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CHARLES EASTMAN FELLOWSHIP Dartmouth College invites applications for the Charles Eastman Fellowship. The fellowship supports scholars working in any area of Native American and Indigenous Studies. Applicants will be selected on the basis of their academic achievement, promise in both research and teaching, and their demonstrated commitment to educational diversity. Applications from candidates who are underrepresented in their fields are especially welcome.

FELLOWSHIP DETAILS Qualifications This is a two-year residential fellowship, with one course taught in the second year. Fellows are expected to complete the dissertation before the second year and then transition to a postdoctoral appointment. Throughout, fellows are expected to pursue research activities while participating fully in the intellectual life of the department and the college. The first year, fellows receive an annual stipend of approximately $36,000 plus benefits and an allocation for research expenses; as a postdoctoral fellow in the second year, the stipend is approximately $55,200 plus benefits and an allocation for research expenses (exact funding levels for 2021-23 will be set at the time of offer). Charles Eastman Fellows are part of a multidisciplinary cohort of approximately ten predoctoral and postdoctoral scholars, all committed to increasing diversity in their disciplines. Fellows participate together in mentoring and professional development programming, including guidance in preparing for faculty careers. Eastman Fellows are part of the Provost’s Fellowship Program, a multidisciplinary cohort of approximately ten predoctoral and postdoctoral scholars who share a commitment to increasing diversity in their disciplines. Fellows participate together in mentoring and professional development programming, including guidance in preparing for faculty careers.  

SELECTION PROCESS Applicants will be selected on the basis of: 

• academic achievement and promise;

• membership in a racial or ethnic group that is currently underrepresented among faculty in the applicant’s academic field;

• demonstrated commitment to increasing opportunities for underrepresented minorities and increasing cross-racial understanding;

• and potential for serving as an advocate and mentor for minority undergraduate and graduate students.

Consideration will be made for scholars who seek to share their research as presenters and lecturers in the Dartmouth community. Each fellow will be expected to participate in selected activities with undergraduate students (for example, presenting guest lectures in classes, serving in programs for minority students interested in academic careers, and interacting with undergraduate majors in host departments). Recipients of the Eastman Dissertation Fellowships will be appointed by the Dean of Graduate Studies, upon the recommendation of a faculty selection committee in consultation with appropriate departments. HOW TO APPLY Application Instructions

Application Materials

1. Research statement outlining completed research (including dissertation), work in progress, and plans for publication (maximum two pages single spaced);

2. Teaching statement outlining past and future teaching interests (maximum one page single spaced);

3. Fellowship program statement describing your motivations to join a multidisciplinary cohort; the statement should also describe prior and potential contributions to diversity in the context of academic research, teaching, and/or service (maximum one page single spaced);

4. Curriculum vitae;

5. Three confidential letters of recommendation, one of which must be from the dissertation advisor and address the projected timeline for completion.

This institution is using Interfolio’s Faculty Search to conduct this search. Applicants to this position receive a free Dossier account and can send all application materials, including confidential letters of recommendation, free of charge. Access the application here: http://apply.interfolio.com/80909
 
Questions or trouble accessing the application: contact Laurie.l.furch@dartmouth.edu
 
Application Deadline: January 15, 2021 
 
Dartmouth College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected status. Applications by members of all underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

Crystal Bridges and the Tyson Scholars Program invites PhD candidates (or equivalent), post-doctoral researchers and senior scholars from any field who are researching American art to apply. We encourage and support scholarship that seeks to expand boundaries and traditional categories of investigation into American art and visual culture. Applicants may be focusing on art history, architecture, visual and material culture, American studies, craft, Indigenous art, Latin American art, and contemporary art. Applications will be evaluated on the originality and quality of the proposed research project and its contribution to a more equitable and inclusive history of American art. 

