Two postdoc openings at the Department of Art History, Masaryk University

The two positions are offered on a full-time basis. The successful applicants will take up the positions from September 2021 or as soon as possible after that date. Both positions are limited to two years, with the possibility of a one-year extension. Short-listed candidates will be invited to an online interview in late June / early July.

Job description:
– To contribute to the research project “Remote Access: Understanding Art from the Distant Past” (Principle Investigator: Dr. Jakub Stejskal) by pursuing questions relevant to the problem of recovering the aesthetic or artistic aspects of objects from distant cultures.
– To publish and present research results (articles, presentations at conferences, lectures for public, etc.).
– To participate in the activities of Jakub Stejskal’s research group.

Requirements:
– A PhD degree in Art History, Philosophy, or fields relevant to the research topic and obtained within the last five years (exceptions permissible in cases of parental or medical leave).
– Professional focus on methodology of the history/anthropology/archaeology of art or on philosophical aesthetics
– Proficiency in written and spoken English (knowledge of Czech not required)
– Ability to clearly formulate research results
– Ability to work in an international and interdisciplinary team

Attachments to the application:
– cover letter
– research proposal (max. 2 pages)
– contact details of two references
– a structured curriculum vitae
– education certificates (diploma copies)
– list of publications (if applicable)
– a writing sample in the form of an essay or dissertation chapter (in English)

Additional information:
To learn more about Jakub Stejskal’s research profile, visit . Jakub Stejskal’s group will be part of a research centre headed by Prof. Matthew Rampley.

Masaryk University is one of the two largest universities in the Czech Republic and is located in its second largest city, Brno (roughly half-way between Prague and Vienna). The two postdocs will enjoy the benefits of a full employment at Masaryk, including social security and health care coverage. The salary after deductions will amount to roughly CZK32,000 (€1260) per month (a single person estimated monthly costs are CZK14,188 without rent, for more information on the cost of living in Brno, see ).

To apply, visit: 

Contact: jakub.stejskal@unibas.ch

Early career researchers are now eligible for these awards, as well as postgraduate students.

We invite postgraduate students and early career researchers in the UK to apply for stipends of up to £800 towards travel and accommodation costs for participation in conferences or research visits to other universities on topics in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. The ������Ƶ has adopted the BPA/SWIP Good Practice Guidelines. We especially encourage women and members of other under-represented groups to apply.

Please note that applicants should apply to other sources of funding where available. It is a condition that applicants must take these sources instead of ������Ƶ funds if they are successful in both applications.

There is a rolling deadline for applications. You should apply as soon as your conference paper has been accepted or research visit confirmed.

To be eligible for a travel stipend, an applicant must:

– Be a member of the ������Ƶ;

– Be enrolled in a UK postgraduate programme, or be a researcher in the UK within three years of having completed a PhD at a UK postgraduate programme, at the time of the event for which funds are being requested;

– Have had a submitted paper accepted for presentation at a conference, or been invited to participate in a panel or give comments at a conference, or have an arrangement with another university to visit for research purposes, on a topic in aesthetics or the philosophy of art;

– Have applied to other sources of funding where available.

Applications for travel stipends must include:

– An indication of current enrolment or time since completion of the PhD;

– Proof of acceptance of a paper, invitation to participate in a conference, or arrangement with a university for a research visit;

– A brief abstract of the paper, if applicable;

– An indication of other sources of funding for which the applicant has applied. Other funds must be taken instead of ������Ƶ funds if another application is also successful. If other sources of funding are not available or are insufficient, the applicant must confirm this and should be prepared to provide proof if requested by us, e.g. a written statement from Departmental staff;

– A specification of the amount requested along with a breakdown of estimated costs;

– An explanation of no more than 200 words of how participating in the relevant conference or doing the research visit will contribute to the aims of the Society.

Each applicant is limited to £800 per year. Priority will be given to applicants who have not previously received an award. The stipend may be used toward travel, accommodation and/or conference registration; it may not be used toward subsistence. Applicants will be notified of results within three weeks of submission. Payment will be upon receipt of completed claim form with receipts attached.

