Material Culture and the Culture of Exchange in Medieval and Renaissance
Europe
The Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, Queen Mary,
University of London, and the Victoria and Albert Museum are inviting
applications for a three-year fully funded AHRC Collaborative Doctoral
Award to commence in the autumn of 2005.
This research opportunity arises out of the V&A’s plans to redisplay the
museum's medieval and Renaissance collection of largely European objects
dating from AD 300 to 1600; due to open in 2009, the new Medieval and
Renaissance Galleries will merge collections that are currently separated,
such as the Italian, Spanish and Northern European Galleries. This will
provide the opportunity to investigate issues across geographic boundaries
north and south of the Alps, as well as beyond Europe. The doctoral
student will join the Gallery team at a crucial phase in terms of research
input.
The suggested area for research — a study of the import, export and
circulation of goods in Continental Europe — has numerous possibilities
both in terms of the many objects (textiles, liturgical and secular goods,
metal-ware and ceramics) that moved across geographic and social
boundaries and in terms of questions that such movements raised. The
doctoral project (which will be framed in detail when the student is
appointed) will aim to explore how objects migrated in Continental Europe
during the period 1450—1600, examining routes of transmission, the esteem
in which they were held in their place of origin and the uses to which
they were put in other countries and contexts.
Informal inquiries are welcome and should be addressed to Professor Evelyn
Welch, Professor of Renaissance Studies, School of English and Drama,
Queen Mary, University of London, from whom particulars and details of how
to apply can also be obtained. Tel: +44 (0) 20 7882 7486; Email:
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Closing date for applications: 27 May 2005. Interviews will take place in
June.
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