The Department of Heritage and Society Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, is looking for a PhD Candidate in the field of Collection History, Provenance Studies, and Digital Humanities to join a project funded by the European Research Council (ERC) and carried out at the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University.
PhD Position on Collecting Latin American Ethnography and Archaeology (1,0 fte)
Project Description
The Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, seeks to appoint a full-time PhD candidate to carry out research at the intersection of Collection History research, Provenance Studies, and Digital Humanities. The successful candidate will join the Department of Heritage and Society, and be connected to the broader museums/collections-based research structures at Leiden University, in particular the Leiden University Center for the Arts in Society (LUCAS). The research should lead the candidate to obtain a PhD within a four-year timeframe (1.0 FTE).
The PhD candidate will be supervised by Dr. Martin E. Berger (PI), Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University.
The PhD candidate’s research is part of the ERC-funded Starting Grant project BECACO – Between Canon and Coincidence: using data-driven approaches to understand Art Worlds.
The BECACO project will develop a novel interdisciplinary framework for studying the provenance of ethnographic and archaeological collections. Mobilizing the potential of data-driven methodologies (e.g. quantitative analysis, network analysis, data mining), the aim of the project is to create a diachronic, international, and cross-institutional understanding of the collecting of Indigenous Latin American Material in Europe between 1850 and 2000. By studying the collections of 12 museums in 9 European countries, the project will reconstruct how – through the formation of collections – the Indigenous Latin American Art World as it existed in Europe between 1850-2000 constructed an artistic, aesthetic, and academic discourse that shaped how Indigenous Latin America is represented in Europe until today.
The BECACO project team project will consist of two Post-Docs, one PhD, and the PI. The successful candidate for the PhD position will focus reconstructing the Indigenous Latin American Art World in Europe in the period 1850 – 1950. The PhD candidate will work closely with the PI, who will focus on the period after 1950.
Information
Enquiries can be made to Dr. Martin Berger (m.e.berger@arch.leidenuniv.nl)
Information about the Faculty of Archaeology can be found at www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/archaeology. More information about Leiden University can be found at www.universiteitleiden.nl/en.
The deadline for applications is 3 March 2024.
For more information, visit: www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/2024/q1/14494-phd-position-on-collecting-latin-american-ethnography-and-archaeology-10-fte
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