The AAANZ president Wendy Garden has written to the Federal Minister for Education on behalf of AAANZ members in response to the proposed changes to fees and funding for undergraduate degrees as part of the Job-ready Graduates Package legislation. Read the letter below.
Apply now for a 2021 Summer Scholarship Have you started your PhD and require access to the National Library of Australia’s world-class collections? Summer Scholarships support Australian PhD students to spend six weeks at the National Library, from 11 January to 19 February 2021, researching the collections. Scholars receive a stipend of $6000 to cover travel, accommodation and living costs, access to the Fellows room with office facilities, as well as special and supported access to collections. Up to five scholarships are available:’ Two Norman McCann Scholarships* for research into Australian history, Australian literature, librarianship, archives administration, or museum studies […]
The AAANZ committee invites members to add their name to the following letter to be sent in support of our colleagues at UNSW where proposed staff cuts and faculty mergers are likely to affect academics working in art history, theory and practice. Read the letter below and add your signature via this link (opens a Google Doc, scroll to end and add name and affiliation, no need to log in). UPDATE – the letter has been closed to new signatures to be forwarded to UNSW. AAANZ is dedicated to offering support to members affected by the current cuts facing staff […]
ANZJA Current Issue | Vol 20 Issue 1 2020 | EWar, Art and Visual Culture Editors: Kit Messham-Muir and Uroš Čvoro Link to Vol. 20.1 at Taylor and Francis here. Articles Cruel Visions: Reflections on Artists and Atrocities Joanna Bourke Artists, Institutions, Publics: Contemporary Responses to Conflict Kate Warren, Anthea Gunn and Mikala Tai George Gittoes in an Era of Post-Heroic, Hyper-Real Warfare Darren Jorgensen Thunder Raining Poison: The Lineage of Protest Against Mid-century Catherine Speck Paradoxes of War Critique on Display: The Dresden Bundeswehr Deborah Ascher Barnstone Japanese Art in Australasia During the Second World War Richard Bullen and Tets […]
Australia Council for the Arts has a new career opportunity in the Arts Investment Division as Artists Services Officer. This role will pair excellent communication skills with a customer focused mindset to manage the delivery of grants administration and provide exceptional client service to current and prospective grant applicants. This is a full time position on a 2-year contract. Applications close 30 August 2020 at 11:59 pm AEDT The full job advert and position description can be found on the Australia Council careers page under ‘Current Vacancies’.
The Power Institute has published a series of tributes to the late John Schaeffer AO (1941 – 14 July 2020). Visit their website to read tributes from Mark Ledbury, Mary Roberts, Alison Inglis, Terry Smith, Donna West Brett, Tim Barringer, Ann Stephen, Daniel Robins, Robert Wellington, Helen Ennis and Roger Butler.
A key leadership position that provides a unique opportunity to collaborate with the visual arts sector to inform the Australia Council’s advocacy, development and investment to effect positive change. What’s in it for you? 2-year full-time contract Paid leave between Christmas and New Year Work in a positive environment that embraces diversity and supports your development Salary package negotiable depending on experience What does success look like? Deep and ongoing engagement with the Australian visual arts sector to stay abreast of and influence emerging and long-term opportunities and issues […]
The Power Institute and Discipline journal are pleased to present IMAGE COMPLEX: Art, Visuality and Power in the United States, an online lecture series on the history of the visual infrastructures that have shaped the United States, and the practices that resist them. Jolene Rickard | On visual sovereignty Associate Professor, Department of The History of Art and Visual Studies, Cornell University September 2020 Lisa Lowe | On migration, materiality and memory Samuel Knight Professor of American Studies, Yale University October 2020 Jennifer González | On fearless speech: radical feminist art and war Professor, History of Art and Visual Culture, University of California, Santa Cruz March 2021 Nicole Fleetwood | On […]
The Australian National University is offering a PhD Scholarship in Visual Medical Humanities This opportunity is for a candidate interested in Art History, Visual and Material Culture, Medical History, Medical Humanities, Disability Studies or, preferably, a combination of the above. The successful candidate will work with Dr Keren Hammerschlag, with funding from the ANU Futures Scheme, on a topic. Apply now $28,092 p/a, 3 years Applications close 31 August cass.anu.edu.au
We are pleased to announce that the International Summer School on Digital Art History (DAHSS), a joint initiative of the University of Málaga and the University of Berkeley, with the collaboration of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, the Fundación General de la Universidad de Málaga, and the HDH, will celebrate the fifth edition from September 1st to 5th (2020). Due to the covid-19 situation, this year the Summer School will be all online. The DAHSS team is convinced that we have an unprecedented opportunity to explore new ways of working together in a real global scenario and at the […]
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