The Paul Crossley Memorial Lecture, 2026: ‘The portals of Notre-Dame in Paris. Findings from the current construction site’, with Professor Stephan Albrecht, Wed 11 November 2026, Courtauld Institute

Wednesday 11 November 2026 17:30 (GMT)

Lecture Theatre 2, Vernon Square, Penton Rise, London WC1X 9EW

Find out more about the lecture on the Courtauld Website.

After the fire at Notre Dame in Paris in 2019, a “scientific construction site” was quickly established next to the actual construction site. This interdisciplinary group of researchers from the fields of art history, restoration, architecture, physics and chemistry made it possible to examine the cathedral intensively from the scaffolding.

The research conducted by the University of Bamberg focused on the three west portals and the two transept façades.

In addition to examining the findings, digital surveying methods were also used. In addition to laser scanning the entire cathedral, the portals were surveyed in three dimensions by the University of Bamberg using various photogrammetric methods.

This database, together with the analysis of stone surfaces and stylistic and structural issues, served as the starting point for a new interpretation of the building’s history: this lecture shows how the newly acquired three-dimensional data can be used for art-historical research on the cathedral. What insights do they provide for understanding the building’s history? How do they help us to better understand the planning and design processes? How was the medieval construction site organised? What can we learn from this about the relationship between design and execution? The lecture presents the latest research findings from recent years. It raises the question of the extent to which the newly acquired knowledge gives cause to revise previous ideas about construction processes and stylistic developments.

Stephan Albrecht studied art history in Kiel, Vienna, Berlin, Freiburg and Leyden. He obtained his doctorate in Kiel in 1991 with a thesis on the iconography of Bremen City Hall and habilitated in Tübingen in 2001 with a thesis on ‘the staging of the past in the Middle Ages’. After working in Tübingen, Rome, Munich, Berlin and Stuttgart, he has been Professor of Art History at the University of Bamberg since 2009. His main fields of research are the history of urban architecture and medieval cathedrals. In 2021, he was awarded the Order of „Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres“ by the French state.

The Paul Crossley Memorial Lecture is given annually in memory of the much-loved teacher and architectural historian at the Courtauld. Organised by Dr Tom Nickson, Reader in Medieval Art & Architecture, the Courtauld Institute, as part of the Medieval Work-in-Progress Series. This series is generously supported by Sam Fogg.

Book your place for the lecture on the Courtauld Website.

CFP: ‘The Medieval Reception of Greek Antiquity’, The Annual Conference of the Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies at the University of South Florida, deadline 5 Jan 2027

The Annual Conference of the Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies at the University of South Florida, April 22-24, 2027.

This interdisciplinary conference, to take place in person on the USF campus in Tampa FL, will explore the reception of ancient Greek texts in the Middle Ages (roughly, 500–1400 CE). We seek contributions treating the influence of Greek texts on, e.g., medieval philosophy, theology, science, historiography, education, literature, and art. Contributions may fall into the following (non-exhaustive) categories:

1. The reception of ancient Greek thought in medieval philosophy.

2. The place of classical sources in medieval education and curricula.

3. The medieval historiography of ancient Greece, and the impact of ancient Greek historians on medieval ones.

4. Ancient Greek themes and influences in medieval art.

5. The influence of Greek culture, religion, and thinkers on medieval theology.

Please send an anonymized abstract of 200-250 words, by January 5, 2027, to morsegev@usf.edu. Presentations are expected to be approximately 45 minutes long (30 minutes for the paper itself, followed by 15 minutes of q&a).

Keynote speaker: Jessica Rosenfeld, Washington University in St. Louis

This event is hosted by the Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies and the Department of Philosophy, University of South Florida.

For more information, please check out this website: https://philevents.org/event/show/153805

Study day: ‘Lost and Found: Hidden Histories of Canterbury’s Stained Glass’, Tues 10 November, 10:30-17:00 (GMT), Canterbury Cathedral

Venue: Canterbury Cathedral Lodge

Over the centuries, Canterbury Cathedral’s stained glass has been damaged through acts of vandalism, iconoclasm and the destructive forces of war, and also through neglect and even theft.

