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Scholar in Residence-Program of the Deutsches Museum, Munich
The Deutsches Museum in Munich would like to announce a new
scholars-in- residence program for historians of science and
technology and researchers in related fields to work with the unique
collections of this institution for a period of between six months and
a year.
Visiting scholars will have a chance to present their projects to a
small circle of colleagues at the beginning of their stays and to give
a public lecture of the results of their work at the end. In addition,
they may be invited to submit a written contribution to publications
of the Deutsches Museum.
Opportunities for innovative research into scientific processes and
the changing cultures of technology are myriad: the Deutsches
Museum is a museum of science and technology founded in 1903
and comprising some 100,000 objects, an archive of 4,5
shelf km of manuscripts (with extensive collections of scientific
photographs and technical illustrations, private papers, and
company records), and a specialist research library for the history
of science and technology (with 875.000 volumes, 5.000
journals, and a rich collection of rare books). The holdings of the
museum have grown organically in the sense that objects,
manuscripts and book collections of single scientists, engineers
and whole scientific research groups have entered the
collection as historical totalities reflecting by-gone experimental
life-
worlds and innovation cultures.
The unique structure of the museum enables scholars to develop
cross-referential methodologies of research employing texts,
objects and images available on site. Here it becomes possible to
explore not only the history but also the archeology of science and
technology. Most recently a new research group has formed within
the museum to explore changing notions of "perception",
"evidence" and "representation" by means of scientific photography
and film documenting early stages in the construction and
recording on film of physical events too small, too fast
and too subtle for the eye to behold.
Visiting scholars will have daily contact with, and be assisted in
their endeavors by, curators, archivists and librarians from within
the Deutsche Museum (approx. 50 staff members) as well as
members of the Munich Center for the History of Science and
Technology (approx. 50 staff members), an institutional association
of all historians of science and technology employed at the
Research Institute of the Deutsches Museum, Ludwig-Maximilians-
University, Technical University, and Bundeswehr University, and
spatially consolidated within the museum complex.
The research proposals should be based on the collections of the
Deutsches Museum, and the applicants are asked to closely co-
operate with staff members of the Deutsches Museum. Proposals
which aim at exploring innovative approaches to artifact-oriented
research are especially welcomed.
For further information, please visit the websites:
Munich Center, http://mzwtg.mwn.de
Deutsches Museum, http://www.deutsches-museum.de
The stipend will amount to a maximum of 30,000 euros for a year
or 15,000 euros for six month stays, depending on seniority and
qualification. Scholars at any level of seniority are eligible to apply,
provided their university studies have been completed.
There are no restrictions regarding nationality although
international scholars are requested to make their own provisions
for health insurance.
Application deadline: January 1, 2004.
Candidate selection: February 1, 2004.
Scholarship commencement: March 1, 2004 and August 1, 2004
respectively.
Please send applications, including: cover letter, curriculum vitae,
400 word abstract, three page research proposal, and three letters
of recommendation to:
Helmuth Trischler
Director of Research
Deutsches Museum
Museumsinsel 1
G-80538 Munich
tel: 00 49 (0) 89 2179-280
fax: 00 49 (0) 89 2179-239
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