CFP: Color and Photography Before 1960

On October 20, 2025

In Position Announcements

Description

The Department of Art History, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, NJ) is pleased to invite applications for a full-time tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor. They seek a scholar whose area of specialization lies within the ancient world, conceived globally. The geographic scope of the position might encompass Africa, Asia, the Americas, or Europe. Its chronological range varies according to the region, beginning as early as the Bronze Age (ca. 3000-1200 BCE) and generally extending to around 400-600 CE, or, in the case of a scholar of pre-Columbian art, up to the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.

The successful applicant would have the opportunity to engage with the department’s programs in cultural heritage and preservation studies (CHAPS), architectural studies, and/or museum and curatorial studies and help to enhance departmental collaboration with other units across the University. Job duties include research and teaching both in the undergraduate and graduate programs in Art History. The successful candidate will have a 2-2 course load and teach a range of courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Requirments

Applicants should have an outstanding research program and proven dedication to teaching. Minimun requirments include a PhD in Art History or a closely related field required by the start of the appointment.

Application Information

Please submit a cover letter detailing your research and teaching interests, a CV, one writing sample of no more than 50,000 words, and the contact information for three referees. Finalists may be asked to provide three letters of recommendation, additional writing samples, and course syllabi. The confidential letters of recommendation must be uploaded by the referees. Priority given to complete applications on file by November 1, 2025.

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Job Posting: Professor (History of Architecture), Institute of Fine Arts at NYU – 12/15/25

On October 20, 2025

In Position Announcements

Description

The Institute of Fine Arts of New York University seeks applicants at the rank of Assistant Professor for the Sheldon H. Solow Professorship in the History of Architecture, a tenure track position. They invite applications from architectural historians working on the period after 1400 in any geographic area complementary to those currently represented by Institute faculty and associated faculty. They also encourage candidates with relevant curatorial experience. The successful candidate will contribute to the Institute’s commitment to methodological and theoretical innovation.

Qualifications

Requirements include a PhD, a record of scholarly accomplishment, and a demonstrated commitment to teaching. Candidates must have completed the PhD by September 1, 2026, the start date of this appointment.

Application Instructions

The application deadline is December 15, 2025. Applications should include a cover letter, CV, a one-page statement describing research interests and teaching experience, a copy of published research (one article or book chapter), a sample syllabus, and a list of three referees and their contact information (letters are not required at this time).

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AUC Press: October Newsletter

See October highlights from The American University in Cairo Press

The 2026 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature

Submissions are open for the 2026 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature and will close on 1 December 2025.

The Medal is awarded every two years on 11 December, the anniversary of Naguib Mahfouz’s birth. The next winner will be announced on 11 December 2026, and a shortlist will be announced on 30 August 2026.

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Book Launch

I Can Imagine it for Us: A Palestinian Daughter’s Memoir
Mai Serhan

Sunday, 19 October 2025

Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Square | 7pm

Click here to register.

New Release

Syria, Revolt and War in the Digital Age, edited by Cécile Boëx and Agnès Devictor, and part of the Refugees and Migrants within the Middle East series.

The book is an intimate portrayal of protest through images during the Syrian war.

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ARCE: Cross-Cultural Interaction in Egypt through the Ages Conference

Registration for ARCE’s “Cross-Cultural Interaction in Egypt through the Ages Conference” is now open and available on their website.

The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) and the American University in Cairo (AUC) are partnering to organize an in-person, three-day conference in Cairo, which will be live-streamed for attendees.

This event will explore Egypt’s long history of cultural exchange and transformation, from ancient Egyptian times through the Greco-Roman, Islamic, and Coptic eras to the present day. Scholars will present papers exploring the historical, archaeological, anthropological, artistic, and sociopolitical aspects of Egypt’s diverse intercultural interactions and their lasting impact on language, art, religion, governance, and architecture, among other fields.

Basic Information:

Dates: December 5-7, 2025

Location: Ewart Hall, AUC Tahrir Campus, Cairo, Egypt

Online registration deadline: November 30, 2025

The conference is free of charge; however, registration is required. For those attending virtually, ARCE will be livestreaming via Zoom, so please make sure to register to receive your access link.

Smithsonian Summer Institute Anthropology Program

In Fieldwork Opportunity, Student News and Opportunities

The Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA) is happy to announce that they are accepting proposals from prospective graduate student participants for the 2026 program. The program will be held next summer at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

SIMA is a graduate student summer training program in museum research methods offered through the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History with major funding from the Cultural Anthropology Program of the National Science Foundation.

The program offers two types of internships: Research Internships and Collections and Archives Internships. The internships are open to graduate students currently enrolled or recently graduated from a U.S. university, as well as U.S. students studying abroad. International students can be considered if they are enrolled in a university in the U.S. Members of Canadian First Nations are eligible under treaty agreements.

For detailed information about SIMA internships and application instructions, please visit: https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/anthropology/programs/summer-institute-museum-anthropology

CFP–Antiquae Feminae International Symposium

Call For Papers Symposium

In CFP

Please find attached the Call for Papers for the international symposium ANTIQUAE FEMINAE. Female portraits in Sculpture: Antique and antiquarian contexts, analysis and digital reconstruction, which will take place at the Weltmuseum in Vienna from 19 to 22 May 2026.

For further information, please contact: symposium.antiquaefeminae@gmail.com or visit https://www.antiquaefeminae.com/about-5

Society of Black Archaeologists: October Updates

In News and Events, Position Announcements

Check out opportunities and events from the SBA’s October Newsletter:

Publications

SBA Members Alicia Odewale, Bill White, Anna Agbe-Davies, and others co-authored an article, “Questions Worth Asking: Un-disciplining Archaeology, Reclaiming Pasts for Better Futures” in American Antiquity.

Opportunities

Assistant Professor in Archaeology/Bioanthropology | UC Berkeley – The Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, seeks applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of Environmental Change, Resilience, Precarity, and Justice in Archaeology or Bioanthropology with an expected start date of July 1, 2026.

American School of Classical Studies at Athens – ASCA has announced a few opportunities for volunteers, interns, and advanced graduate students to participate in 2026 excavations and conservation lab work.

Archaeologist (Community Liaison) | National Museum of Natural History – NMNH is seeking an experienced candidate to fill the Archaeologist (Community Liaison), IS-0193-11 position. The purpose of this position is to perform repatriation-related research and associated outreach activities related to the inventory, documentation, community consultation, and repatriation of human remains, archaeological objects, and ethnographic objects.

Regional Support Team Intern | National Park Service – This intern position will be assigned to a Regional Support Team within the Historic Preservation Training Center of the National Park Service. The purpose of the position is to perform work on typical preservation projects for a variety of historic structures.

Social Media Highlight

Meet Craig Stevens, current SBA Treasurer and a Doctoral Candidate at Northwestern University. Craig shares some of his experiences using curation and virtual reality for community-engaged research in West Africa

Hybrid Lecture: Asbestos-tempered Pottery in Prehistoric and Modern Eskişehir

By bbao6

On October 14, 2025

Please join us for a hybrid lecture with Dr. Ashley Cercone, Middle East Technical University / University at Buffalo (SUNY), on “Technological Innovation or Cancerous Threat? The Production of Asbestos-tempered Pottery in Prehistoric and Modern Eskişehir.”

The time is 7pm Ankara, noon EDT.

If you’re interested, register here.

Thank you!

Arkhaios Film Festivals Programs October 13-19, 2025

By bbao6

On October 14, 2025