Associate Director
for the
Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (CMEMS)
Date Posted Jul 1, 2008
The incumbent will have primary program and administrative responsibility for the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (CMEMS), within the School of Humanities & Sciences. This position reports jointly to the Co-Directors. CMEMS is a multidisciplinary community working together to produce new perspectives on medieval and early modern studies, rethink the nature of the field across time, space, and disciplinary boundaries, and involve a broad range of students, scholars, and
community members in exploring the significance and fascination of these earlier periods. Start Date of Position is September 1, 2008.
The Associate Director has overall responsibility for all operational aspects of the Center including, but not limited to, the following:
Coordinate workshops and events for the Center. This includes booking rooms, organizing publicity and catering and corresponding with visiting scholars.
Coordinate the capstone conference for MEMS workshop, in conjunction with the graduate student workshop coordinators
Write grant proposals to support organized programming drawing on the Center’s collaborative, multidisciplinary community
Work with the Office of Development to identify potential donors or community partners interested in medieval, Renaissance, and early modern studies
Work with the CMEMS Co-Directors in developing all of the teaching and research activities and public events of the Center
Supervise Paleography/materials and methods graduate class
Initiate discussions with Stanford University Press to develop a book series including exploring funding possibilities for such a series
Continue to develop the CMEMS website
Work with the Vice Provost Graduate Education (VPGE) and relevant departments to establish trial program awarding grants to graduate students in medieval and early modern fields for travel to archives or summer language study, especially Latin
Requirements:
Capacity to evaluate interdisciplinary research.Advanced degree (M.A. acceptable, Ph.D. preferred) in relevant fields, such as (but not restricted to) medieval and/or early modern literature, history, art history, languages, or culture.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Demonstrated administrative experience, with emphasis on program management, budgeting, strategic planning, and event programming in an academic environment. Sponsored research experience, including proposal authoring, compliance, and reporting is desirable.
Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a team in cooperation with a wide range of people, from administrative staff to students and faculty.
Strong public relations skills including public speaking, media relations, planning and design of publicity and other collateral materials.
Expertise in basic computing and office applications (e.g. Microsoft Office Suite, calendaring programs).
The American Academy in Rome invites applications for the Rome Prize competition. One of the leading overseas centers for independent study and advanced research in the arts and the humanities, the Academy offers up to thirty fellowships for periods ranging from six months to two years.
Rome Prize winners reside at the Academy's eleven-acre center in Rome and receive room and board, a study or studio, and a stipend. Stipends for six-month fellowships are $12,500 and stipends for eleven-month fellowships are $25,000.
Fellowships are awarded in the following related fields:
- Architecture
- Design (including graphic, fashion, industrial, interior, lighting, set, and sound design, engineering, urban planning, and other related design fields)
- Historic Preservation and Conservation (including architectural design, public policy, and the conservation of works of art)
- Landscape Architecture
Fellowships are also awarded in: Literature*; Musical Composition; Visual Arts. In the field of humanities we award fellowships in Ancient Studies; Medieval Studies; Renaissance and Early Modern Studies; and Modern Italian Studies.
*Awarded by nomination through the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
November 1, 2008 competition deadline. For further information or to download guidelines and application forms, visit the Academy’s website at www.aarome.org or contact the American Academy in Rome, 7 East 60 Street,
New York, NY 10022-1001, Attn. Programs.
T: (212) 751-7200, ext. 47; F: (212) 751-7220
info@aarome.org.
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