Monthly Archives: May 2017

King’s College London: Postdoctoral Research Project Fellowships in Arts and Humanities – Call For Applications

King’s College London
Postdoctoral Research Project Fellowships in Arts and Humanities

Salary Details: Grade 6 – £32,958 per annum pro rata
Allowances: £2,623 LWA per annum pro rata
Contract Type: Temporary/Fixed term
Contract Term: Full time

King’s College London is supporting nine short-term research fellowships for postdoctoral researchers in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities. The fellowships will provide early career researchers with the opportunity to be involved in the development of research grant applications in which they will be included as named postdoctoral researchers. Fellows will work closely with PIs as they prepare funding applications to schemes such as AHRC Research Grants, ESRC Research Grants, Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grants, Wellcome Trust Investigator Awards, and ERC Grants. PIs will provide mentoring and career development support for fellows, in addition to supervising their work on the project grant applications. Fellows should be of postdoctoral level and should be able to demonstrate expertise appropriate to one of the fellowship themes. Full details of the nine fellowships available, setting out the required qualifications for each, are included in the job pack.

The posts will be fixed term for 3 or 6 months – for specific details of each fellowship, please visit: https://www.hirewire.co.uk/HE/1061247/MS_JobDetails.aspx?JobID=76783.

Fellow – Department – Principal Investigator – FTE – Duration

  • A – English – Sonia Massai – 100% – 3 month
  • B – Theology & Religious Studies – Kate Crosby – 100% – 3 month
  • C – Classics – Michael Squire – 50% – 6 month
  • D – Digital Humanities – Peter Stokes – 100% – 3 month
  • E – French – Patrick Ffrench – 100% – 3 month
  • F – English – Mark Turner & Clare Pettitt – 100% – 3 month
  • G – English – Hannah Crawforth & Elizabeth Scott-Baumann – 50% – 6 month
  • H – French – Sanja Perovic – 100% – 3 month
  • I – Culture Media & Creative Industries – Wing-Fai Leung – 100% – 3 month

The selection process will include a competency-based panel interview, either in person or conducted via phone/Skype.

Interviews are scheduled to be held the week commencing: 5 June 2017.

For full details and to apply, please visit: https://www.hirewire.co.uk/HE/1061247/MS_JobDetails.aspx?JobID=76783.

Closing date: 28 May, 2017.

University College London: Lecturer in Cultural Heritage Studies – Call For Applications

University College London – UCL Institute of Archaeology
Lecturer in Cultural Heritage Studies

Location: London
Salary: £37,936 to £41,163 per annum (UCL Grade 7), inclusive of London Allowance.
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent

The UCL Institute of Archaeology is recognised as one of the leading academic departments of Archaeology not just in the UK but globally. The Institute is the largest department in its field in the UK, with the largest graduate research community and the broadest range of coverage of any UK department, and offers a uniquely stimulating environment for the study of all fields of archaeology and related areas of cultural heritage, conservation, and museum studies. We are seeking to appoint a full-time Lecturer in Cultural Heritage Studies from 1 September 2017, to work with existing colleagues in contributing to and developing research and teaching in the field of cultural heritage studies at the institute. The successful candidate will also be expected to contribute more generally to teaching at the Institute of Archaeology.

The successful candidate will have outstanding research achievements for their career stage, with a PhD in Cultural Heritage Studies or in Archaeology, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Geography, Material Culture Studies, Museum Studies, or a closely related discipline, with a specific focus on critical heritage and a strong track record of publication for the career stage attained. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate teaching excellence and be experienced in contributing to postgraduate teaching in cultural heritage studies.

For full details and to apply, please visit: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AYX109/lecturer-in-cultural-heritage-studies.

Applications close: 26 May, 2017.

On the Edge in Early Modern English Drama – Call For Papers

On the Edge in Early Modern English Drama

Edited by Mark Houlahan and Aidan Norrie

The editors invite proposals for chapters of c.7000 words for an edited collection, On the Edge in Early Modern English Drama. There can be little doubt that early modern English drama has received detailed attention in the existing scholarship. Scholars have long analysed the extant dramatic productions, and the men who authored them. Much of this attention, however, serves to perpetuate a static and heteronormative view of the past. More recently, scholars have engaged in excellent work to spread the scope of this attention, showing that people and concepts often seen as being on the edge of early modern English drama played integral and vital roles. These various roles help us better understand Shakespeare, Marlowe, Middleton, Jonson, and their ilk. The people and ideas that existed on the edge of English drama—both on the stage, and in non-traditional arenas—deserve to be brought into the centre, not to enshrine a new orthodoxy, but to acknowledge and extend the richer sense of playmaking and all its ancillary activities that has emerged over the last decade. This collection thus seeks to bring together the people, ideas, and practices that exist on the edge, and collectively demonstrate their importance and relevance—both to early modern audiences, and to readers and performers today.