Complementing the exhibition currently in our Viewing Gallery, this study day will combine visits to the Stained Glass Studio and the Archives reading room with talks from leading experts in their field.

Speakers include Professor Paul Binski (University of Cambridge), Professor Rachel Koopmans (University of York, Toronto) and Leonie Seliger (Director of the Stained Glass Studio).

Organised by the Stained Glass Studio and the Archives and Library of Canterbury Cathedral, in conjunction with the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, University of Kent.

General admission: £95; Student admission: £45

Programme

  • 10:00-10:30 Coffee and registration
    10:30-12:30 Welcome; Session 1
    12:30-13:45 Lunch and visit the Cathedral/exhibition
    13:45-15:15 Tours of the Stained Glass Studio and Archives Reading Room
    15:15-15:30 Tea in Lodge foyer
    15:30-17:00 Session 2

All are welcome to join Choral Evensong afterwards at 17:30

Find out more about the study day on the Canterbury Cathedral website.

Call for Proposals: The Medieval Kingdom of Sicily Image Database / Seminar Series ‘The Outsider’s Eye’, deadline 7 November 2026

The Medieval Kingdom of Sicily Image Database Project: Seminar series, January–April 2017

Since the launch of its public website in 2016, the Medieval Kingdom of Sicily Image Database Project (https://koseodiah.org/) has become an important research tool for scholars and students of medieval southern Italy, making available historical images that document the development of cities, landscapes, and monuments over the course of centuries. At the same time, Project researchers and other colleagues have enriched the database with new catalogue entries drawn from collections, archives, and publications. Thanks to this enormous effort, the database now comprises almost 9,000 entries, all publicly available online.

To continue to foster dialogue with broader audiences of researchers and database users, the Project Team is delighted to announce a series of online seminars on the theme of “The Outsider’s Eye.” The seminars aim to present the results of ongoing or recently concluded projects that have used material from the database to investigate the critical approaches and historiographic terms with which foreign scholars, artists, and travelers have documented and interpreted, in both images and texts, the artistic patrimony and medieval architecture of southern Italy. The seminars will be held in English and will take place on Zoom over the course of the spring 2027 semester, on January 21, February 25, March 11, and April 22. Each presentation will last c. 45 minutes, followed by 20 minutes of questions and discussion.

We invite interested researchers to send proposals to Paola Vitolo (paola.vitolo@unina.it), copying the Center for the Art and Architectural History of Port Cities “La Capraia” (lacapraia@gmail.com) by November 7, 2026. Proposals should be a maximum of 300 words, and should be accompanied by a 1-page CV.

The seminar series is an initiative of the Medieval Kingdom of Sicily Image Database Project, in collaboration with the Università degli studi di Napoli “Federico II,” the Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History (University of Texas at Dallas), and the Center for the Art and Architectural History of Port Cities “La Capraia.”

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Il Medieval Kingdom of Sicily Image Database (https://koseodiah.org/) è diventato fin dalla sua pubblicazione online nel 2016 uno strumento di ricerca importante per chi si occupa della storia dell’Italia meridionale, segnalando immagini storiche utili a documentare le città, il paesaggio e i monumenti medievali nel corso dei secoli. Al tempo stesso, l’attività di ricerca di collaboratori e colleghi ha contribuito ad arricchire enormemente la banca dati, segnalando collezioni, pubblicazioni e archivi che abbiamo esplorato e catalogato. Grazie a questo enorme sforzo, il database conta ad oggi quasi 9.000 schede online.

