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Internship at the Peltz Gallery – Deadline: 23 March

Internship at the Peltz Gallery

We are looking for an intern to work with the Peltz Gallery (School of Arts) between April and July 2017.

The Peltz Gallery, based in the School of Arts, is a flexible exhibition space for digital and material displays, small-scale performances, lectures and meetings. The Gallery showcases the creative interdisciplinary and experimental research in the School. Over the three years since it opened, the Peltz has hosted a series of innovative historical and contemporary exhibitions based on the research interests and public engagement activities of academics and other staff at Birkbeck.

We are looking for an intern to work with the Peltz Gallery director, events and communications co-coordinator and Arts Space Steering Committee to help with and evaluate two exhibitions in the Peltz Gallery programme.  The successful candidate will gather and analyse data from social media and the internet, visitor book comments and questionnaires from dedicated events and develop an analysis of the exhibitions’ (and associated events’) success in reaching and engaging various audiences.

Knowledge and experience required:

We are looking for a Birkbeck PhD student ideally with

  • The ability to write well
  • Some experience in evaluating activities
  • An interest in the visual arts
  • Some experience of working on exhibitions
  • Familiarity with social media

and

  • A willingness to bring their professional experience and knowledge to explore ways of developing the Peltz Gallery’s profile in London

The internship involves 25 hours of paid employment at £15.26 per hour between c.  April 20 and c. July 15 2017. The hours worked will be agreed in advance (spread across one or two terms) on a flexible basis with the Peltz director.

Send application (CV and covering letter) by 5pm, March 23 to Wendy Earle: w.earle@bbk.ac.uk.

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ICA Student Placement Opportunities: Deadline 4 December 2016

The ICA are currently looking for 2 students interested in taking on placements at over the winter period for the following departments;

To apply students will need to send a CV and a covering letter, stating which of the roles above they are interested in and why, to:

learning@ica.org.uk<mailto:learning@ica.org.uk>.

The deadline for applications is Sunday, 4 December 2016, and interviews will take place w/c 12 December 2016

As ever students will be expected to commit to working 2 days a week for a minimum of 3 months. The ICA can contribute to travel within London zones 1-4.

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CALL for EDITORS: Dandelion Journal – The Contemporary deadline 16 December

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CALL for EDITORS

The Dandelion Journal seeks EDITORS to assist in the compiling and editing of the journal’s ‘THE CONTEMPORARY’ issue.

This is an exciting time in Dandelion’s history as we prepare to migrate the journal’s archive to the Open Library of Humanities. The current issue will mark Dandelion’s relaunch as an OLH journal.

We invite all Birkbeck School of Arts Postgraduate Students to join the Dandelion Journal Editorial Team. No prior experience of publishing or editorial is necessary: you will learn editorial skills as you go. We particularly require editors whose expertise lie in the fields of: History of Art, Screen Media, English and Humanities.

As a Dandelion Subeditor, you will be required to edit and copyedit two or three articles (between 3000 – 8000 words) between early-February 2017 and May 2017. We ask that you attend two or three editorial meetings with the rest of the team during this time. You will also be welcome to contribute to the team in any other ways you desire (e.g. events planning, design, typesetting etc).

We encourage you to send us an email explaining why and how you would like to be involved and detailing any relevant experience you have by Friday 16th December:

mail@dandelionjournal.org

 

We look forward to hearing from you,

The editors:

Becky Sykes and Tom Travers

www.dandelionjournal.org

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Open Call for Applications: ICA Student Forum – Deadline 14th November 2016

FAO: Research students working on the contemporary:

If you are interested in the opportunity below and wish to apply please discuss with your supervisor:

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Interested in co-curating public events for the ICA programme?

Want to become part of a wider student community?

Keen to engage with contemporary art practitioners, student peers and ICA staff?

We are looking for dynamic students to join our Student Forum and help to shape a public programme of events in response to the ICA exhibition programme, film screenings, talks and performances.

Working closely with ICA staff and your peers, students will engage with contemporary art practitioners as well as participate in current debates around art practice, devising, planning, and co-producing a number of collectively conceived events over a year to forge an interdisciplinary programme of events.

Student Forum members also benefit from a year’s ICA Membership, learn to work with the practical and budgetary constraints of an institution, and conceive of events that respond to the overall vision of the ICA.

