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Circus Research Fellowship
Posted March 11, 2009
Note: Dream job for any post-docs in the community. Sigh. Posted
as received.
Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, History of the Circus in America
The Bard Graduate Center
(New York NY)
The Bard Graduate Center invites applications for a residential
research fellowship at its campus on New York’s Upper West Side, from
September 2009 through January 2012. The BGC is a graduate institute
affiliated with Bard College dedicated to the encyclopedic study of
the material world.
The successful applicant for this position will provide major research
support for The Circus in America, an interpretive history exhibition
currently being developed at the BGC and scheduled to open in January
2012. The exhibition explores the process by which the European circus
was transformed in Gilded-Age America into a distinctly American
cultural form. The Research Associate will create the data and object
bases for the exhibition and should be experienced in both textual and
artifactual research. S/he will review the history of the circus in
America, from its earliest days to the start of the twentieth century
and identify and trace the emergence and diffusion of features
contributing to Americanization. The research associate will create
timelines, identify and assemble files for documents and artifacts
potentially suitable for exhibition, and carry out other tasks as
necessary for exhibition preparation. Travel required. Applicants
should hold a doctorate in American history, cultural studies, popular
culture, art history, or other relevant field. Familiarity with the
history of the circus and/or popular entertainment of the nineteenth
century and with museum exhibition protocols highly beneficial.
Well-developed research, computer, and Internet skills are essential,
as are the ability to work independently and collaboratively as
appropriate, willing attention to detail, visual literacy, and
experience with objects and images.
Applicants should e-mail a letter explaining their qualifications for
the position, a CV, and names and contact data for three referees
to:
Chair, Research Department
The Bard Graduate Center
rac@bgc.bard.edu
Deadline for application: April 3, 2009.
The Bard Graduate Center is an equal opportunity employer.
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