participation in design-led practice, teaching and learning innovations – for example the pioneering `Live Projects´.

Graduates have pursued careers both in architectural and design practice and in academia. The MA in Architectural Design also supports the PhD by Design programme, providing an appropriate entry-level one-year Masters course as a foundation for doctoral research.

The MA in Architectural Design is open to students only as a full-time course. Full-time students are registered for one full year (October to September).

 

Architectural Humanities Research Association | MA in Urban Design

MA in Urban Design

The MA in Urban Design programme addresses a growing national and international need for professionals who are knowledgeable and skilled in urban design. It has been increasingly recognized that urban design and urban designers form the long neglected yet crucial link that can mediate between individual architectural projects and overall planning strategies.

The Sheffield MA in Urban Design programme is characterized through a strong design focus, the integration of participation and participatory design processes, and an international relevance combined with regional appliance.

The strong focus on participatory design of the MA in Urban Design is unique amongst national and international courses in Urban Design. It combines two of the most topical issues in the discourse regarding the production of the built environment – participation and urban design. It aims to produce graduates with highly developed design skills, but in a manner in which those skills are understood within a broad social, environmental and economic context.

The course draws strongly on the Sheffield School of Architecture´s intellectual ethos, which emphasises social and environmental responsibilities in relation to the design and production of the built environment. The MA in Urban Design further builds on the department's acclaimed research and teaching expertise, specifically in the field of participatory design, and extends the approach of its M.Arch Architectural Designprogramme, which has built an international reputation for the political and strategic focus of its work.

 

Architectural Humanities Research Association | MA Architectural History, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL

MA Architectural History, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL

Started in 1981, the MA Architectural History at the Bartlett School of Architecture is the UK's longest established and best known master's course in the historical, theoretical and critical interpretation of architecture, cities, urban spaces, creative practices and of their representations.

Over the past 30 years the course has been continually developed and revised, prioritising the exploration of new and existing methodologies and critical theories as they might be applied to the study of architecture and cities. Rather than dealing with architecture exclusively through the work of famous individuals, landmark buildings, stylistic classification or normative categories, the course locates architecture within social, ideological, creative, political, theoretical and urban processes. In doing so, it explores the boundaries of what might be regarded as legitimate architectural objects of study, and the interpretations that might be made of them.

The student cohort of 15-18 individuals comprises a dynamic mix of UK, EU and international participants from all parts of the world.

Located in the centre of London, MA Architectural History students also benefit from a huge range of research, study and personal opportunities, from the dynamism of the city itself as one of the foremost global centres of architectural and urban culture, to the use of extensive libraries and other research facilities, to the opportunity to enjoy innumerable public exhibitions, conferences, lectures, debates, film screening and other events.


Architectural Humanities Research Association | The British School at Rome - Residential Awards for Research 2011-12

The British School at Rome - Residential Awards for Research 2011-12

Residential Awards for Research in the Archaeology, History, Art History,Society and Culture of Italy from Prehistory to the Modern Period 

The British School at Rome is a leading humanities research institute with outstanding facilities and an international reputation for research and interdisciplinarity in Italy and across the Commonwealth. Our highly competitive and prestigious awards have provided many leading scholars with a critical base for their subsequent careers. Applications are invited for a number of residencies at the British School at Rome. These awards, tenable for three or nine months, give scholars at different stages of their careers a valuable opportunity to pursue their research in Rome. They offer accommodation, food, 24-hour access to our historic library collection and, in some instances, a research grant.  Application deadline: 18 January 2011 For further details and application forms, please visit

www.bsr.ac.uk

or:

Architectural Humanities Research Association | Tenure-track position in architectural history

Tenure-track position in architectural history

The Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University is conducting a search to fill a position in architectural history. The job announcement is pasted below.

Sincerely,

Robert E. Harrist, Jr.,
Jane and Leopold Swergold Professor of Chinese Art History
and Department Chairman
Department of Art History and Archaeology
Columbia University
New York, New York 10027

Columbia University. Department of Art History and Archaeology. Tenure-track position in architectural history, 1500-1750 (Renaissance-Baroque), assistant professor level.  All geographical  areas will be considered, but the department is eager to find candidates with scholarly work on topics outside Italy. Candidates whose scholarship or teaching spans the Atlantic world of the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries or addresses colonial architecture  elsewhere are especially encouraged to apply. The position is in a department traditionally strong in the history of architecture taught as an integral part of the history of art and will include teaching Art Humanities: Masterpieces of Western Art, part of the core curriculum of Columbia College. Applicants should hold a  Ph.D. at the time of appointment and will be expected to sustain an active research and publication agenda while teaching in both the  undergraduate and graduate programs. To apply, please go online to https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=53673. Include a letter of application, CV, writing samples and three letters of recommendation.

