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CHASS Australia Prizes

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Nominations are now open for CHASS (Council for Humanities and Social Sciences) Prizes for 2016. The Australia Prizes honour distinguished achievements by Australians working, studying, or training in the humanities, arts, and social sciences (HASS) sectors, including academics, practitioners, philanthropists, policy makers, and students. The CHASS Australia Prizes are intended to draw international attention to Australia’s achievements in HASS. In 2016, there will be four prizes. Two prizes are sponsored by Routledge ($3,500 each): one for a non-fiction book (e-books are acceptable) that enriches Australian cultural and intellectual life, the second for an exceptional artistic performance, exhibition, film, television show, play, composition or practical contribution to arts policy. The third prize ($2,000) is sponsored by Future Leaders for an individual…

Nominations for 2016 AAANZ Book and PhD prizes now open

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The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand annual prizes recognise the best in arts writing and research across Australia and New Zealand. The awards cover a broad spectrum of arts publishing and acknowledge the contribution of both emerging and established scholars and artists. The categories include prizes for books, catalogues, artist books, Indigenous art writing, and an award for recently completed PhD graduates. The prizes are sponsored by a number of universities, art museums, associations and publishing bodies around Australia and New Zealand. The prizes recognise the following. Originality and rigour of scholarship. Contribution to knowledge in the area and impact on scholarly debate in the field. Significance of the topic to the field and to adjacent disciplines. Significance and originality of arts research. Quality…

News | Finalists for the 2015 Bowness Photography Prize Announced

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Two of Australia’s most notable figures have selected 47 finalists for this year’s Bowness Photography Prize. Bill Henson and Karen Quinlan were joined by MGA Senior Curator, Stephen Zagala to shortlist the record number of entries this year. Established in 2006 to promote excellence in photography, the annual non-acquisitive William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize is an initiative of the MGA Foundation.   The 2015 competition attracted 696 entrants, the largest number received in the history of the prize. Stephen Zagala, MGA Senior Curator observed, on behalf of the judges, ‘This year the judging panel looked at over 2600 images and selected a field of 47 finalists to represent the best of Australian photography today. The sorting process provides a remarkable…

Nominations for AAANZ prizes now open

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The AAANZ prizes honour the achievements of members in publishing and research. The prizes are awarded based on the following: Originality and rigour of scholarship Contribution to knowledge in the area and impact on scholarly debate in the field Significance of the topic to the field and to adjacent disciplines Significance and originality of picture research Quality of the design and production values of the publication Ability to convey complex ideas to wider audiences Please note entrants must be a member of AAANZ. Staff affiliated with museums that have a AAANZ institutional membership are eligible to enter. In general, all books, catalogues and articles must have been published in the year 2014.  The one exception is the Best Artist Book Prize,…

Jobs, Funding, Calls for Papers | Art History and Curatorship | October 31st 2014

Jobs Australia Director, Tamworth Regional Gallery & Powerstation Museum – deadline 21st November 2014 Griffith Regional Art Gallery Coordinator Job in Wagga Wagga & Riverina – deadline 7th November Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (CHE), based at Faculty of Arts at UWA – deadline 24th November 2014 International Historian of Modern and Contemporary Art in East Asia or Middle East at School of the Art Institute of Chicago – deadline 15th December 2014 Postdoctoral fellowship in Posthuman Aesthetics at University of Aarhus – deadline 1st December 2014 Funding and Prizes George Yule Prize for best submitted essay on a topic from medieval and early modern studies (students enrolled at Australian and New Zealand institutions only)…

AAANZ Prizes 2014 | Deadline 26th September

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Deadline for 2014 AAANZ Prizes extended to Friday 26 September Did you write a book in 2013? Or a catalogue? Was your PhD conferred? Nominations for AAANZ Book and PhD prizes are now open. Book Prize The annual Book and Journal Prizes are awarded at the conference and are keenly awaited by delegates and the publishing sector. We are the only body in Australasia to focus on art-historical studies, including museum catalogues and monographs. The categories cover catalogues, anthologies, work by an Indigenous Australian or New Zealand Maori, and artist lead projects. Last year’s prizes attracted over 50 entries, head to http://aaanz.info/prizes/ to check out previous winners and download an entry form. PhD Prize 2013 saw the introduction of the…

Jobs, Funding, Calls for Papers | August 29th 2014

Jobs Postdoctoral Fellowship Curatorial Assistant, Kensington Palace, Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) – deadline 15th September 2014 Exhibition Project Coordinator x 2, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney – deadline 8th September 2014 Curatorial Fellowship, Canberra Glassworks – deadline 12 September 2014 Funding/Prizes The Hakluyt Society Essay Prize – deadline 1st November 2014 2015-2016 Getty Research Institute Scholar Grant and Fellowship, Los Angeles – deadline 3rd November 2014 Calls for Papers Lost Museums Colloquium, (Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 7–8 May 2015) – deadline 15 September 2020 MuseumNext (19–21 April 2015, Geneva, Switzerland) – deadline 31st August 2014 Artists’ Homes Before 1800 (Nuremberg, Germany, 11-14 June 2015) – deadline 31 August 2014 Cities and Citizens: Seventeenth-Century Studies Conference (Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Durham University, 13–15 July 2015) – deadline 1…

