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ARIAH Announces New Board of Directors

The Association of Research Institutes in Art History (ARIAH) is pleased to announce the appointment of its new Board of Directors. This distinguished group of scholars and administrators from leading institutions across North America will guide ARIAH in its mission to support the future of art history through partnership and collaboration. The newly appointed Board of Directors includes: - Amelia Goerlitz, Chair: Chair of Academic Programs at the Smithsonian American Art Museum - Deborah L. Krohn, Vice-Chair: Professor and Chair of Academic Programs at Bard Graduate Center - Jemma Field, Secretary: Associate Director of Research at the Yale Center for British Art - Nan Wolverton, Treasurer: Vice President for Academic and Public Programs at the American Antiquarian Society - Nancy Um, Board Member: Associate Director for Research and Knowledge Creation at the Getty Research Institute - Luis Vargas-Santiago, Board Member: Academic Secretary at the Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - Erica Wall, Board Member: Director of the Lunder Institute for American Art, Colby College Museum of Art With a focus on internal growth, the new Board will work to refine ARIAH’s mission and enhance its core initiatives. ARIAH is committed to strengthening and promoting the work of its member institutions through partnership, dialogue, grant making, and advocacy for scholars.

March 4, 2025

The Anne van Biema Fellowship

We are now accepting applications for the Anne van Biema Fellowship. This fellowship was established by bequest to promote excellence in research and publication on the Japanese visual arts. Fellowships support research at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC. Research proposals are evaluated in terms of merit, originality, methodology, and potential for significant publication that will advance scholarly and public understanding of the Japanese visual arts. Interdisciplinary proposals with a primary focus on Japanese visual arts will be considered. Awards are made to scholars at the postdoctoral or senior levels. For the 2025 cycle, we are only accepting applications for periods of three to nine months (maximum stipend of $45,000 plus research and travel allowances). Fellows are not required to reside in Washington, DC, for the entire fellowship period. The application deadline is April 28, 2025. More details here: https://asia.si.edu/about/jobs-opportunities/the-anne-van-biema-fellowship/

March 19, 2025

Opportunity

Summer Seminar: Nineteenth-Century American Photography in the World

This summer, the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) is offering a week-long seminar on nineteenth-century photography. “Nineteenth-Century American Photography in the World” will be led by two art historians, Monica Bravo (Princeton University) and Emily Voelker (University of North Carolina, Greensboro), who specialize in this field. Participants will explore a variety of nineteenth-century photographic processes and formats using the AAS's graphic arts collection. The seminar addresses topics such as materiality, transpacific trade networks, and representations of Indigenous and diasporic populations in the United States and around the world. Guest speakers include curators and practicing artists specializing in African American and Indigenous art and photography. For more information about “Nineteenth-Century American Photography in the World,” please consult the seminar webpage: https://www.americanantiquarian.org/nineteenth-century-american-photography Tuition for the seminar is $850, which includes meals throughout the week and a visit to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA to view its photograph collection. Graduate students and early career scholars will be eligible for tuition scholarships. “Nineteenth-Century American Photography in the World” is offered through the AAS’s Center for Historic American Visual Culture (CHAViC). For more on CHAViC, see its webpage: https://www.americanantiquarian.org/chavic For questions about the seminar, contact jgarcia@mwa.org or 508-471-2134.

March 11, 2025

Call for Applications: Visiting Senior Fellowships

The Center at the National Gallery of Art supports research in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts and related disciplines of any period or geographical area. Visiting senior fellowships provide scholars with two-month appointments to conduct full-time research in residence at the Center. Fellows receive an office in the National Gallery’s East Building as well as housing, subject to availability. They have access to the notable resources of the National Gallery, including its library and art collection, as well as those of greater Washington. Fellows participate in lectures, colloquia, and discussions with the Center’s vibrant community of scholars. Apply for a two-month visiting senior fellowship (between September 2025 and February 2026) by March 21, 2025. Learn more and apply: https://www.nga.gov/research/casva/fellowships/visiting-senior-fellowships.html

January 28, 2025

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ARIAH Announces New Board of Directors

The Anne van Biema Fellowship

Summer Seminar: Nineteenth-Century American Photography in the World

Call for Applications: Visiting Senior Fellowships