Fellowships are residential and support full-time writing and research for terms that range from six weeks to nine months. While in residence, Tyson Scholars have access to the art and library collections of Crystal Bridges as well as the library at the University of Arkansas in nearby Fayetteville. Stipends vary depending on the duration of residency, position as senior scholar, post-doctoral scholar or pre-doctoral scholar, and range from $15,000 to $30,000 per semester, plus provided housing. Additional funds of $1,500 for relocation are provided, and research funds are available during the residency upon application. 

For more information, visit: http://crystalbridges.org/tyson-scholars/. Deadline for the 2021-2022 academic year is January 15, 2021.

In its permanent home since 1971, the OU’s Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art has 40,000 square feet of exhibition space, including permanent and rotating galleries, and features a 150-seat auditorium, an orientation room and classroom space.  Major collections include the Eugene B. Adkins Collection of Art of the American Southwest and Native American Art, the James T. Bialac Native American Art Collection, and the Weitzenhoffer Collection of French Impressionist Art, providing a world-class resource for teaching and research.

As the chief Administrative Officer of the museum, the Director reports directly to the Senior Vice President and Provost of the University, and is responsible for administering the operations and management of the Museum of Art and related activities.  These include scholarly programs, the supervision of the art museum staff, exhibitions, exhibition schedule, educational materials, fund raising, budget management, and outreach effort to the university and community.  The Director will continue to build the reputation of the museum on a regional, national, and international level. 

We seek an energetic, dynamic leader, with a commitment to collaboration with faculty, students, staff and the OU community, and in fulfilling the mission of a University museum.  The University of Oklahoma and the College of Fine Arts are dedicated to inclusivity, seeking excellent applicants from a diversity of backgrounds in scholarly and professional interests, as well as in gender and ethnicity.

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The Penn Museum offers 150 to 300-hour nine-week paid summer internship opportunities for undergraduates, recent graduates, and graduate students from any college or university. Internships are comprised of a project-based placement in a Museum department and the Museum Practice Program, which includes orientation, weekly lectures, collections tours, a field trip to a local museum (if the program is in-person), and final presentations. Interns are expected to attend the Museum Practice Program in order to participate in a Summer Internship (see more for exceptions). The Museum only hosts paid interns during the summer (see more for funding opportunities).

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The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts is looking for rising graduate students, emerging and in-service cultural professionals of Native American, Native Hawaiian or Alaska Native background to help them develop the knowledge, skills and networks necessary to become 21st-century community leaders who will shape museums and the nonprofit cultural sector.

Fellows develop their leadership potential through 10-week department positions within the museum. Placements allow participants to work directly with and be mentored by committed senior and mid-level PEM professionals. These positions provide Fellows with the ability to seek insights on the range of skills and experiences needed in positions of responsibility. Weekly workshops in key areas such as strategy, fundraising, communication and organizational politics, as well as select field trips, and substantive engagement in museum projects expand Fellows’ existing skill sets while cultivating their professional development needs.

Placements will be available across many departments at PEM, including Curatorial, Integrated Media, Creative Services, Collection Management, Exhibition Research and Publishing, and Marketing. Placements will be based on applicant’s academic and/or career goals, their application, the interview process and the match between Fellows’ interests and available projects.

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Museological Review (MR) is a peer-reviewed journal, published annually by the PhD cohort of the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester, UK. 

The theme of Museological Review Issue 25 is ‘(Re)visiting Museums’. As museums around the world reopen their doors to visitors after the closures imposed by the spread of the pandemic, Museological Review Issue 25 invite submissions that reflect upon the alternative paths that opened up through the practical and theoretical challenges faced by museums in 2020. Now that museums are reopening, this is a great chance to revisit them with fresh eyes and consider how the museum sector is responding to worldwide events and navigating new ways to reach the audiences and negotiate relevance, even from a distance through times of crisis. 

We are now inviting Museum Studies scholars to engage with us as peer reviewers for Issue 25.

We are seeking scholars who received their PhD in Museum Studies or Cultural Heritage related topics, ideally within the last two years, or who have already submitted their thesis to serve as peer reviewers.