Entries for the AAANZ Book and PhD prizes now open

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2014 AAANZ Book and PhD Prizes AAANZ calls for entries into the 2014 AAANZ Prizes. The deadline for entries is Friday 29 August 2014.  Entry forms and further information can be found at http://aaanz.info/prizes/ or requested from admin@aaanz.info. All entrants must be members of AAANZ. Join here: http://aaanz.info/membership/ Book and catalogue prizes The AAANZ Book Prize has grown from a single prize to a field of eight awards: Best book ($500 sponsored by the University of Sydney) Best anthology ($500 sponsored by the University of Sydney) Best large exhibition catalogue ($500 sponsored by the University of Melbourne) Best small exhibition catalogue ($100 sponsored by the University of Western  Australia) Best scholarly article in the ANZ Journal of Art ($500 sponsored by the University of  Sydney) Best essay/catalogue/book by either an Indigenous Australian or New…

Opportunities | Jobs, Funding, Calls for Papers | 30th May 2014

Jobs Collection Research Editor, Tate Britain, London – deadline 17th June 2014 Associate Lecturer/Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (three early career positions)  UNSW COFA – deadline 6th June 2014 Professor / Associate Professor and Deputy Director (Learning & Teaching), Queensland College of Art, Griffith University – deadline 18th June Postdoctoral Fellow: Arc Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, University of Melbourne (project on  emotions and visual culture, c.1450-1750) – deadline 7th July 2014 Postdoctoral Fellow: Arc Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, University of Melbourne (project on the representation and expression of emotion on the human face, in literature, drama, art, or sculpture, or in early scientific discourses, between 1100 and 1800) – deadline 7th July 2014 Senior Curator, Indigenous Collections &…

Opportunities | Jobs, Funding, Calls for Papers | May 16th 2014

Jobs Junior Research Fellowship, Leeds College of Art – deadline 1st September 2014 Lectureship in the History of Art, University of Oxford (fixed term and preference for 19th-20th century French art specialists) – deadline 12th June Senior Curator, State Library of NSW – deadline 25th May 2014 Head of Fine Arts & Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor/Professor, School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury, NZ – deadline 30th June 2014 Associate Lecturer/Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, COFA, UNSW – deadline 6th June 2014 Professor and Head of School of the Tasmanian College of the Arts, UTAS – deadline 20th June Prizes I Tatti prize for the best scholarly article on an Italian Renaissance topic by a junior scholar – deadline 1st June 2014 Bruno Zevi…

AAANZ Book and Catalogue Prizes

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AAANZ as announced that the 2013 Book and Catalogue prizes are now open for nominations. To be eligible books, catalogues and articles must have been published within the year 2012 by members and/or staff of institutional members. All entrants must be current members of AAANZ, this includes affiliated staff of small or large museums with an institutional membership. Please email admin@aaanz.info for an entry form or any enquiries. We require two copies of the relevant publication with each entry by Thursday 31 July 2013, postal details are on the entry form. Winners will be announced at the 2013 AAANZ Conference Interdiscipline in Melbourne 7–9 December 2013. Prize Categories  Best book ($500 supported by The University of Sydney) Best anthology ($500 supported…

Opportunities | October 8th 2012

Jobs Lecturer in Art History (New Media and Curatorial Studies), UQ and Coordinator, Academic Relations, UQ Art Museum – deadline 22nd October 2012. Lecturer in Video, Sound and Image, COFA, UNSW – deadline 12th October 2012. Postgraduate Coordinator – National Art School, Sydney – deadline October 15th 2012. Professor of Cultural Practice, University of Canberra – deadline October 25th 2012. Lecturer in Painting, University of Wollongong – deadline 21st October 2012 Assistant Professor of Classical Art and/or Architecture, Harvard University – Department of History of Art and Architecture – deadline November 1st 2012 Project Curator: Vikings, The British Museum – deadline Wednesday 17th October 2012 Fellowships and Scholarships Fellowships at the Newberry Library, Chicago (for work on the Newberry’s collections) – deadline…

Opportunities | Calls for Papers, Jobs and Funding

Opportunities | September 21st, 2012 These links used to go out as part of the News and Writing links posts, but I have decided to do a separate post as the the news and links posts have been getting longer and longer. This will hopefully make them more manageable and allow me to post the things with deadlines more promptly! I will aim to send them every Friday morning (and the News posts on Saturdays). I also usually post them on twitter as soon as I receive them, so follow me there if you would like to receive them earlier. Also I welcome contributions so if you have a job, scholarship, conference CFP or other opportunity you would like to…

Burlington Magazine Contemporary Writing Prize

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The Burlington Contemporary Writing Prize 2012 The Burlington Contemporary Writing Prize, to be awarded annually, seeks to discover talented young writers on contemporary art, with the winner receiving £1000 and the opportunity to publish a review of a contemporary art exhibition in The Burlington Magazine. Since its founding in 1903, The Burlington Magazine has always considered the art of the present to be just as worthy of study as the art of the past. The Burlington Contemporary Writing Prize advances the Magazine’s commitment to the study of contemporary art by encouraging aspiring young writers to engage critically with its forms and ideas. The Prize also promotes clear, concise and well-structured writing that is able to navigate complicated territory without recourse…

Australian Book Review Fellowship and Essay Prize

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Australian Book Review  – Fifth Calibre Essay Prize for an Outstanding Essay Closing date: 1 January 2021 First Prize: $10,000 Australian Book Review (ABR) and the Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) seek entries for the fifth Calibre Prize for an Outstanding Essay, the nation’s premier award for an original essay and one of the world’s most lucrative essay competitions. The Calibre Prize is intended to generate brilliant new essays and to foster new insights into culture, society and the human condition. We welcome essays from leading authors and commentators, but also from emerging writers. All non-fiction subjects are eligible: from life writing to literary studies, history to politics, biography to philosophy, natural history to popular science, travel writing to environmental studies. Entry…