Pleased to announce that we have an opportunity for a fully funded PhD studentship at Leeds and the National Gallery, London.
Good Luck!
Mark
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award: fully-funded
PhD studentship
Sir Philip Hendy
(1900-1980) director and scholar in Leeds and London 1934-1967: the acquisition
and display of art and curatorial practices in ages of austerity
University of Leeds/The National Gallery, London
Applications are invited for an AHRC-funded PhD researching
the curatorial practices of Sir Philip Hendy (1900-1980); Hendy was Director of
The National Gallery (1946-67) after previously holding the Directorship of
Leeds Museums & Galleries (1934-46). The studentship is one of a number of
fully-funded awards in the newly-established Collaborative Doctoral Partnership
awarded to The National Gallery. The project will be supervised by Dr Mark
Westgarth (University of Leeds) and Dr Susanna Avery-Quash (The National
Gallery). This Collaborative Doctoral Award offers an exciting opportunity to
pursue a fully funded PhD with one of the UK’s leading universities together
with one of the world’s foremost art gallery museums. The successful candidate
will undertake high quality historical research leading to a PhD combined with
an exceptional opportunity to gain practical art gallery museum work
experience.
The studentship funding is
subject to final confirmation by the AHRC but will be fully funded for three
years full-time equivalent and will begin in October 2013. It will cover
tuition fees at home/EU rate and provide a maintenance award at RCUK rates
(currently £13726 per annum). In addition the AHRC provide an extra £550
per annum for Collaborative Doctoral Award students.
Sir Philip Hendy
was an important figure in the institutional history of the National Gallery,
and was also an innovative scholar and an influential figure in the promotion
of modern art in pre- and post-war Britain. Hendy was the Gallery’s longest
serving Director (1946-1967), leading the institution through a period of
post-war reconstruction, modernising its administration and ensuring an
impressive acquisition record. Equally important was Hendy’s earlier
appointment at Leeds Museums & Galleries (1934-1946) where he staged high
profile exhibitions of modern art (at Leeds City Art Gallery and at Temple
Newsam House) during WWII. An
investigation of Hendy as museum-director at Leeds and London is an opportunity
for an enhanced understanding of the history of two key institutions and their
role in the public display and interpretation of artworks as well as an
assessment of the changing relationships between regional and national art
museums. The focus on Hendy will provide
an important case study for the history of curatorship and its political,
social and cultural contexts, further illuminating the significance of the changing
methods and practices of museum curatorship in times of economic, political and
social crisis.
The following research aims
underline the main issues to be addressed by the project, though the student
will have scope to define the topic and approach in conjunction with the
supervisors:
To assess the impact and significance of the
activities of Hendy as a promoter and champion of Modern and contemporary art
on the increased public interest in and engagement with British Modernism; to
investigate and assess Hendy’s innovations to and interventions in existing
public art museum management practices in the period 1934-1967; to investigate
the impact and significance of, and the relationships between, Hendy’s
curatorial practices in a regional context at Leeds and in a national context in
London.
How to Apply
Applicants should have a good undergraduate
degree and a master’s qualification in history, visual culture, or other
relevant discipline, and will need to satisfy AHRC academic and residency
eligibility criteria (see Annex A of the Student Funding Guide: http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/Student-Funding-Guide.pdf).
Applicants must submit a research
degree study application form and be in receipt of a University BANNER ID
Number[1] (Student
ID Number) to be eligible for the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award. To apply for a place on a research degree
programme, please visit: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/students/apply_research.htm
Applicants should submit a short curriculum vitae
and a brief letter outlining qualifications for the studentship in the form of
a single Word file no more than three pages in total. The names and contact details
of two academic referees should also be supplied. Applications should be sent
to (fineartphd@leed.ac.uk) no later than 5.00pm Friday 5th July
2013.
Interviews will be held at the National Gallery,
London on Friday 2nd August 2013.
For further information about this studentship
please contact Dr Mark Westgarth at the University of Leeds m.w.westgarth@leeds.ac.uk or Dr Susanna Avery-Quash at The National
Gallery, London susanna.avery-quash@ng-london.org.uk
[1] On-line applicants automatically receive their
University BANNER ID Number by email; paper applicants should request their
University BANNER ID Number from rp_applications@leeds.ac.uk
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