Dear Colleagues,
We are trying to find a junior curator to work with us in the Photographic
Collection of the Warburg Institute, to replace Michael Evans, who has
decided to take early retirement. We are currently advertising a 9-month
temporary job, for which interviews will be held on the 26th of this
month; later this year we will be advertising a permanent, full-time post,
to begin in October 2000. The holder of the former will not necessarily be
awarded the latter, although nine months of work experience may confer a
small advantage.
The successful candidate(s) will have to show that they are quick
learners, who can grasp the outline of Western iconography in short order.
All things being completely equal, we will favour a candidate who is doing
research into west European medieval art; but, knowing that things are very
rarely equal, we will happily consider anyone working in any field of
Eurasian art, so long as they can demonstrate an interest in and a broad
knowledge of European post-classical art.
The Photographic Collection of the Institute has a long tradition of
distinguished scholar-curators, from Rudolf Wittkower via Enriqueta Harris
Frankfort, Leopold Ettlinger and Adelheid Heimann to Jennifer Montagu, and
we hope that the new assistant will be able to contribute to this
tradition. At the same time, he or she must have a capacity for precise,
painstaking work as a photographic librarian.
The details of the job as presented in the press and on the website do not
say that it includes a study day, and this study day is not something
written into the job contract; but as a matter of unofficial tradition,
those working in the collection are normally allowed one day off each week
to pursue their own research, and it is anticipated that this will
continue in future.
We hope that you will encourage good postgraduates from your institutions
to apply for these posts. Further details can be found on our website,
http://sas.ac.uk/warburg. The Institute's Secretary and Registrar, Anita
Pollard ([log in to unmask]), will be happy to send full details on
request.
With best wishes,
Elizabeth McGrath
Paul Taylor
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