The ICA is a multi-disciplinary art institution that has been at the forefront of radical art practices since its inception in 1946, presenting an innovative and challenging programme of visual arts, contemporary music, international cinema, performance, live arts, talks and debates.

The ICA is hoping to work with approximately 10-15 new participants to the Student Forum. We are seeking a balance of interests, creative disciplines, undergraduates as well as postgraduates.

The ICA is committed to Equal Opportunities and Diversity. If your application is shortlisted you will be invited to attend an open meeting of the ICA Student Forum towards the end of November 2016.

If you are interested, please send us a few lines on your current activities, the focus of your course and years of study, and up to 250 words in response to each of the following questions:

What type of events have you attended at the ICA?

What projects have you curated or been involved in recently?

What are your experiences of collectivised decision making/collaborative working?

What would you like to gain from joining the ICA Student Forum?

Please e-mail your responses to: learning@ica.org.uk.

Deadline is Monday 14 November at 5pm.

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Vacancy – Three BIMI Internships: deadline 2nd Sept 16

ANNOUNCEMENT: PAID INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY WITH THE BIRKBECK INSTITUTE FOR THE MOVING IMAGE

Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image (BIMI) is a response to the growing interest in film and the moving image across the College. Through public events and academic research initiatives, BIMI addresses a wide variety of contemporary issues, particularly those relevant to its interdisciplinary structure.  Working closely with the Birkbeck Cinema, BIMI programmes public screenings and special seasons, making use of 35 mm film in addition to the Cinema’s high quality DVD projection. We run a busy calendar of events from research seminars to film screenings.

We wish to appoint three interns for next the academic year to work closely with BIMI academic staff and the BIMI administrator. In particular, the intern would be involved in:

  • The organisation, promotion and hosting of academic and cultural events, symposia, workshops, screenings and master classes, including the annual BIMI/University of Pittsburgh Lecture and all other collaborative events.
  • To assist with the organisation and promotion of the Birkbeck Essay Film Festival
  • To coordinate documentation and recording of events, audience surveys and follow up, social media practices and development, to participate in and contribute to BIMI Steering Group meetings and liaise across the Schools and College on behalf of BIMI.
  • To assist with the organisation and promotion of the third annual Birkbeck Essay Film Festival

We welcome applications from current Birkbeck students with a variety of interests and expertise but ask that applicants are able to demonstrate a passion for the moving image and screen culture.

There are three positions available split across the three terms. For the winter 2016 and summer 2017 terms the successful candidate will work 40 hours per term, or one day a week. In the spring the role requires 80 hours per term, or two days a week. The exact working days can be discussed but we require our intern to work on the night of each event which tends to fall on a Friday or Saturday. Please note that a typical shift will last 4 hours. Please note that the successful candidate will be paid £16.51 per hour.

Application deadline: 10.00am Friday September 2nd

To apply please send a CV and statement of interest to bimi@bbk.ac.uk.

Applicant Requirements: Applicant must be a current Birkbeck student (MA/MPhil/PhD) in either the Schools of Law, SSHP, BEI, Arts or Science.

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Vacancy: BBK German Language Teacher – deadline 29 August 2016

The Cultures and Languages need an additional German language teacher for 2016/7.

The vacancy has been advertised on the Birkbeck website, on the link below.  The closing date is midnight on Monday 29 August.

If you know anyone who might be interested in applying, please forward them the link.

http://jobs.bbk.ac.uk/fe/tpl_birkbeckcollege01.asp?s=4A515F4E5A565B1A&jobid=61540,0271452513&key=103270114&c=72028333887665&pagestamp=setfapojgfendtcmhh

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London Renaissance Seminar: Internship 16-17 deadline 5 August 2016

London Renaissance Seminar: Research Internships

The London Renaissance Seminar invites postgraduate students at Birkbeck to apply for two research internships 2016-17. These internships are open to all postgraduate students at Birkbeck.

The London Renaissance Seminar hosts and organises a variety of events from half-day symposia to lectures, larger conferences and single lectures. Most events are open to audiences. Anyone with an interest in the Renaissance is welcome to attend. Seminars are usually held in the School of Arts, 43 Gordon Square.

