Post-doctoral Fellowship at Middlebury College History of Art & Architecture in the United States of America. Part-time fellowship beginning fall 2021 and ending fall 2022, to contribute to the digital art history project, Visualizing Textile Circulation in the Dutch Global Market, 1602–1795.

Basically, the aim of this Post-doctoral Fellowship at Middlebury College is that this will be an opportunity for a scholar to develop skills in digital art history. The fellow will also assist with transcription and translation of Dutch primary sources related to the textile trade, and the organization and addition of this data to our structured data set.

Requirements

Candidates must have the following requirement for this Post-doctoral Fellowship at Middlebury College

• Scholar (either advanced graduate student or PhD) who has familiarity with the Dutch language (fluency not required), and some experience with 17th/18th century paleography, or a willingness to learn.
• Familiarity with Dutch language -some experience with 17th/18th century Dutch paleography (it will provide additional training) -interest in learning methods and skills of digital art history, data collection/structuring -strong organizational skills -completion of PhD coursework.
• Experience working with textiles -experience with spreadsheet software (Excel and/or Google Sheets) preferred. Similarly, experience working with Dutch primary documents is desirable.

Application

Please send a cover letter (detailing your interest in the position, qualifications, and your degree status), your cv/resume, and the contact information for two references. Anticipate interviews of finalists in late July via Zoom. Please contact project leaders Carrie Anderson ([email protected]) or Marsely Kehoe ([email protected]) with any additional questions.

Middlebury College

Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont. The college currently enrolls 2,526 undergraduates from all 50 states and 74 countries and offers 44 majors in the arts, humanities, literature, foreign languages, social sciences, and natural sciences, as well as joint engineering programs with Columbia University, Dartmouth College, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In addition to its undergraduate liberal arts program, the school also has graduate schools, the Middlebury College Language Schools, the Bread Loaf School of English, and the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, as well as its C.V. Starr-Middlebury Schools Abroad international programs.

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