Topics for chapters might include (but are not limited to): theatrical spaces outside the theatre; performances outside the London theatres; gender and performance; children, childhood, and child actors; staging ‘otherness’; publication and genre; texts, both extant and lost; civic entertainments; the edges of the canon; or the blurring of the edge.

As this collection is interested in the ‘edge’ of early modern English drama, we do not anticipate including essays on canonical plays and authors who do not in some way demonstrate their engagement with the ‘edge.’

Please send abstracts of c.250 words with a brief biography to both Mark Houlahan (maph@waikato.ac.nz) and Aidan Norrie (aidannorrie@gmail.com) by Friday, 4 August 2017. Accepted authors will be notified by 31 August 2017, and completed essays of a maximum of 8000 words (including notes) will be due by Wednesday, 28 February 2018.

2021 World Shakespeare Congress – Call For Hosting Proposals

As we look back on the great success of the World Shakespeare Congress in 2016 we also start to look forward to the next Congress in 2021. The first and, at this stage, by far the most important decision to be made is where WSC 2021 will be held. We therefore invite anyone interested in developing a proposal for hosting it to be in touch. Please pass this invitation on to anyone you think might wish to know about it.

On our website https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/education/research-scholars/isa you will find some PowerPoint slides, developed by Peter Holbrook, our immediate past President, about the process of hosting the WSC. I hope you will find them useful as you begin to consider what is involved in doing so. We will of course be happy to answer any questions, large and small, about it. Please contact Peter Holland at pholland@nd.edu and/or Nick Walton at isa@shakespeare.org.uk

All we would need at this stage is a brief expression of interest, to be followed in due course by a more substantial proposal. We would like to receive initial indications of interest no later than 1 July, 2017. Please send them to me at isa@shakespeare.org.uk. We will invite those selected to present a fuller proposal to send that by 1 September 2017 and we will provide further details of what that might contain in due course.

We know that we are always reliant on the labours of our hosts but we hope to make WSC 2021 also a source of pride and an achievement that memorably rewards the hard work. To WSC 2021!

Peter Holland,
Chair, ISA

Forum for Modern Language Studies: Assistant Production Editor – Call For Applications

Forum for Modern Language Studies, a leading academic journal published by Oxford University Press, is seeking to appoint an Assistant Production Editor from 1st July 2017.

Forum for Modern Language Studies publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed research in the field of modern languages and literatures from the Middle Ages to the present-day, including linguistics, comparative literature, translation studies and film studies. Its main language areas are Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

The journal wishes to appoint a suitable candidate to the newly created post of Assistant Production Editor, whose main responsibilities will be:

  • proofreading electronic versions of articles, both before and after typesetting, often to tight deadlines;
  • ensuring consistent application of MHRA style guidelines;
  • working in an online environment with other Editorial Board members and Oxford University Press to ensure that the journal meets its publication deadlines;
  • assisting with the administration and production of book reviews.

Working closely with authors, the journal’s General Editor, the Senior Production Editor, the publisher and the typesetters, the Assistant Production Editor’s initial primary role will be to track, correct and coordinate proofs of articles to be published in General Issues of the journal (two per annum, each containing 5–8 articles / approx. 136 pages) from receipt from the typesetters to signing them off for publication. She or he will also advise on the composition of individual issues of the journal.

A further strand of the role concerns book reviews. Tasks include logging and collating book reviews received, proofreading these, and signing them off for publication.

Good word-processing skills will be required, and training in other technical aspects of the role, notably the use of electronic proofing tools, will be provided. Full training will also be given in the use of OUP’s online article submission and tracking system, ScholarOne Manuscripts.

The role requires an estimated 100-130 hours’ work per annum. The number of hours per month is likely to vary according to the journal’s copy flow. The appointment will be on a self-employed basis, initially at an hourly rate of £18.75. There is scope for the role to develop in terms of the number of hours and of the level of responsibility and remuneration involved.

You will work from home and must have access to a computer, an Internet connection and a telephone. You will be expected to attend two expenses-paid editorial meetings a year in St Andrews (one in mid-June, the other in mid-December).

Requirements

Essential

  • A good Honours degree (2:1 or above) in English or Modern Languages
  • Excellent command of English grammar, punctuation and spelling
  • Keen eye for the details of formatting and style
  • Excellent written communication skills
  • Ability to schedule and keep track of files
  • Expert knowledge of MS Word.

