University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg invites applications for 2 Fellowship in the WITS ART MUSEUM. These fellowships are funded by The Andrew W Mellon Foundation and will be situated in the Wits Art Museum.
The positions will preferably be filled by Postdoctoral candidates, but we will consider strong applications from candidates with MA degrees intending to enroll for, or currently enrolled for PhDs.
The fellows will work with the curators of the Wits Art Museum and the Chair in the Centre for the Creative Arts of Africa on a research-driven reengagement with the collections of historical and contemporary African arts in the Wits Art Museum.
Post Doctoral/ Pre-Doctoral Fellowships are therefore looking for fellows with research experience in one or more of the following fields including:
- · African visual art
- · African music
- · African
- ·: #000000;”>· African dress
The main tasks of the fellows will help academic divisions in Wits and at other institutions access, engage with and use the collections in teaching and research. These fellows will have to outline and drive a series of seminars which will, at the end of the project, be published as a collection of essays.
Fellows will be expected to participate in exhibitions and publications planned within the Wits Art Museum. Each Fellowship will be for a period of 36 months (although we may consider terms shorter than that) and will include a stipend, a shared office with own computer, library access and a small research grant per year.
The fellowship project will start in July 2012, and will end in July 2015.
Submission deadline: 15th July, 2012
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