Oroya and Melvin Day Fellowship in New Zealand Art History
The Art History programme at Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington is pleased to announce the launch of The Oroya and Melvin Day Fellow in New Zealand Art History. This is a significant and generous contribution from the Oroya and Melvin Day Trust to the future of art history at Victoria, but also to the broader arts community in Aotearoa.
It will be the first named academic position in New Zealand art history.
The Fellowship is a major philanthropic gift: $30,000 for someone to work for four months over summer, researching in their chosen area of NZ art history, and teaching a new undergraduate Special Topic in New Zealand Art History. This is not a once off opportunity, and the fellowship will be offered for the next three 3 years.
The work of the Fellow will extend our research and scholarship in special and unique ways, enabling a new generation of students to be immersed in the close study of topics in New Zealand art history.
Further information on the fellowship is available here.
Applications for the first fellowship close on 7 July 2023
Application information
Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington is inviting applications for the inaugural Oroya and Melvin Day Fellowship in New Zealand Art History, funded by the Oroya and Melvin Day Trust. The Fellowship has been created to foster research in New Zealand art history by providing the Fellow with an opportunity to work within an academic environment for the Summer Trimester (November to February). The Fellowship, established in 2023 on the centenary of Melvin Day’s birth, enables an early career scholar to research and teach in an area of New Zealand art history. This significant award will enable an art history graduate to further their career whilst also teaching New Zealand art history to undergraduate students, further promoting and bringing new life to New Zealand art history.
The Fellowship is open to early-career researchers, possessing at least a Masters degree in any area of study relating to New Zealand art history. Applicants are invited from emerging or early-career scholars of high potential, who have a particular or research area in New Zealand art history they wish to explore. They must be able to devote themselves to full-time research and teaching on their chosen topic for the tenure of the Fellowship. The successful candidate will be located in the Art History programme within the School of English, Film, Theatre, Media and Communication, and Art History.
Applicants should provide an expression of interest, accompanied by a brief course description and lecture outline for a 200/300 level course, and a CV. Applications should be made online at Oroya and Melvin Day Teaching Fellow.
Applications close on 7 July 2023
Please direct all enquiries for further information to Associate Professor Susan Ballard susan.ballard@vuw.ac.nz
Image: Melvin Day, Seated Figure (c.1958) 840 x 765 mm. Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, gifted 2018