Per alimentare questo dialogo con il pubblico di studiosi e appassionati utilizzatori di questo strumento il Project Team è lieto di annunciare un ciclo di quattro seminari online sul tema “The Outsider’s Eye” esito di ricerche in corso o appena concluse che abbiano utilizzato materiale del Database e che indaghino categorie storiche e strumenti critici con cui studiosi, artisti e viaggiatori stranieri hanno documentato ed interpretato nelle loro rappresentazioni, ed eventualmente anche nei loro scritti, il patrimonio artistico e architettonico medievale del Sud. I seminari, da tenersi in inglese, si svolgeranno tra gennaio e aprile 2027 nei giorni 21 gennaio, 25 febbraio, 11 marzo, 22 aprile. Ciascuna presentazione avrà una durata di 45 minuti, cui seguiranno venti minuti per domande e discussione.

Chiunque desideri presentare una proposta è invitato a mandare entro il 7 novembre 2026 un abstract di max. 300 parole e un breve CV (una pagina al massimo) a Paola Vitolo (paola.vitolo@unina.it), e in copia il Centro per la Storia dell’Arte e dell’Architettura delle Città Portuali “La Capraia” (lacapraia@gmail.com).

I seminari sono un’iniziativa del progetto The Medieval Kingdom of Sicily Image Database, in collaborazione con Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History (University of Texas at Dallas), e Centro per la Storia dell’Arte e dell’Architettura delle Città Portuali “La Capraia.”

Online Lecture: ‘Metal and Parchment: Intermedial Entanglements’, part of The Virtual Salon at IMAREAL, Wed 28 October 2026, 5pm (CET)

Joseph Salvatore Ackley (Wesleyan University, Middletown/Connecticut) and Shannon L. Wearing (Meadows Museum, Dallas/Texas) will talk about “Metal and Parchment: Intermedial Entanglements” on Wednesday, 28 October 2026 | 5 p.m. (CET) in the online lecture series “Material Worlds – The Virtual Salon at IMAREAL” .

**Please double-check your local start time, as daylight saving time ends on different dates across countries.**

The use of gold, silver, and other metals is a hallmark of medieval book decoration: indeed, it is the feature that technically makes a manuscript “illuminated.” The adamant materiality of these media, from dazzling golden surfaces to patches of silver blackened by oxidation, generates a fundamental tension between the raw presence of precious metal and its representational capacities. Gold and silver, applied as leaf or pigment, are thus semiotically complex materials, functioning as pictorial media while materially evoking metal things in the real world, from chalices to coins, and embodying wealth itself.

This lecture considers the intermedial entanglements that result from this foundational practice of medieval manuscript decoration. How might metal both disrupt and expand the significance of the manuscript image? How do manuscript depictions of chalices, reliquaries, and other metalworks, especially when rendered with gold and silver, complicate the virtual space of the image? And how might we move toward a fuller, more comprehensive appreciation of the multimedia manuscript image? Case studies will be drawn from deluxe examples of book painting across the Latin West, from the Carolingian period to the thirteenth century.

More information and registration: https://www.imareal.sbg.ac.at/materielle-welten-xxi/

Caption: Colossus and Idol of Nebuchadnezzar from the Munich Golden Psalter, Oxford (?), ca. 1190–1210. Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 835, fol. 105v (detail). Lizenz: CC Public Domain Mark 1.0 Universell.

Conference: British Archaeological Association postgraduate online conference, 26 November 2026, 10:00-16:45 (GMT)

The British Archaeological Association is excited to present a diverse conference which includes postgraduate students and early career researchers in the fields of medieval art history, architecture and archaeology. The BAA Postgraduate Conference offers an opportunity for research students at all levels from universities across the UK and abroad to present their research and exchange ideas.

The conference will take place online via Zoom.

Please register for the conference via this link.

