Location: New Delhi, India

Application deadline: 10 March 2012

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Details:  The Temple and the Museum: Considering the Place of Art and Religion in India is a multi-year project that studies the places and meanings of art in India. Conventional histories tell us that pre-modern works of art were made for religious purposes – for the temple, let us say – and modernity secularised these objects, reconstituted them as 'art' and transferred them to the  museum. In reality, the relationship between the 'temple' and the 'museum' is more complex than this unilinear narrative that traces a single line from premodern to modern times and from religious to secular frameworks. Thus, the museum has been analysed as the shrine to the secular cults of Art, or of the nation-state; while temples have been built in a spirit of aesthetic competitiveness and connoisseurly appraisal that we tend to think of as 'modern' attitudes towards masterpieces. If today, certain groups ask for the right to perform worship in front of precious objects in museums, others demand (and achieve) the repatriation of objects, from the museum into the temple; while other temples establish 'museums' or 'art galleries' within their compounds to display valuable or beautiful objects in their collections. And both the temple and the museum lay claim to being the prime site of heritage. 

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts

Application review begins: 15 March 2012

Website: https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/art

Details:  Amherst College and Hampshire College invite applications for a three-year postdoctoral fellowship in Islamic Art and Architecture starting July 1, 2012.  This Mellon-funded position supports exceptionally promising young scholars for three years of half-time teaching (one course each semester) and half-time research.  Over three years, the fellow will teach six courses, four at Amherst College (the host campus) and two at Hampshire College.  We seek candidates with any sub specialization who are also able to teach a broad survey of Islamic art and architecture.  The fellow will be provided with research and teaching mentors at Amherst College and at Hampshire College.

Location: Sydney, Australia

Application Deadline: 3 February 2012

Website: www.jobs.nsw.gov.au/ 

Details:  The Art Gallery of New South Wales is seeking to fill the permanent position of Curator, Southeast Asian Art. Responsible for the development, management, research, care and display of the Southeast Asian art collection; determining and advising of policies relating to acquisitions; organising exhibitions displays, research and publications.

Summer Research Academy:  Encounters

Date:  August 9-September 7, 2012.

Location:  Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles

Website: http://www.getty.edu/research/scholars

Details: The International Consortium on Art History and the Réseau International pour la formation en histoire de l'art present a summer research academy at the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, California, August 9-September 7, 2012.  The theme for the 2012 Summer Research Academy is Encounters.   Submissions are invited that address artistic and art historical encounters, such as the staging of encounters, the work of art as a product of encounters, and the reception of artworks resulting from encounters.  The topic will be explored using library resources and special collections at the Getty Research Institute, as well as collections at the Getty Museum.

World Wide Asia: Asian Flows, Global Impacts

Date:  31 August-1 September 2012

Proposal Deadline: 1 February 2012

Location:  Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands

Website:  http://www.research.leiden.edu/research-profiles/global/

Details:  In August 2012, Leiden Global Interactions (LGI), Asian Modernities and Traditions (AMT) and the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) will host an international conference on the theme of 'World Wide Asia' to critically explore Asian migrations as a globalizing force.

Modern Art Asia

Submission deadline:  March 5th, 2012 (for May 2012 issue)

Website:  http://modernartasia.com/contribute.html

Details:   Modern Art Asia is dedicated to the arts of Asia from the eighteenth century to today, presenting graduate research from historical perspectives and international news on Asian art. Combining peer-reviewed articles with insightful commentary and the latest exhibition reviews from international correspondents, Modern Art Asia provides a new forum for exchange between scholars that crosses the boundaries of traditional academic disciplines.  We invite graduates and early career researchers working on the arts and material cultures of Asia from the eighteenth century to the present to submit previously unpublished papers of 4,500 - 10,000 words for peer-review.