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Professor Steve Edwards will be taking up a new post from 1 September as Professor of History & Theory of Photography at Birkbeck, University of London. The job was noted on BPH in December here. Edwards is currently Professor of Art History-Materialism at the Open University.

His OU profile and publications list can be seen here and his recent publications include:  'Beard Patentee: Daguerrotype Property and Authorship', Oxford Art Journal, 36(3) (pp. 369-394); The Making of English Photography, Allegories (Pennsylvania University Press, 2006); Photography: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2006); and his book Daguerreotypes: Patents/Portraits/Persons is forthcoming. 

Edwards is the keynote speaker at the PHRC conference Photography: Between Anthropology and History (Leicester, 20-21 June 2016).

Image: Open University

Driven to make a difference & looking for opportunities to lead? At the National Media Museum, we are looking for a creative and driven Partnerships and Learning Projects Manager, to take the lead in developing significant new external partnerships, enabling us to reach new and underserved audiences and collaborate with a wide range of relevant community organisations. This role is at the heart of the Learning Department and the Museum’s vision to engage with local audiences through STEM projects, events and programmes.

You will be involved in the whole lifecycle of projects, from initial conception and engagement with partners /community groups, to managing the delivery of learning experiences reaching new audiences.

You will have experience of successfully engaging with a range of partners, community organisations, sponsors and external funders and have demonstrated your ability to motivate, inspire and lead others in a creative learning environment. You will be used to communicating effectively at all levels and building strong partnerships with key stakeholders.

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Closing Date: 22nd May 2016

Interview Date: 6th and 8th June 2016

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With particular focus on photographers of the First World War, such as Olive Edis and Christina Broom, this panel discussion will consider women as photographers and subjects in portrait photography, and the effects of social and technological changes on this photographic medium over the last 100 years. Speakers include photographer Alison Baskerville and curator Brigitte Lardinois.

This debate explores the themes of the Women Create Change photography exhibition.

Oxford Playhouse, 18 June 2016

See: http://www.artsfestivaloxford.org/whats-on/debates-and-discussions/photographic-portraiture

The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonne project requires a Research Project Assistant to assist the project director, Professor Larry J Schaaf, in bringing together the collection of this revolutionary inventor and photographer’s work.

Talbot was one of the earliest pioneers of photography in the 19th Century, and invented the technique of printing photographs onto paper. Professor Schaaf has spent the last 40 years creating a detailed database of Talbot’s more than 4000 unique images, and tens of thousands of prints. The Catalogue Raisonne project aims to bring this database together with images donated from institutions and collectors around the world to create a comprehensive online catalogue accessible by researchers and members of the public alike.

Working in conjunction with colleagues in Bodleian Digital Library Systems and Services (BDLSS), you will support Professor Schaaf in reviewing, editing and rewriting database records into a standard format, contact public and private collections with regards to image rights and perform research tasks to improve the quality of database records. You will also be the contact point for the project office in the UK, stand in for Professor Schaaf in project meetings or communications, set up and maintain physical file structures and monitor the progress of the project keeping Professor Schaaf updated.

You will have familiarity and interest in the early history of photography, knowledge of 19th Century history and photographic technology as well as experience of dealing with photographic curators, managers of image rights and private owners of originals. Able to use Microsoft Office software with experience of using a database, you will also be self-motivated, possess excellent organisational and communication skills and have the ability to organise own workload.

This is a full-time post on a fixed-term contract for 12 months.

This post is part of a pilot scheme testing a new Supporting Evidence form in place of the more usual ‘supporting statement’. Please ensure that you carefully read the How to Apply section provided in the Job Description, which you can download below along with the required Supporting Evidence form. CVs will not form part of the selection process.

Only applications received online before 12.00 midday on Wednesday 11 May 2016 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place on Monday 23 May 2016.

Full details here