The internship is open to all postgraduate students at Birkbeck and is likely to be particularly rewarding for those working in a historical or literary field in the early modern period. The postholders will (a) have a shared budget of £325 to fund a research-led event of their choice for the LRS, and (b) to participate in steering and above all maintaining the Seminar during the academic year 2016-17. Thus interns will liaise with event organisers at Birkbeck and beyond, work with members of the Steering Committee, ensure the website is up to date, advertise the seminar, liaise with projects (such as the Marston project)

The internships are planned to commence in October 2016 and end in July 2017 (there may be some flexibility). The successful candidates will be working on a postgraduate degree, have some prior research experience and be familiar with early modern texts and ideas.

The research intern’s responsibilities include:

  • Devising, planning, scheduling, advertising and delivering an LRS event using the assigned budget: either one event co-organised or two smaller events. Event to be held in 2016-17. This may include planning of the LRS strand for the Renaissance Society of America conference 2018.
  • Advertising upcoming LRS and Shakespeare Conversations events: website, social Media.
  • Liaison with event organisers and academics involved in planning and delivering events;  liaison with the LRS Fellows and Early Career Fellows 2016-17.
  • Supporting LRS involvement with projects and institutions eg Marston Project; ‘Renaissance Loves’; RSA and Birkbeck projects including Early Modern Reading Group.
  • Contributing to LRS Steering Committee planning meetings

Each intern will provide two hours per week for 3 x 11 week terms, paid at £18.93 per hour.

£325 towards speakers and refreshments for the research event/events to be designed by the two interns

As indicated, students at MPhil and PhD level may apply. In applying, please supply:

  1. 150 words outlining (a) your special area of research and how it relates to the period 1500-1690 (b) how the placement will benefit your academic study; (c) how the internship will develop your career skills.
  2. 150 words giving an initial proposal for an outward-facing LRS event. The format of this event is open (Examples include but are not limited to: postgraduate conference; site-specific seminar; book talk; symposium; performance and analysis).

These ((a) and (b) can be submitted as separate documents or in the form of a letter)

  1. Full CV
  2. Name of 1 academic referee

Candidates will be interviewed on 12 August 2016. If you are not available on that day please indicate that.

Submit your application  as a WORD document with the information and documents requested above and marked LRS Intern to b.waddell@bbk.ac.uk and s.wiseman@bbk.ac.uk by 12.00pm on Friday 5 August 2016. Enquiries to the same e-mails please.

Birkbeck welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Birkbeck holds an Athena Swan Award, is a Stonewall Diversity Champion and is working towards the Race Equality Charter Mark.

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Vacancy: Art History Tutor – Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution

We are seeking an art history tutor for the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, as due to unforeseen circumstances we find ourselves without a tutor for the academic year 2016 to 2017.

 

HLSI is a charity and apart from a professional librarian and office staff, is run by volunteers. Among our many activities we run a wide variety of classes for adults, mainly in the daytime. Our membership is mostly retired and highly educated, well travelled and with a good general knowledge of art. We are looking for a tutor for the complete academic year and fees are subject to negotiation. Our current course is Art of the Superpowers: Art and Society in America, China and Russia, following courses on British art from World War I to the 1980s, and European Art of the 20th Century, which proved very popular. Our students seem to prefer courses covering more recent art and artistic practice but we are flexible about subject matter in the interests of finding an excellent tutor.

 

HLSI is situated in the middle of Highgate village. Our History of Art courses, which are well attended, take place on Wednesday mornings in the Institution’s attractive Victoria Hall which doubles as an exhibitions gallery. Apart from classes we run art exhibitions, a film and theatre club, debates and a programme of lectures on Tuesday evenings. Members also benefit from a well stocked library.  Our current programme can be viewed on the website www.hlsi.net

  

With kind regards

Mary Butler

HLSI Education Committee

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Discovery Early Career Researcher Award – Western Sydney University (WSU) Deadline 12th May 2016

Call for Expressions of Interest:
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award applications in

Cultural and Social Research Institute for Culture and Society

The Institute for Culture and Society (ICS) within Western Sydney University (WSU) was launched in 2012. ICS is a major national and international Institute for the pursuit of engaged interdisciplinary cultural and social research. Rated 5 (“well above world standard”) for Cultural Studies and 4 in Human Geography (“above world standard”), in the 2015 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA <http://www.arc.gov.au/excellence-research-australia>) rankings, the Institute coordinates interdisciplinary cultural research across the humanities and social sciences and connects Australian cultural and social research to relevant research internationally, particularly in Asia.

