[artinfo] Call for applications: Goethe-Institut Fellowship at Haus der Kunst

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Call for applications:

Goethe-Institut Fellowship at Haus der Kunst

Haus der Kunst
Prinzregentenstrasse 1
D-80538 Munich
<mailto:mail at hausderkunst.de>mail at hausderkunst.de<mailto:mail at hausderkunst.de>

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Goethe Institut and Haus der Kunst have recently announced a new 
postdoctoral fellowship program, the Goethe-Institut Fellowship at 
Haus der Kunst. The program will award each fellowship for one 
academic year beginning this fall 2012.

Haus der Kunst is a non-collecting public museum and a key global 
center for contemporary art located in Munich. It is dedicated to the 
exploration of the diverse histories of contemporary art based on a 
foundation of focused exhibitions, research, and education. The 
museum's aim is to establish research as an integral cornerstone of 
its vision, and to develop a context for scholarship that allows for 
the interplay of art, culture, politics, and society in the way 
modern and contemporary art are understood on a global level. The 
Goethe-Institut Fellowship is an important building block towards 
this aim.

Supported by the Goethe-Institut, the Goethe-Institut Fellowship at 
Haus der Kunst is designed for international emerging scholars whose 
research focuses on global perspectives on modern and contemporary 
art in the second half of the 20th century and 21st century.

The inaugural fellowship shall concentrate on the research for a 
comprehensive exhibition project on the global art-historical 
developments of the postwar era. It will be the first of a trilogy 
whose second and third chapters will be devoted to the periods of 
Post-colonialism and Post-communism. One of the main tasks is the 
research and organisation of a series of seminars, colloquia, an 
international symposium in preparation for the project.

Qualifications and Requirements:
- Completed doctorate degree in art history, museum studies or related fields.
- Excellent knowledge of modern and contemporary art, with a global 
perspective and understanding on the art histories of 1945 onwards.
- Demonstrated accomplishments in the field of research, education 
and/or exhibition practice at a research institute, university or art 
college.
- Fluent written and spoken English is essential, a second non-native 
language desirable.

Conditions:
- An overall remuneration package of 25.000 Euro for the entire year. 
This includes any health care and tax payments.
- Accommodation is the responsibility of the successful candidate. 
However, Haus der Kunst will assist in finding a suitable 
accommodation.
- Haus der Kunst will support the fellow in organizing 
administrational paperwork such as limited residency, work permit, 
etc.
- Fellow will be provided with work area and full access to the 
infrastructure of Haus der Kunst and facilities in Munich.

Interested scholars are invited to send their application via email 
to Isabella Kredler 
at <mailto:application at hausderkunst.de>kredler at hausderkunst.de. The 
application should be in English and include a curriculum vitae, 
bibliography, reference letters and a cover letter explaining the 
motivation for the application and indicating the earliest possible 
starting date.