The Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) is one of the largest, most diverse and traditional artistic universities in the world with almost 4,000 students, around 30% of them from abroad. The range of courses offered by the faculties of fine arts, design, music and performing arts as well as the Berlin Career College, the Jazz Institute Berlin and the Inter-University Center for Dance covers the entire spectrum of the arts and related sciences in over 70 courses. With the right to award doctorates and habilitation, the UdK Berlin is also one of the few artistic colleges in Germany with university status. Art, music and theater are also trained for teaching. At the UdK Berlin there are around 200 artistic and scientific professorships, around 250 scientific and artistic employees as well as around 300 employees in administration, libraries, service and technology. With around 700 events a year, the UdK Berlin is also a central event location in Berlin’s cultural landscape.
At the Berlin University of the Arts in the Faculty of Design – Institute for the History and Theory of Design – as part of the DFG project “A Critical Art History of International Exhibitions and World Exhibitions: Decentering Fashion and Moderns/A Critical Art History of International and World Expositions”: Decentering Fashion and Modernities” in the sub-project “De-/Colonial Modernities: Representing ‘Peripheries’ at World’s Fairs”.
The world exhibitions of the 19th and early 20th centuries provided important impetus for the history of art and fashion. In the research project, the intertwined histories of art and fashion in the context of world exhibitions are to be fundamentally reappraised against the background of colonialism, imperialism and globalization. The sub-project focuses on questions about artistic and curatorial strategies of Latin American presentations in the field of tension between ‘periphery’ and ‘metropolis’, about the role of different artistic media in connection with colonial and postcolonial localizations in international exhibitions and about implicit and explicit temporalities and modern constructions.
It is one of two sub-projects to research ‘peripheral’ positions at the world exhibitions of the 19th and early 20th centuries from an art historical and art historical perspective. A theoretical location and/or content-related discussion within critical studies, postcolonial and gender-critical discourses is desirable.
The position offers diverse insights into the art-scientific work and the cooperation in a trans-university and international team/network.
Responsibilities
- Participation in the above-mentioned sub-project including the development of a doctoral project as part of it
- Participation in conferences and cooperation with the German Forum for Art History in Paris and the Mathildenhöhe Foundation in Darmstadt
- Publication of the research results, e.g. as part of the dissertation and as an open access publication
Requirements
- University degree (Master) in art history, art science or a comparable cultural science disciplin
- Experience in independent scientific work, a deepened interest in art historical and theoretical issues with a focus on the 19th and the first half of the 20th century are desirable and with an interest in postcolonial issues (own research project in this subject area
- high motivation for interdisciplinary and international cooperation
- ability to work in a team
- willingness to actively participate in events (conferences, workshops)
- initial experience with scientific publications and willingness to deepen them
- Very good written and spoken Spanish and English skills, good German skills are desirable
What we offer:
- Interesting, varied work in a university and artistic environment with access to a wide range of artistic events in all disciplines
- Opportunity for professional training and further educatio
- Additional pension schem
- Flexible working hour
- Company health
management – Good accessibility of the workplace by public transport, For which we provide a discounted job ticket from the VB - Staff Exchange, an EU mobility program for vocational training
Application procedure
Please send your written application with meaningful application documents (dissertation synopsis of 3 – 10 pages, complete master’s thesis (only digitally by e-mail) and possibly a list of publications) by July 21, 2022 by post, stating the reference number the Berlin University of the Arts – ZSD 1 –, Postfach 12 05 44, 10595 Berlin; Parcels should be sent to the address at the Berlin University of the Arts – ZSD 1 -, Einsteinufer 43, 10587 Berlin.
Please also send your application in digital form (summarized in one PDF, max. 3 MB and the complete master’s thesis) to: m.oesterreich @udk-berlin.de and to fk2sb9 @intra.udk-berlin.de. By submitting an application, you consent to your data being processed and stored electronically.
Prof. Dr. Miriam Austria, m.oesterreich @udk-berlin.de, at your disposal.
For cost reasons, the application documents can only be returned with an enclosed and sufficiently stamped return envelope.
Further information at www.udk-berlin.de/universitaet/stellenausschriften/