Conference Programme: Thursday 26 November 2026

10:00–10:10 (GMT) Opening remarks

Panel 1: “Material Complexities: Making and Remaking Medieval Art and Architecture”

10:10 – 11:30 (GMT)

Chair: Dr Róisín Astell (University of York)

  • 10:10 – 10:30 Enakshi Dasgupta (University of Sussex) – Wonder-Working: Pillars and Power in Fourteenth-Century Delhi
  • 10:30 – 10:50 Su’aad Redan (Courtauld) – Making (up) the Virgin’s Veil: An Investigation of Mythmaking, Imagination, and Handwork in relation to The Reliquary of the Veil in the Church of Our Lady in Tongeren, Belgium (c.1400-1550)
  • 10:50 – 11:10 Chrisallo Borg (University of Malta) – Accretion and Reconfiguration of a Medieval Core in a Multi-Temporal Altarpiece in Malta
  • 11:10 – 11:30 Q&A

11:30 – 11:45 (GMT) Break

Panel 2: “From the Page to the Body: Visualising Knowledge and Power”

11:45 – 13:05 (GMT)

Chair: Dr Richard Plant

  • 11:45 – 12:05 Clive Lafferty (Courtauld) – Stones, Stars and Authority: Visualising Celestial Knowledge in Alfonso X’s Lapidario
  • 12:05 – 12:25 Blanche Darbord (University of Cambridge) – Alexander the Great and Chivalry: Interpreting Violence in Manuscript Illuminations
  • 12:25 – 12:45 Isabel Escalera Fernandez (University of Valladolid) – Accounting for Splendour: The Jewels of Isabella I of Castile
  • 12:45 – 13:05 Q&A

13:05 – 13:40 (GMT) Break

Panel 3: “Devotion and Play in Medieval Religious Spaces”

13:40 – 15:00 (GMT)

Chair: Dr Alexandrina Buchanan (University of Liverpool)

  • 13:40 – 14:00 Ilaria Truzzi (University of Reading) – Graffiti Game Boards in Religious Spaces: Insights into Sociability, Symbolism and Play 
  • 14:00 – 14:20 Isabelle Ostertag (University of Virginia) – At the Hour of Our Death: Charnel Houses and the Lady Chapel of St. Peter Mancroft
  • 14:20 – 14:40 Molly Lewis (Courtauld) – Peas, Prayer, and Profanity: An Examination of two Boxwood Micro-carvings from the Low Countries (c.1500-1525)
  • 14:40 – 15:00 Q&A

15:00 – 15:15 (GMT) Break

Panel 4: “Beyond Borders: Transcultural Connections in the Global Middle Ages”

15:15 – 16:35 (GMT)

Chair: Sophia Dumoulin (Courtauld)

  • 15:15 – 15:35 Isabelle Chisholm (Birkbeck) – The Unexpected Afterlife of the Southampton Psalter, c. 800 AD: Iro-Scottish Manuscripts and Moravian Metalwork
  • 15:35 – 15:55 Andrea Cartia (University of Florence) – Irish Saints in Medieval Umbria: Experiences of Pilgrimage Routes, Material Culture, and Shared Geographies
  • 15:55 – 16:15 Ayeshah Mohammed (MIT) – Ceramic Cartography: Reading the History of the Madrasa of Mahmud Gawan through its Tiles
  • 16:15 – 16:35 Q&A

16:35 – 16:45 (GMT) Closing remarks

New Publication: ‘Regards sur la Broderie en Occident au Moyen Âge: Production, création et usages, XIIe–XVIe siècle’ edited by Philippe Lorentz, Astrid Castres, and Rose-Marie Ferré

Ce livre pluridisciplinaire vise à faire connaître un art médiéval oublié : la broderie, appelée aussi peinture à l’aiguille.

Ce volume est le recueil des actes de deux journées d’étude qui se sont tenues à Paris (INHA) en janvier 2020, parallèlement à l’exposition du musée de Cluny L’art en broderie au Moyen Âge. La rencontre visait à engager une discussion entre des spécialistes venus de différents pays (Allemagne, Angleterre, Espagne, États-Unis, France et Suisse) afin d’évaluer les perspectives de recherche sur cet art largement méconnu en France, malgré sa place privilégiée dans le grand déploiement d’images à la fin du Moyen Âge.

