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Opportunities for VCS Graduate Students
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Local Resources
- Frederick Douglass Institute's Fellowship Programs
- Invisible Culture An Electronic Journal for Visual Studies provides a forum for critical approaches to the production and analysis of cultural objects. The journal features essays and art projects that address contemporary issues within visual studies. It is edited by VCS graduate students and includes essays by scholars (students and faculty) from the U.S. and abroad.
- The Office of Research and Project Administration (ORPA) will do a database search of research opportunities for graduate students at the University of Rochester. Call (585) 275-8044 for more information.
- Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies: Grants, Awards, and Fellowships
- University of Rochester, Graduate Student Bulletin, Financial Awards which includes information on the Provost's Fellowships, the Raymond N. Ball Dissertation-Year Fellowship, and the Rush Rhees Fellowships.
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Professional Organizations
- College Art Association (CAA)
- Modern Languages Association (MLA)
- Society of Architectural Historians (SAH)
- Society of Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS)
- Society of Photographic Education (SPE)
- Universities Art Association of Canada/L'Association d'art des universities du Canada
- Women's Caucus for Art
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Grants and Fellowships
- General Information guides and tools for researching grants and fellowships include:
- "The Art of Writing Proposals: Some Candid Suggestions for Applicants to Social Science Research Council Competitions". By Adam Prezeworski and Frank Salomon. Social Science Research Council, 1988, revised 1995.
- Chronicle of Higher Education, Grants and Fellowships.
- The College Art Association maintains a list of Grants and Fellowships, and Internships.
- Cornell University Graduate School Fellowship Notebook
- The following list of granting agencies is a starting point for searching for grant and fellowship possibilities:
- American Association of University Women (AAUW) Education Foundation
- American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
- American Philosophical Society
- The Center for Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts (CASVA), National Gallery of Art
- Fulbright Program
- DAAD Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst/German Academic Exchange Service
- The Getty Research Institute
- Goethe Institut
- The Henry Luce Foundation
- The Huntington Research Division
- Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Studies, University of London
- The Jacob Javits Fellowship Program
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies
- Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
- Smithsonian Institution Fellowships Program
- Social Science Research Council
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canads/Counseil de recherches en sciences humanines du canada (SSHRC/CRSH), for Canadians
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Employment Opportunities
- Listings of employment opportunities can be found in:
- Academic Position Network
- Careers, a bimonthly publication of the College Art Association; available in the Art/Music Library
- The Chronicle of Higher Education. Job listings can be accessed online; print copies can be found in the Department of Art and Art History Office and in Rush Rhees Library.
- MLA Job Information List is available online for subscribers.
- The Society for Cinema and Media Studies' web site provides job listings for members only.
- The Society of Photographic Education lists career opportunities on its web site.
- Additional resources include:
- Curriculum Vitae for Art Historians, Museum Professionals, and Visual Artists (CAA)
- Etiquette for CAA Interviewers
- ADE and ADFL Online Job Counseling (MLA), which contains advice on career planning and the job market.
- Guidelines for Part-Time Employment (CAA)
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Publishing, Speaking and Exhibition Opportunities
- Calls for Exhibition Entries (CAA)
- Call for Manuscripts (SPE)
- Calls for Papers and Manuscripts (CAA)
- Calls for Papers/Submissions/Applications (SCMS)
- Calls for Submissions (SPE)
- Invisible Culture An Electronic Journal for Visual Studies provides a forum for critical approaches to the production and analysis of cultural objects. The journal features essays and art projects that address contemporary issues within visual studies. It is edited by VCS graduate students and includes essays by scholars (students and faculty) from the U.S. and abroad.
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