CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP 2024
MAPPING EASTERN EUROPE | NORTH OF BYZANTIUM
DUE BY JANUARY 10, 2024
We invite applications for a three-month remote fellowship for Mapping Eastern Europe (https://mappingeasterneurope.princeton.edu), which is an open-access digital platform that focuses on the history, art, and culture of Eastern Europe between the 13th and 17th centuries.
The fellow will assist with research and writing about the medieval and early modern visual culture of the northern Danube regions OR the Ottoman presence in Eastern Europe. The successful candidate will research and write 3 case studies on key monuments and objects, and 2 historical and/or thematic overviews that will then be published on the Mapping Eastern Europe website (either in longform or video format).
With this opportunity, we aim to raise awareness about the historical and artistic complexities of the region. We are equally interested in both topics (the regions to the north of the Danube River and the Ottoman presence in Eastern Europe) as they are areas that we would like to see better explored and represented on Mapping Eastern Europe.
The successful applicant should hold a PhD and be an art historian with a specialty in the medieval and/or early modern visual culture of Eastern Europe. Applicants may be of any nationality. The fellow would need to have a solid knowledge of English.
The timeline for this work is somewhat flexible but a start date at the beginning of March 2024 would be ideal. There is an honorarium of $2,000–$3,000 for this position, which is tied to the North of Byzantium initiative (www.northofbyzantium.org) and will be confirmed upon acceptance of the fellowship.
To apply, please send in a single .pdf a letter of interest with details about your research and its significance, your skills, and proposed contributions (no more than 2 pages); a CV; and the names of two referees who may be contacted to provide support letters, if needed, to northofbyzantium@gmail.com by January 10, 2024. Please include in the email subject line “Application: 2024 Mapping Research Fellowship”.
For a PDF of the Call for Applications, click here.