Les essais ici réunis apportent de nouveaux éclairages sur l’histoire de la broderie occidentale, liturgique et profane, entre le XIIe et le XVIe siècle, articulés autour de trois thèmes. Le premier traite des cadres de production, examinés à partir de trois contextes: la cour d’Angleterre, les ateliers catalans et parisiens. Une réflexion est ensuite amorcée sur le dialogue engagé, à cette période, entre la broderie et les autres arts, tout particulièrement quand elle se faisait « peinture à l’aiguille » ou lorsque ses effets de relief rivalisaient avec la sculpture et l’orfèvrerie. Enfin, les contributions de la troisième partie offrent de nouvelles perspectives pour la compréhension des usages des images brodées et leur place au sein du rituel.

L’ouvrage invite plus largement à considérer la richesse de ce patrimoine textile, aujourd’hui conservé dans les musées, les trésors d’églises et les collections privées, illustrée par plus de 100 images en couleurs.

Find out more about this publication on the Brepols website.

CFP: Misericordia International 17th Colloquium: Illusion and Imitation in European Choir Stalls (deadline 30 October 2026)

Location: Fondazione MIA, Bergamo, Italy

Dates: 21-22 May 2027 with an optional field trip on 23 May

Submission Deadline: 30 October 2026 (applicants will be notified of their participation by December 15, 2026)

Conference languages: English and Italian

Choir stalls sit at a unique intersection of liturgical function, architectural framework, and virtuosic craftsmanship. Located at the heart of the sacred interior, these wooden structures served not only as functional seating for the clergy but as primary sites for complex visual and intellectual play. This conference seeks to explore the conceptual, material, and sensory dimensions of illusion and imitation in European choir stalls from the medieval to the early modern periods.

Far from being mere decorative backdrops, choir stalls frequently engaged in sophisticated visual deception. From the dazzling perspectival illusions of Italian intarsia (wood inlay) to carvings that deliberately manipulate their own materiality, these spaces challenged the eye and the mind. They functioned as micro-architecture, mirroring the grand designs of cathedrals, while simultaneously testing the boundaries between the real and the simulated.

We invite papers that investigate how these woodcarvings played with the senses, collapsed spatial boundaries, and negotiated the tense relationship between truth and falsehood within a sacred environment.

Find out more on the website.

Suggested Themes & Topics

We welcome interdisciplinary proposals addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:

  • Perspectival Illusion and Spatial Deception: The development of trompe l’œil and perspective in Italian intarsia; how flat surfaces were manipulated to create deep, simulated spaces (urban and architectural views , cupboards, landscapes, liturgical objects)
  • The Mimesis of Materiality: Wood carved or painted to imitate other media (textiles, metalwork, or stone); the theoretical and theological implications of material deception in a sacred space
  • Micro-Architecture and Scale: Choir stalls that imitate, miniaturize, or subvert grand architectural forms; the dialogue between the wooden stall and the stone church fabric
  • Models, Copies, and Circulating Designs: the transmission of motifs through drawings, prints, sculpture, or the movement of artists and artisans
  • Engaging the Senses: How illusionary carvings interacted with the multisensory environment of the choir (liturgical music, candlelight, incense, tactile touch); the tension between sight and somatic experience.
  • Theology, Truth, and Lie: The paradox of using visual “deception” (illusion) to elevate the sacred; late medieval and early modern debates on artificiality and devotion.

Submission Guidelines

We invite proposals for 20-minute papers. Submissions from established scholars, early career researchers, and curators are all highly encouraged.

Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words along with a brief biography (maximum 150 words) to Lorenzo Mascheretti lor.masche@gmail.com and Joanne Allen drjoanneallen@gmail.com by 30 October 2026.

New Publication: ‘A Collaborative Tapestry in Honour of Shirley Ann Brown: The Bayeux Tapestry Seen by her Colleagues and Friends’, edited by Sylvette Lemagnen and Gale Owen-Crocker

Une fresque brodée en l’honneur de Shirley Ann Brown: La Tapisserie de Bayeux vue par ses collègues et amis

Learn more about the book on the Brepols website.

