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One-month Research Opportunity Focusing on Visual Materials Related to Mount Athos Held by Princeton University Library and/or the Department of Art and Archaeology

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Posted by: Princeton University
Deadline: Fri, August 16th, 2024

We invite applications for a one-month in-person research visit to consult Mount Athos-related visual materials held in the Princeton University Library Special Collections department and/or the Slobodan Nenadović Collection of Drawings and Photographs of Hilandar Monastery in the Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University. The Nenadović collection (obtained by his collaborator Professor Slobodan Ćurčić) is located in Visual Resources and includes photographic negatives, prints, architectural plans and drawings, many, but not all, of which became part of Ćurčić’s 1987 publication Hilandar Monastery: an archive of architectural drawings, sketches, and photographs. The Special Collections department of the Princeton University Library holds Mount Athos collections in a variety of formats, including paper icons and photographs.

Our project aims to draw attention to, and engage with, these holdings related to Mount Athos across the Princeton campus. The successful scholar will have the opportunity to travel to and reside in Princeton with the aim to examine these collections and produce new and original research. Prospective applicants are urged to consult the Library’s website for detailed descriptions of the Special Collections holdings. Applicants should have specific Mount Athos-related visual resources in mind as they prepare their proposals.

This one month-long research opportunity would be held anytime between October 2024 and April 2025. The successful applicant will hold a PhD in Art History or History with a background in visual studies and be fluent in English and Greek or Serbian (if the candidate is primarily interested in the Nenadović collection). This opportunity offers a stipend of $5,000 for travel, accommodation and meals, and has been generously funded by the Mount Athos Foundation of America (MAFA). The successful candidate may have the opportunity to attend a one-week international workshop that will take place in Princeton in spring 2025 as part of the Connecting Histories project in order to meet the other team members and share their research.

To apply, please send a CV and letter of interest addressing which items in the collections the candidate is interested in and how they relate to their proposed research project to gearhart@princeton.edu and marossi@princeton.edu by Friday August 16, 2024.

 

Posted on Fri, July 19th, 2024
Expires on Fri, August 16th, 2024

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