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Sent: 28 June 2002 13:36
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Subject: Digital Art History Research Opportunities
Can you please forward this message to appropriate lists or parties,
with apologies for any cross-posting.
The School of History of Art, Film and Visual Media
<http://www.bbk.ac.uk/hafvm> at Birkbeck College, University of London
has the following opportunities for postgraduate research in Digital Art
History
If you wish to know more about the any of these please contact Dr
Charlie Gere, Course Director and Lecturer in Arts Computing, on +44
(0)20 7631 6128 or by email at [log in to unmask]
MA Digital Art History
<http://www.bbk.ac.uk/study/pg2002/histart/madigitalarthist.html>
For further details click on the link above. Taught by specialists in
arts computing and by art historians, this is a unique opportunity to
study developments in the use of digital technology in the history of
art. On this course you will gain a sound grasp of the fundamentals of
digital technology and media, including hardware, software, imaging,
databases, multimedia and the World Wide Web, a thorough introduction to
the use of digital technology in art, art history and visual culture in
general and a good grounding in relevant theoretical and critical
standpoints. Many course graduates undertake further postgraduate work
or progress to careers in related areas in museums or other institutions.
Postgraduate Research Opportunities
The School has also recently received an AHRB grant to research the
digital and computer based arts in the United Kingdom from their origins
to the 1980s, involving the construction of a theoretical and historical
framework to place this work in the context of the arts during the late
20th century.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Ref: EHA096 (3-year fixed term)
You will be responsible for discovering, identifying and preserving
artworks and contacting relevant practitioners and pioneers and play a
major role in the creation of the electronic resource. You will be
involved in the planning and teaching of a course on curating digital
artwork and will contribute to and help produce publications and other
outcomes. Applicants should have a PhD in a relevant area. Experience of
maintaining or developing digital resources would be an advantage.
Appointment tenable from 1 October 2002.
Salary range: #19,760 - #21,815
MPhil/PhD Studentship
Ref:EHA(S001)
A bursary (fees and maintenance) is available to assist the Research
Fellow in the above project. You will have the opportunity to contribute
to academic publications and teach in relevant areas. Applicants must
have a good first degree and, preferably, a postgraduate qualification
in a relevant area. Applications should include a completed postgraduate
application form, with two sealed letters of reference.
Closing date: 31 July 2002.
For further details please see http://www.bbk.ac.uk or email:
[log in to unmask] or send an (A4) SAE, quoting approriate reference
number, to the Personnel Department, Birkbeck, Malet Street, Bloomsbury,
London WC1E 7HX.
We also welcome MPhil/PhD applications in relevant areas, looking at
issues concerning the relationship between culture and technology,
especially in relation to new technologies. For further information or
to arrange for an informal discussion please contact Dr Gere
<[log in to unmask]> at the above address.
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