These 16 essays in honour of a distinguished Bayeux Tapestry scholar consider the contexts of the Tapestry’s creation and preservation; new studies of its fabric, also its images; plus accounts of new creative and commemorative works inspired by it. David Bates emphasises the cross-Channel, indeed the European, culture underlying the Tapestry’s creation. Pierre Bouet and François Neveux seek to recognise the role of the Bretons in 11th-century Norman history and the conquest of England. Elizabeth Carson Pastan discusses the lost relics of Bayeux inventoried alongside the Tapestry. Ulrich Kuder and Michael Lewis revisit and evaluate theories about aspects of the Tapestry’s images. Alexandra Lester-Makin uses microscopic images of a single scene to reveal details of how the embroidery was worked. Sarah Keefer explores the liturgy which Harold might have heard when he attended church before setting out to sea. Gale Owen-Crocker analyses the role of boundaries, and the breaking of them, in the Tapestry’s images and Malcolm Thurlby considers its buildings in terms of contemporary architecture. Michael Herren discusses the verisimilitude of art works in classical and medieval poetry and shows how they differ. Anna Henderson and Lise Gjedssø Bertelsen examine recent, Bayeux-inspired historical needlework in the British Isles and Denmark respectively, Bruce Bobick traces the history of an American facsimile. Sylvette Lemagnen addresses novels written under the influence of the Bayeux Tapestry, and Daisy Black the evolution of her own play. Clémentine Paquier-Berthelot considers the various ways in which scholars have attempted to reference precise points in the Tapestry.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction in English / Introduction en français
Curriculum vitae and publications of Shirley Ann Brown
Contributors / Auteurs
Summaries of articles in English / Résumés analytiques des articles en français
List of illustrations

Part I: The Physical and Visual

Alexandra Lester-Makin, The Bayeux Tapestry as never seen before: what microscopic imaging can tell us about the hanging’s creation
Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Pushing the boundaries: interaction with frames and borders in the Bayeux Tapestry
Sarah Larratt Keefer, ‘Guide in prosperity the journey of Thy servant’: Harold’s voyage and mid-eleventh century liturgy
Malcolm Thurlby, Observations on architectural representations in the Bayeux Tapestry
Ulrich Kuder, Valuable discoveries, plausible explanations, transient hypotheses: looking back on Bayeux Tapestry studies
Michael Lewis, The Ælfgyva of the Bayeux Tapestry

Panorama

Part II: Context

David Bates, The cross-channel world of the Bayeux Tapestry
Elizabeth Carson Pastan, ‘Fuga sacra’: inventory and legacy at Bayeux Cathedral
Pierre Bouet & François Neveux, Normands et Bretons au XIe siècle. De la confrontation à la collaboration

Part III: Inspiration

Michael W. Herren, Extracting truth from poetry: revisiting Baudri of Bourgueil and the Bayeux Tapestry
Anna Henderson, Tapestries for our times: The Bayeux Tapestry’s modern British counterparts and their stitchers
Lise Gjedssø Bertelsen, From the Bayeux Tapestry to the Swedish Pilgrim Tapestry to the Danish Elsinore Tapestry
Bruce Bobick, The University of West Georgia replica of the Bayeux Tapestry: its conception, creation and dedication
Sylvette Lemagnen, La Tapisserie de Bayeux à la source d’une littérature Romanesque
Daisy Black, The Bayeux Tapestry: New Yarns

Part IV: Documentation

Clémentine Pasquier-Berthelot, Se repérer dans la Tapisserie de Bayeux: sources, références et méthodes de localisation

Bibliography

Fellowship: John W. Baldwin Post-Doctoral Scholar, deadline 20 November 2026

Find out more about the fellowship on the UCLA website.

Position overview

Position title: Post-Doctoral Researcher

Salary range: TBD

Review timeline: September 15, 2026

Application Window

Open date: September 15, 2026

Next review date: Friday, Nov 13, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Friday, Nov 20, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position description

The UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies is pleased to announce a John W. Baldwin Post-Doctoral Fellowship for a recent Ph.D. whose work focuses on European medieval studies within the global comparative context. The position is for a maximum of 2 years, beginning July 1, 2027. To be eligible for consideration, applicants must have received their Ph.D. between September 1, 2020, and June 30, 2027.