Application Deadline: 8th January 2021

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The NAASA Program Committee (Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, chair; Amy Lonetree, Christina Burke, John Lukavic, Yatika Fields, Miranda Belarde-Lewis and Alexandra Nahgeahbow) invites formal proposals for organized sessions at the 2021 conference.

Proposed sessions may focus on a particular body of material and present perspectives for further understanding of a topic. We are open to receiving proposals in the fields of contemporary and traditional art, or interdisciplinary panels that encourage dialogue among artists, anthropologists, collectors, museum professionals and art historians. Standard-format sessions (90 minutes) should allow a maximum of four presentations, each no more than fifteen to twenty minutes in length. We welcome proposals for alternative- format sessions, such as roundtable discussions, interviews, film screenings, etc. NAASA welcomes and supports the participation of Afro-Indigenous, Afro-Caribbean and Black artists and scholars.

Session Organizers should send session abstracts of up to 200 words in length. Session abstracts must define the central issue clearly and identify intellectual focus of the session (theoretical, descriptive, historical, etc.), and indicate its organization (papers only, papers with discussant, roundtable, etc.).

Session Organizers are responsible for soliciting a core group of speakers for their sessions. It is not necessary to have all presenters confirmed at this time, however please note the names of potential speakers under consideration and their topics. Please bear in mind individual speakers can participate in one session only (though they may Chair one session and speak in another). Session Organizers should provide, or arrange for, opening remarks to the session and given the virtual format will be expected to run their sessions to the time allocated.

Session proposal abstracts must be received by January 18, 2021. Direct proposals by email to:tsinhnahjinnie@ucdavis.edu. Accepted session proposals will be announced in the March newsletter along with a call for individual papers for these and for Open Sessions. The Program Committee will organize individually volunteered papers into sessions related by topic, region, or methodology.

Via The New York Times, December 21, 2020

“After decades-long campaigns, a National Museum of the American Latino and a national museum of women’s history are finally on their way to becoming reality in Washington.

Both houses of Congress have voted to authorize the creation of the two museums as part of a $2.3-trillion year-end spending bill that legislators worked over the weekend to hammer out.

“A museum that highlights the contributions of Latinos and Latinas to our nation at a time when the pandemic has so disproportionately impacted our communities seems very fitting,” Estuardo Rodríguez, the president and chief executive of the nonprofit Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino, said. “We are eager to see the bill pass.””

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As an Assistant Professor in the Digital Technology and Culture (DTC) Program on the Tri-Cities campus the successful applicant will teach undergraduate courses within their area of expertise and within the core undergraduate course curriculum; aid in the management and development of collaborative practices, spaces, and projects that engage the university and other publics; be an active part of the DTC faculty; engage in creative production and/or conduct scholarly research in areas of expertise; and support current and emerging research, teaching, and creative activities in digital research on campus and within the region. The DTC program is committed to building a diverse faculty and to the retention of new faculty and as such the successful candidate will be provided with a faculty mentor within the College of Arts and Sciences and have access to university programs such as the External Mentor Program.

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Via The Washington Post, December 23, 2020

“Officials at the Museum of the Bible said Wednesday they are considering suing D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) over the city’s latest round of coronavirus restrictions, saying they prevent the museum’s employees from exercising their religious freedom and its visitors from possibly having a religious experience.

The plan to pursue legal action comes after an order by Bowser on Dec. 18 said museums and indoor dining in the District must close from Dec. 23 to Jan. 15, 2021, which includes the season of Advent and Christmas, a normally busy time for the museum. In a letter to Bowser, museum officials argue that the city is violating the Religious Freedom Restoration Act by not allowing the museum to exercise religion.

The museum will close Wednesday to comply with the mayor’s orders while it explores legal options. Officials for the museum, which has nearly 400,000 square feet of space spread over seven floors, are asking that Bowser’s previous restrictions be reinstated, where 250 socially distanced people could be on one floor at a time.”

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