Topic ID #14247 - posted 10/7/2011 3:50 AM

Post-doctoral Fellowship in Anthropology and Textiles



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Post-doctoral Fellowship in Anthropology and Textiles     POSTED: Oct 04
Salary:     Up to 35,000.00     Location:     New York, New York
Employer:     The Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture     Type:      
Categories:     Archaeology, Social/Cultural     Required Education:     Doctorate


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About The Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture

The Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture is a graduate research institute committed to studying the cultural history of the material world. Our degree program, research projects, and exhibition program together work to suggest a new field of questions at the crossroads where the decorative arts, design history, and material culture studies meet. At the BGC, our focus is on Cultura. This ancient Latin word referred to the class of activities in which human bein....more info

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Bard Graduate Center/ American Museum of Natural History Post-doctoral Fellowship in Anthropology and Textiles The Bard Graduate Center invites applications for a two-year post-doctoral fellowship jointly appointed at the Bard Graduate Center and in the Anthropology Division and the Richard Gilder Graduate School of the American Museum of Natural History. The Fellow’s project should focus on textiles and preference will be given to candidates with an interest in archaeological textiles of South America. PhD in Anthropology or related fields required. The BGC is a graduate research institute committed to studying the cultural history of the material world, drawing on methodologies and approaches from art and design history, economic and cultural history, history of technology, philosophy, anthropology, and archaeology. The Fellow will teach one graduate course each year and will mount an innovative small exhibition, ideally drawing on the collections of the AMNH, in the BGC Focus Gallery. A major purpose of the BGC-AMNH Fellowship is to promote mutual scholarly interest and interaction among fellows, BGC faculty and students and the AMNH academic community. Candidates will be judged primarily on their research abilities, experience, and on the merits and scope of the proposed research. The Fellow will have office space and be expected to participate fully in the intellectual life of both institutions. Salary is $35,000 per year. Housing is available, as is a small research/travel fund while the Fellow is in residence.

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