Desirable

  • Higher degree (Master’s or PhD)
  • Advanced reading knowledge of one or more modern foreign languages (Arabic, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish).

To apply for the post, please send a CV and a statement (no longer than one side of A4) outlining your motivation, suitability and qualifications for the post, to Dr Nicholas Martin, General Editor of Forum for Modern Language Studies (n.c.martin@bham.ac.uk). Applications should arrive no later than Friday 19 May 2017. The selection process will involve proofreading and editing tests.

Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed in St Andrews or via Skype on Thursday 22 June 2017.

To discuss the role informally and/or to request further details, please contact Dr Mary Rigby, the journal’s Production Editor (mary_rigby20@outlook.com).

Hokusai Exhibition @ National Gallery of Victoria

Hokusai
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
21 July– 15 October, 2017

More info and tickets: http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/hokusai

Katsushika Hokusai is regarded as one of the most influential and creative minds in the history of Japanese art. His unique social observations, innovative approach to design and mastery of the brush, made him the most famous and popular artist of Edo period Japan as well as an internationally recognised artist. A self-professed ‘drawing maniac’, Hokusai was known by at least thirty names during his lifetime and was renowned for his unconventional behaviour. Although gaining fame during his lifetime he never attained financial success. His years of greatest artistic production were conducted in poverty, living in a hut by the Sumida River or spent travelling, drawing and painting. These uncertainties in life and constant contact with the working people contributed to his eccentric style, raw genius and everlasting popularity.

Hokusai features 129 prints, four paintings and ten rare books on loan from the Japan Ukiyo-e Museum, Matsumoto, with special features including a selection of Hokusai’s early works and complete sets of his most famous series’ including Thirty six views of Mount Fuji, Tour of famous waterfalls, Unusual views of celebrated bridges, Eight views of the Ryukyu Islands, Birds and flowers and Ghost tales.

A selection of NGV Collection works including The great wave will be exhibited as exhibition focus points beside corresponding works from the Japan Ukiyo-e Museum, giving visitors the opportunity to view different impressions of the same image side-by-side and allowing the NGV’s Hokusai prints to be put in a scholarly context for the first time.

Further highlights of the exhibition will include a section of Hokusai’s books featuring his iconic manga (comical drawings) in special multimedia projections. A further selection of original Hokusai paintings on loan from Japan Ukiyo-e Museum, will mark the first time Hokusai’s works in this medium will be exhibited in Australia.

Melbourne Historical Journal: Vol 45 on ‘Contested Spaces’ – Call For Papers

The Melbourne Historical Journal Collective is excited to invite contributions to Volume 45 (2017) of the Melbourne Historical Journal (MHJ). Published since 1961, the MHJ is a refereed journal for the publication of postgraduate research in all aspects of history.

The world around us is shaped by historical conflict and change. Contests over identity, memory and material relations play out not only in time but also across multiple scales of space. ‘Space’ in this context can encompass geographical, social, cultural, economic, political, and religious environments; from the global to the local scale. Present-day controversies over the past are a reminder that memory itself is a site of contestation capable of producing divergent social meanings. Explorations of competitive spaces, both in the past and in the present, can provide an insight into the convergence of social and political relations within given historical moments.

MHJ is seeking papers that explore the many facets of this theme for its 2017 issue, ‘Contested Spaces’. These may address, but should not be limited to, questions of:

  • Social movements and political spaces
  • Global, transnational and cross-cultural histories
  • Histories of movement, diaspora and borders
  • Places of religious, environmental, economic or cultural contact
  • Gendered and gendering spaces in history
  • Memory activism and spaces of memory
  • Emotional and affective Spaces

We strongly encourage postgraduate and early career scholars to submit papers. Papers should be 5000–7000 words in length, including footnotes and references

Submit by 30 June, 2017 at http://journal.mhj.net.au.

For further information, see http://www.mhj.net.au.

Contact the MHJ collective at mhjcollective@gmail.com.

News Reporting and Emotions, 1100–2017 – Call For Papers [Deadline Extended]

News Reporting and Emotions, 1100–2017: Change Program Collaboratory 2017
The National Wine Centre, Adelaide
4‒6 September 2017 (beginning with a public lecture on the evening of 4 Sept)

Convenors: David Lemmings, Amy Milka, Abaigéal Warfield

More info: http://www.historyofemotions.org.au/events/news-reporting-and-emotions-1100-2017-change-program-collaboratory-2017

In the last year, a number of television reporters made headlines after becoming emotional during live reports. BBC news anchor Kate Silverton was reduced to tears while reporting on the aftermath of airstrikes in war-torn Syria. Following her emotional outburst, Ms Silverton took to Twitter to say that her job was to be inscrutable and impartial, “but I am also human”. The story about this crying anchor made it into several newspapers, with a number of readers commenting online about whether or not they felt her behaviour was acceptable.