Review of applications begins immediately; interviews are expected to take place in the late fall. Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

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Architectural Humanities Research Association | The University of Queensland Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2011

The University of Queensland Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2011

 - Closing Date 17th May 2010.

The University of Queensland (UQ) invites applications for a number of Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in 2011, to be awarded to early career researchers of exceptional calibre wishing to conduct full-time research at the University in any of its disciplines.

The selection process will consider the alignment of the proposed research with areas of existing research strength, or research areas that UQ Faculties/Institutes wish to develop as priorities.

To be eligible, an applicant must not have had more than five years full-time professional research experience or equivalent part-time experience since the award of a PhD, as at 30 June 2010.

The period of appointment will be for three years and appointees are expected to commence in early 2011. The current salary range for the award is A$72,202 - $80,460 p.a., comprising a base salary of A$61,711 - $68,769, plus 17% superannuation. Each appointee will be entitled to maintenance funds of A$20,000 over the term of the Fellowship to support research costs. Appointees relocating from interstate or overseas will be entitled to reimbursement of travel and relocation costs.

The Guidelines, Conditions of Award and Application Form are available online at:
www.uq.edu.au/research/rid/fellowships

For further information, contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Architectural Humanities Research Association | MSc Urban Studies

MSc Urban Studies

This unique course is a collaboration between four UCL faculties (the Bartlett; Arts and Humanities; Engineering; and Social and Historical Sciences). Students take two core modules in "Urban imaginations" and "City, space and power" and then choose further courses from over twenty optional modules ranging from research training (for the dissertation) to specialist modules such as "Creative cities", "Spatial planning", "Urban design", "Cities in a globalizing South", "Italian cinema and the city", and "Post-colonial theory and the multicultural city."

This advanced interdisciplinary programme is aimed at two main groups of students: first, students from a professional background who wish to take an opportunity for critical reflection and skills enhancement for their career development; and second, students who wish to consider embarking on a research career in the urban field and see the MSc as a useful first step towards independent writing and research at PhD or postdoctoral level.

Entry requirements are the equivalent of a first or upper-second class degree. Full time, part time and flexible study options are available.

The course is run by the UCL Urban Laboratory: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/urbanlab

Architectural Humanities Research Association | MA Spatial Practices: Art, Architecture, and Performance

MA Spatial Practices: Art, Architecture, and Performance

The course draws on the close relationship between fine art and architecture at our Canterbury campus – where there are the long-established MFA (International Practice) and MA Fine Art– and provides opportunities to investigate critical issues of the spatial and site, which may be institutional, discursive, architectural, specific or performative.

In this course, student projects will be contextualized within contemporary debates around how spaces are produced, performed, theorised and gendered, and will extend the boundaries of contemporary art, architecture, design, performance and spatial practices. The course is supported by a visiting programme of artists, architects, performance theorists, geographers and cultural theorists.

Prospective students will have a background related to any of a number of disciplines, including fine art, architecture, performance, dance, design, media and the humanities. On the course they will engage with their particular discipline through an expanded notion of transformational, spatial practice which will evolve through an investigative approach drawing on the interdisciplinary framework of the course.

The Canterbury School of Architecture is part of the University College for the Creative Arts, which has around 6,500 students enrolled on more than 80 different courses, and offers ARB/RIBA Architecture Parts 1 and 2 as well as Interior Architecture and Design. The University College is home to several public art galleries - including the Herbert Read on the Canterbury Campus -, to the Crafts Study Centre, and to research centres that include the Centre for Sustainable Design, the Animation Research Centre and the Public Art and Architecture (PARC) research centre. In addition, UCCA is home to various research 'clusters', including MAKE - The Model as an Articulation of Knowledge and Experimentation - and the Critical Spatial Practices group which directly supports the MA Spatial Practices.

Oren Lieberman: Course Leader, MA Spatial Practices: Art, Architecture, and Performance