Pietro Aretino: Books

“Nothing, it appears to me is of greater value in a man than the power of judgment; and the man who has it may be compared to a chest fulled with books, for he is the son of nature and the father of art,” (Pietro Aretino: Quote World).

Postdoctoral Mellon Fellowship in History of South Asian Art and Architecture

The Art Department at Wellesley College invites applications for a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of the Art and Architecture of South Asia for the academic years 2008-9 and 2009-10. The fellow will teach one course in the spring of 2009 and one course in each semester of 2009-10. The Mellon Fellow will also participate in the activities of the Newhouse Center for the Humanities and in a seminar for new faculty, sponsored by
Wellesley’s Pforzheimer Learning and Teaching Center. The salary is $50,000 in 2008-9; the salary in 2009-10 will include a percentage increase to this base. Moving expenses for the fellow will be reimbursed up to $2,000. The Mellon Fellow is also eligible to apply for faculty research, travel, and pedagogical funds.

Fellows who opt to combine the first year of their fellowship with an appointment a the Newhouse Center will have their office at the Newhouse Center and will participate in the Newhouse Fellows program as well as in the life of the Art Department.

Requirements:
The applicant must have received his or her Ph.D. within the five years preceding the application deadline. Important criteria for the appointment are: evidence of outstanding scholarship, a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching, and a willingness to be a collegial member of the department and college community.

Contact and Application Information:
The applicant should send a letter of application describing his or her scholarly and pedagogical interests, a curriculum vitae, a writing sample, and three letters of recommendation to: Mellon Fellowship Search Committee, Art Department, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481. Application review will begin on January 21, 2008 and continue until the
search is completed.

Wellesley is a women’s college and a leading undergraduate, liberal arts college. The Art Department includes majors in Art History, Architecture, Studio Arts, Media Arts and Sciences, and enjoys exchange programs with MIT, Brandeis University, and the Olin College of Engineering.

Wellesley is an EO/AA education institutional and employer. The College is committed to increasing the diversity of the College community and the curriculum. Candidates who believe they can contribute to that goal are encouraged to apply. For more information about being a faculty member at Wellesley please see:

http://www.wellesley.edu/DeanCollege/Diversity/Open_pos/prospectfac.pdf .

Henry Brooks Adams: Education

“Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of facts,” (Henry Brooks Adams: QuoteWorld.org).

Subaltern-Popular Faculty Workshop

Subaltern-Popular Faculty Workshop – November 3-5, 2007, Upham Hotel, in downtown Santa Barbara

The workshop is part of the Subaltern-Popular Multi-campus Research Group
initiative. The theme for the workshop is “Legibility and Legitimacy”. We will have presentation of research papers and plenary sessions designed as structured conversations. The plenary themes for this year’s workshop are: Aesthetics, Agency/Legitimacy, and History. Attached is the the full workshop program. The information will also be available on the Subaltern-Popular website:
http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/subaltern

Swati Chattopadhyay
Director, The Subaltern-Popular Workshop
Associate Professor
History of Art and Architecture
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Phone: (805) 893-7581
Fax: (805) 893-7117

swati@arthistory.ucsb.edu