With the continuation of the Australian Research Council’s Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme in 2018 (see: http://www.arc.gov.au/discovery-early-career-researcher-award), ICS is investing in leading cultural and social researchers from Australia and overseas by supporting innovative and outstanding DECRA proposals from applicants who will be 4 to 5 years post-PhD at March 2017.

ICS Research Program

ICS’s research program is currently organised into the following areas:

– Cities and Economies <http://www.westernsydney.edu.au/ics/research/program/cities_and_economies>

*         Diversity and Globalization <http://www.westernsydney.edu.au/ics/research/program/diversity_and_globalisation>

*         Digital Life <http://www.westernsydney.edu.au/ics/research/program/digital_life>

*         Heritage and Environment <http://www.westernsydney.edu.au/ics/research/program/heritage_and_environment>

ICS Research and Researchers

ICS researchers approach culture as a vital dimension of social, political, and economic life. Their practice-oriented, interdisciplinary research produces cutting-edge work in and across the fields of cultural studies, cultural and human geography, media studies, sociology, cultural economy, Asian studies, education studies, digital humanities, environmental humanities, and museum and heritage studies. The Institute hosts WSU’s role in the Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre.

Academic staff in the Institute include:

Professor Paul James (Director), Professor Brett Neilson (Research Director), Distinguished Professor Ien Ang, Emeritus Professor Bob Hodge, Professor Kay Anderson, Professor James Arvanitakis, Professor Gregory Barton, Professor Tony Bennett, Professor Katherine Gibson, Professor Gay Hawkins, Professor Dick Hobbs, Professor Karen Malone, Professor Donald McNeill, Professor Greg Noble (Director of Higher Degree Research), Professor Ned Rossiter, Professor David Rowe, Professor Tim Rowse, Professor Margaret Somerville, Professor Deborah Stevenson, Professor Stephen Tomsen, Professor Margaret Vickers, A/Professor Robyn Bushell, A/Professor Hart Cohen, A/Professor Alana Lentin, A/Professor Juan Salazar (Deputy Research Director), A/Professor Amanda Third, A/Professor Megan Watkins, A/Professor Emma Waterton, Dr Sarah Barns, Dr Denis Byrne, Dr Brett Bennett, Dr Fiona Cameron, Dr Philippa Collin, Dr Louise Crabtree, Dr Ann Dadich, Dr Ben Dibley, Dr Nichole Georgeou, Dr Sheree Gregory, Dr Chong Han, Dr Stephen Healy, Dr Justine Humphry, Dr Kate Huppatz, Dr Jorge Knijnik, Dr Girish Lala, Dr Abby Lopes, Dr Liam Magee, Dr Timothy Neale, Dr Tanya Notley, Dr Anna Pertierra, Dr Catherine Phillips, Dr Felicity Picken, Dr Emma Power, Dr Shanthi Robertson, Dr Dallas Rogers, Dr Teresa Swist, Dr Jessica Weir, Dr Jessica Whyte

Expressions of Interest

ICS will offer expert assistance to DECRA applications where these fit closely with one or more aspects of its research program. Please consult the Institute’s website (http://westernsydney.edu.au/ics) for further details of the Institute’s research program.
To be considered eligible candidates should:

*         Hold a PhD awarded in the 4-5 years prior to March 2017

*         Have a strong and extensive track record

*         Be working in a field closely related to one or more of ICS’ research programs

Please note that applicants seeking the endorsement of ICS need to submit a CV in the first instance to

icsro@westernsydney.edu.au<mailto:icsro@westernsydney.edu.au

by 9am Australian Eastern Standard Time on Thursday 12 May 2016.

Candidates with competitive track records will then be invited to submit an Expression of Interest. Please note that EOIs will be due by 9am Australian Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday 7 June 2016, so please register your interest as soon as possible.
Prospective applicants with further questions may contact Dr Kristy Davidson at icsro@westernsydney.edu.au<mailto:icsro@westernsydney.edu.au>

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