The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam has announced a funding call for two research grants in photographic history, based in the Print Room of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Funding for this project has been provided by the Manfred and Hanna Heiting Fund: there are two grants per annum, each for six months
Aim: to research subject(s) – photographs (19th, as well as 20th century photography), series, photo books, albums- in the National Photo-collection at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
Requirements for applicants: Talented post-graduates in Art History or the History of Photography.
Outcome: a paper or an article, to be submitted, resulting in a publication in the series Rijksmuseum Studies in Photography.
Starting: We want to start summer 2013 in the premises of the Print Room/Library/ of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Applicants can work in the Study Room of the Print Room of the Rijksmuseum.
See: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/organisation/vacancies/manfred-&-hanna-heiting-scholarship
Closing date: 15 May
Objective
The advancement of photo-historical research by prospective curators from the Netherlands or abroad using the original photographs in the National Photo Collection in the Rijksmuseum.
The Manfred & Hanna Heiting Fund enables the Rijksmuseum to award two scholarships every year. The aim of this postgraduate scholarship is to stimulate photo-historical research of the highest quality. The research must result in an article in the field of classical photography. It should be related to the original objects in the extensive and important collection of the Rijksmuseum, and where possible to objects in other collections. This could be an in-depth study of one photograph or photo book and/or its distribution; on a series of photographs or part of an oeuvre; on the aesthetic or technical aspects of photography; on the wider context of a photo book or album; or on combinations of art-historical research and research on materials and techniques . The international research bursary is for a period of 6 months. The researcher will work independently and will be allocated a place in the reading room of the Rijksprentenkabinet (Print Room) and have access to all the museum’s collections and library.
If you want to know more about the Manfred and Hanna Heiting Fund and its aims, please contact:
Drs. Mattie Boom or Dr. Hans Rooseboom, Curators of Photography, Print Room Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
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