Much like historians and judges, received wisdom expects journalists to be objective and impartial or, simply put, not emotional. This is not always the case, and perhaps it never has been. Increasingly, journalists acknowledge the emotional and ethical difficulties of their work, and the ways that emotions can be harnessed in reporting. This begs the question: How has the relationship between news and emotion ebbed and flowed across time and space? Why has it changed? And where will it go in the future?

At the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, scholars from a range of disciplines come together to ask how emotions shape history and inspire change. As individual, community and national identities shift and evolve, so too do forms of emotional expression. News reporting both instigates and reflects changing emotional landscapes. New technologies and improved lines of communication have affected the way news is produced, disseminated and consumed. Reporting styles have been influenced by different genres of popular literature, fluctuating fashions and consumers’ tastes. The emotional agendas of news outlets have been influenced by sponsorship, institutional affiliation, social, political or religious motives and, of course, sales. As we move into what has been labelled a ‘post-factual’ age, or what some have termed ‘post-truth politics’, where political campaigns are forged on emotional grounds, these issues are particularly pressing. Claims of objectivity and reliability can often be found side by side with subjective commentary, satire or polemic; in the news, emotions were (and are) everywhere.

We are delighted to announce four distinguished keynote speakers from a variety of disciplines:

  • Professor Charlie Beckett (Director, POLIS; Media and Communications, London School of Economics)
  • Professor Karin Wahl-Jorgensen (Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University)
  • Dr Cait McMahon (Director, Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma Asia Pacific, Melbourne)
  • Dr Una McIlvenna (History, The University of Melbourne)

This collaboratory seeks to anatomise the relationship between news and emotion from the medieval period to the present day. We welcome abstracts from practising journalists and contributions from the fields of sociology, history, literary studies, media studies, psychology, philosophy and elsewhere.

Individual paper proposals (20mins) and proposals for panels or sessions with alternative formats are welcome.

Potential topics include:

  • Journalists ‘managing’ their emotions, past and present
  • How different mediums and genres limited or enabled the emotional element of news, e.g.
  • Handwritten avvisi, printed non-periodical reports, periodical reports, daily newspapers, broadcast news on radio and television
  • History of emotions in news
  • How news media helps to contribute to emotional norms
  • Emotions between the lines, on blending fact and emotion, rituals of emotionality
  • Training journalists, ethics, emotions and impartiality
  • Democracy, free press and emotion
  • Audience responses to news, and their role in creating and selecting content; the interactive nature of news.

Abstracts of 300 words and brief bios to be sent to amy.milka@adelaide.edu.au by the new extended deadline of 15 May, 2017.

‘News Reporting and Emotions: 1100‒2017’ is the 2017 Collaboratory of the Change Program of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, Europe 1100‒1800.

James Shapiro: The Year of Lear @ Sydney Writers’ Festival 2017

James Shapiro, “The Year of Lear” @ Sydney Writers’ Festival 2017

Date: Friday 26 May, 2017
Time: 1:30pm
Venue: Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney
Tickets: Full $30; Concession $25. Book at: https://www.swf.org.au/festivals/festival-2017/james-shapiro-the-year-of-lear

James Shapiro is one of the world’s leading experts on Shakespeare. His latest book on the great Bard, 1606: The Year of Lear was listed among the best books of 2016 by The Wall Street Journal, The Times Supplement and The Guardian. He speaks with Tom Wright about 1606: the year that produced King Lear, Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra. In James’ deft hands, quantities of research become a brisk and animated history, as he illuminates Shakespeare’s bursts of creativity against the backdrop of a ‘troubled national mood’.

Ecstasy Baroque Exhibition @ UQ Art Museum

Ecstasy Baroque
16 September 2017 – 4 February 2018
UQ Art Museum

More info: https://www.artmuseum.uq.edu.au/coming-soon.

Almost four centuries after its creation, Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s St. Teresa in Ecstasy 1652 remains the emblem for religious visionary experience and baroque sensibilities in art. Going
beyond the sensuous suffering depicted by Bernini, Baroque Ecstasy brings historical depictions of ecstatic experiences together with modern and contemporary works that feature transcendence of normal consciousness, trance or trancelike states, expanded spiritual awareness, and visionary experiences. From saints and mystics, to bacchanalian fetes and dreamscapes, the exhibition also explores how Baroque stylistics such as theatricality, exaggeration, high drama, extravagance, frenzy and excess continue to permeate the work of contemporary artists.

Supported by the UQ Node, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (Europe 1100–1800)