Please note that the American Society for Aesthetics provides funding for eligible students presenting at their Annual Meeting. Students may want to apply for the ������Ƶ stipend if they are presenting at one of the ASA’s regional meetings (Eastern, Central or Pacific), which do not provide such funding, though they do reserve slots for postgraduate speakers.

For details of all forthcoming ASA meetings see: http://aesthetics-online.org/events/event_list.asp

We invite postgraduate students and early career researchers in the UK to apply for stipends of up to £800 towards travel and accommodation costs for participation in conferences or research visits to other universities on topics in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. The ������Ƶ has adopted the BPA/SWIP Good Practice Guidelines. We especially encourage women and members of other under-represented groups to apply.

Please note that applicants should apply to other sources of funding where available. It is a condition that applicants must take these sources instead of ������Ƶ funds if they are successful in both applications.

There is a rolling deadline for applications. You should apply as soon as your conference paper has been accepted or research visit confirmed.

To be eligible for a travel stipend, an applicant must:

– Be a member of the ������Ƶ;
– Be enrolled in a UK postgraduate programme, or be a researcher in the UK within three years of having completed a PhD at a UK postgraduate programme, at the time of the event for which funds are being requested;
– Have had a submitted paper accepted for presentation at a conference, or been invited to participate in a panel or give comments at a conference, or have an arrangement with another university to visit for research purposes, on a topic in aesthetics or the philosophy of art;
– Have applied to other sources of funding where available.

Applications for travel stipends must include:

– An indication of current enrolment or time since completion of the PhD;
– Proof of acceptance of a paper, invitation to participate in a conference, or arrangement with a university for a research visit;
– A brief abstract of the paper, if applicable;
– An indication of other sources of funding for which the applicant has applied. Other funds must be taken instead of ������Ƶ funds if another application is also successful. If other sources of funding are not available or are insufficient, the applicant must confirm this and should be prepared to provide proof if requested by us, e.g. a written statement from Departmental staff;
– A specification of the amount requested along with a breakdown of estimated costs;
– An explanation of no more than 200 words of how participating in the relevant conference or doing the research visit will contribute to the aims of the Society.

Each applicant is limited to £800 per year. Priority will be given to applicants who have not previously received an award. The stipend may be used toward travel, accommodation and/or conference registration; it may not be used toward subsistence. Applicants will be notified of results within three weeks of submission.  Payment will be upon receipt of completed claim form with receipts attached.

Please note that the American Society for Aesthetics provides funding for eligible students presenting at their Annual Meeting.  Students may want to apply for the ������Ƶ stipend if they are presenting at one of the ASA’s regional meetings (Eastern, Central or Pacific), which do not provide such funding, though they do reserve slots for postgraduate speakers.

The ASA has just announced the following Calls for Papers:

ASA MEETINGS:
ASA Pacific Meeting, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA, April 4-6, 2018
http://aesthetics-online.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=956043
DEADLINE: November 1, 2017

ASA Eastern Meeting, Philadelphia, April 20-21, 2018
http://aesthetics-online.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=969935&group=
DEADLINE: January 15, 2018

ASA Rocky Mountain Division Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, July 6-8, 2018
http://aesthetics-online.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=708042&group=
DEADLINE: March 1, 2018

ASA 76th Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada, October 10-13, 2018
http://aesthetics-online.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=671721&group=
DEADLINE: January 15, 2018

ASA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCES:
The Philosophy of Portraits, University of Maryland, April13-14, 2018
http://aesthetics-online.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=941280&group=

DEADLINE: November 30, 2017
Summer Seminar: Beauty and Why It Matters, University of British Columbia, July 9-27, 2018
http://aesthetics-online.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=937732&group=
DEADLINE: January 2018 – CFP TBA

For details of all forthcoming ASA meetings see:  http://aesthetics-online.org/events/event_list.asp

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ASA MEETINGS:

ASA Eastern Meeting, Philadelphia, April 28-29, 2017
DEADLINE: January 9, 2017

ASA-Eastern is sometimes able to provide small travel grants to students presenting papers who do not have access to travel funds, depending on revenue from the meeting.

ASA 75th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 15-18, 2017
DEADLINE: February 15, 2017

Students with papers accepted for the program receive travel support up to $1250 in reimbursement for actual expenses.