The Post-Doctoral Fellow will be a scholar whose research aligns with the goals of the study of “Europe in the world” and who has demonstrated evidence of innovative methodologies. A successful applicant may be working in a discipline or between disciplines in the European Middle Ages but should engage Europe in the world at micro and macro levels. We understand the European Middle Ages to include the period from the 3rd to the start of the 17th century, and where the 16th century is studied in continuity with the late medieval period. Mirroring the work of John W. Baldwin, for whom the postdoctoral fellowship is named, a successful applicant will conceive of Europe within a broader global context and be conversant across disciplines.

The Fellow will join the vibrant research and academic communities within the CMRS Center for Early Global Studies, with scholars working on all facets of early Global studies. He/she/they will have the following responsibilities and opportunities: develop their research agenda while participating regularly in CMRS-CEGS academic events; work collaboratively with a diverse group of scholars, graduate students, and other postdoctoral fellows; help to conceive Center’s programming (including public-facing programming). He/she/they will have the opportunity to prepare one scholarly event (workshop or small symposium) hosted by CMRS-CEGS in the second year.

Named to honor the legacy of the esteemed historian JOHN W. BALDWIN, this postdoctoral fellowship is made possible by a gift from Arcadia, a charitable fund that works to protect nature, preserve cultural heritage and promote open access to knowledge.

We are seeking to interview candidates with a demonstrable commitment to underrepresented and underserved populations and epistemologies, and with an enthusiasm for building ties across fields within the university. The appointment (which includes benefits) will be for a 24-month period. Salary will follow university standards for post-doctoral scholars and will reflect the applicant’s experience.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications

• Ph.D.; must have been awarded doctoral degree between September 1, 2020, and June 30, 2027
• Research specialization in relevant field

Additional qualifications

• Commitment to cross-disciplinary and collaborative research
• Proven track record in designing and completing research assignments
• Ability to translate research findings into publishable research and public-facing formats

Application Requirements

Document requirements

  • Curriculum Vitae – Updated CV detailing both academic and professional achievements, including doctoral degree completion and any prior postdoctoral experience.
  • Cover Letter
  • Statement of Research – Briefly describe research and training objectives for proposed Postdoctoral Scholar appointment, including an outline of how this research connects to the cross-disciplinary aims of the Baldwin fellowship.
  • Reference check authorization release form – Complete and upload the reference check authorization release form
  • UCLA Mission Statement – As the nation’s premier public research university, UC’s mission is the creation, dissemination, preservation and application of knowledge for the betterment of our global society. We have a particular responsibility to the people of the state of California which we express in the excellence of the education we provide, the impact of the research we do, the comprehensive, life-saving medical services we provide, and the public service mission we are devoted to. The University of California promotes the social mobility of its students, equips them with the tools and experience that furthers their ambitions, and regards their accomplishments across the life span as evidence of the profoundly positive impact of higher education.
  • The UCLA campus has expressed these goals in its strategic plan as follows:
  • Deepen our engagement with Los Angeles
    Expand our reach as a global university
    Enhance our research and creative activities
    Elevate how we teach
    Become a more effective institution
  • Prompt for candidates for recruitment:
  • Reflecting on your personal and professional experiences, highlight your past contributions and future commitments to advancing UCLA’s mission as embodied in the 2023-28 strategic plan. These accomplishments and ambitions may be discussed in the context of describing your teaching, scholarship, and service
  • Evidence of Completion of Doctoral Degree – Copy of Diploma
    Official transcript, or official statement from the awarding institution Registrar’s or equivalent student records office.
  • Document must certify completion of all doctoral degree requirements.
  • Dissertation Thesis Abstract
  • Writing sample – Sample publication or unpublished paper, please limit to 35 pages (not including references and citations)
    (Optional)
  • Names of three recommenders and their contact information – Email address of recommenders.

Reference requirements

  • 3-5 required (contact information only)

Email address of recommenders

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