ASA Rocky Mountain Division Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, July 7-9, 2017
DEADLINE: March 1, 2017

The Center for Philosophical Studies (CPS) at Lamar University will again be offering its Best Graduate Student in Philosophy Essay Prizes, up to four awards, of $125 each.

ASA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCES:

Ethics and Aesthetics of Stand-up Comedy, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, April 5-8, 2017
http://www.bucknell.edu/BUStandUpComCon

DEADLINE: January 3, 2017

Some travel funds will be available for graduate students presenting papers.

Southeastern Student Conference in Aesthetics, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, March 18, 2017
http://aesthetics-online.org/resource/resmgr/conferences/SoutheasternConference17CFP.pdf

DEADLINE: January 6, 2017

Students presenting their work will be eligible for reimbursement of up to $325 for travel and lodging, especially if such funds are not available from their home institutions.

Questioning Aesthetics Symposium: Black Aesthetics, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, March 31-April 1, 2017

DEADLINE: January 20, 2017

Graduate student Travel Grants of up to $350 to attend are available to ASA student members.

Aesthetic Normativity Conference, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT, May 19-20, 2017

DEADLINE: February 1, 2017

Students are eligible for $650 travel grants available to six presenters selected for the conference.

Workshop in Aesthetics and Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, June 28, 2017
http://aesthetics-online.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=877820&group=
DEADLINE: February 10, 2017

The Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP) has established a fund devoted to increasing diversity within the society. Eligible student presenters are invited to apply for travel awards when submitting via Easy Chair. Travel awards are to be used to cover conference-related expenses, including transportation, lodging, food, and conference registration. A limited number of additional graduate student travel awards will also be allocated.

Digital Image Analysis Workshop, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA, May 19, 2017

DEADLINE: March 1, 2017

Two travel grants to attend the workshop will be available to local-area graduate students in aesthetics, covering mileage and overnight lodging for two nights. Interested students should submit a one page application indicating affiliation, interest in the workshop, and interest in future applications of digital image analysis software in research or teaching in aesethetics or cognitive science. Submit as a PDF attachment via email to makingwaivs1@gmail.com.

For the most up-to-date information on all ASA meetings and co-sponsored conferences, look at the bottom of any page on our web site for “Meetings.” Click “more” to see the complete list. There you will find schedules, CFPs, on-line registration, and other information. http://aesthetics-online.org

Details of the scheme can be found here:

Diarmuid Costello and Eileen John in the Dept are looking for expressions of interest from strong early career aestheticians with distinctive research proposals to support for these fellowships. If you are interested in applying, please first check the eligibility criteria on the Leverhulme link above and then send us your CV and a brief indication of the project you would work on for an informal view on its potential fit with research in aesthetics at Warwick.

������Ƶ invites postgraduate students in the UK to apply for stipends of up to £800 towards travel and accommodation costs for participation in conferences or research visits to other universities on topics in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. The ������Ƶ has adopted the BPA/SWIP Good Practice Guidelines. We especially encourage women and members of other underrepresented groups to apply.

Please note that applicants should apply to other sources of funding where available, and must take these sources instead of ������Ƶ funds if they are successful in both applications.

Applications will be accepted 1 February, 1 June and 15 October.

To be eligible for a travel stipend, an applicant must:
• Be a member of the ������Ƶ;
• Be enrolled in a UK postgraduate programme, or be unemployed after having completed such a programme within the previous one year, at the time of the event for which funds are being requested;
• Have had a submitted paper accepted for presentation at a conference, or been invited to participate in a panel or give comments at a conference, or have an arrangement with another university to visit for research purposes, on a topic in aesthetics or the philosophy of art;
• Have applied to other sources of funding where available.

Applications for travel stipends must include:
• An indication of current enrolment or employment status;
• Proof of acceptance of a paper, invitation to participate in a conference, or arrangement with a university for a research visit;
• An indication of other sources of funding for which the student has applied, and a statement that these sources will be taken instead of ������Ƶ funds if both applications are successful;
• A specification of the amount requested along with a breakdown of estimated costs;
• An explanation of no more than 200 words of how participating in the relevant conference or doing the research visit will contribute to the aims of the Society.

For full details and application form please see:
http://british-aesthetics.org/portfolio/postgraduate-travel-stipends/

Each student is limited to £800 per year. The stipend may be used toward travel, accommodation and/or conference registration; it may not be used toward subsistence. Payment will be made upon receipt of completed claim form with receipts attached.

Please note that the American Society for Aesthetics provides funding for eligible students presenting at their Annual Meeting (for 2016 see: http://british-aesthetics.org/cfp-american-society-for-aesthetics-2016-annual-meeting/). Students may want to apply for the ������Ƶ stipend if they are presenting at one of the ASA’s regional meetings (Eastern, Central or Pacific), which do not provide such funding, though they do reserve slots for postgraduate speakers.

Context: The project addresses the metaphysics and especially the identity conditions for musical works. Like other contributors to philosophical discussion in the field, we take as our point of departure the development of standard musical notation in the nineteenth century, roughly around and especially after the time of Beethoven. The project is based at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bern and funded by the Swiss National Fund (SNF), and will extend from February 2015 through January 2018. Other project participants are Prof. Dale Jacquette, Dr. Thomas Gartmann, and Dr. Marcello Ruta.

Focus of the dissertation: The successful applicant is expected to systematically explore the metaphysics of music and the identity conditions for specific works of music. There is a considerable literature on the subject in aesthetics and art and music criticism, and the project will assimilate and contribute to philosophical discussion about the ontology of musical works in relation to an understanding of the plurality of musical practices. We are budgeted to organise two conferences, from which we hope to edit at least one book of essays on the central topics of the project from conference participants. The Ph.D. student is not only expected to write her/his dissertation, but to participate at philosophical discussions and organisation of events, editing of the book(s), and related activities. The working research language is English or German.

We seek a PhD candidate with:

– an excellent master’s degree in philosophy (completed by the date the position is taken up)
– strong promise of completing an outstanding PhD dissertation in three years in the project area
– good knowledge of analytic metaphysics
– serious interest in music
– ability to use formal tools in philosophical analysis
– willingness and ability to contribute to organising the conference and book editing project

We offer:

– opportunity to complete a PhD in philosophy in an internationally oriented research context
– opportunity to gain a variety of research related skills and experiences in helping to organise conferences in aesthetics and edit the proceedings
– opportunity to meet philosophers active in research in aesthetics, philosophy of art and philosophy of music
– attractive working conditions in a highly collaborative research group
– possibility of shaping the agenda of one’s specialized research field by co-organising workshops

Starting date for employment: February 2015 (with some flexibility).

To apply for the position, please send us (preferably electronically):

– a letter of motivation
– your curriculum vitae
– certificates (copies)
– a writing sample (15 – 25 pages, e.g. chapter from the master’s thesis)
– one or two letters of recommendation (which can be sent to us directly by the referees)

Please send your application to Prof. Dr. Dale Jacquette, Department of Philosophy, University of Bern, Unitobler, Länggassstrasse 49A, CH-3000 Bern, Switzerland, dale.jacquette@philo.unibe.ch.

Deadline: December 15, 2014.

If you have further questions, please contact Dale Jacquette.

A Connections conference should be designed to enhance the dialogue between aesthetics and other areas of philosophy. The majority of papers should be by philosophers who have hitherto not had a primary research focus in aesthetics (effectively an AOS in aesthetics), though they may have made some contributions to the field. The remainder of the presenters should have a research specialism in aesthetics. Papers should explore the connections of other areas of philosophy with aesthetics, or be in aesthetics. The conference should be held within one year of the notification of a successful application; it must be held in the UK, though the organisers need not be based there; and the organisers are responsible for all practical matters concerning its running. The ������Ƶ expects to be the sole funder of the conference, which should include ‘������Ƶ Connections’ in its title, and all conference materials should publicise the role of the ������Ƶ.

Proposals should be sent to admin@british-aesthetics.org no later than Monday 1 December 2014. They should be no more than 2,000 words long, and include a proposed date range and venue, a draft budget, and a list of proposed speakers and topics (indicating which speakers have already agreed to contribute, conditional on the success of the application). Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their applications by mid-January 2015.

Any questions about this Call for Proposals should be addressed to the President of the ������Ƶ, Berys Gaut bng@st-andrews.ac.uk