Senior Academic Staff and postdoc researcher / Work Leader (KMKG) Historical Materials and Techniques of the South Netherlandish Home in the MRAH-KMKG Collections
University of Antwerp
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The Royal Museums of Art and History (RMAH) are part of the federal scientific institutions, which in turn are managed by the FPS Science Policy. In addition to the presentation of their permanent collections and the organization of temporary exhibitions, the RMAH fulfill a series of tasks. It is:
A detailed description, including work plan for the first two years, can be obtained via geert.vandersnickt@uantwerpen.be or e.vanbinnebeke@kmkg-mrah.be
The Faculty of Design Sciences of the University of Antwerp and the Royal Museums of Art andHistory (RMAH) have the following full-time vacancy (100%) vacant.
This position consists of two related appointments in the context of the federal government's FED-tWIN funding program, in particular:
1. A part-time (10%) appointment as Senior Academic Staff (ZAP) and a part-time (40%) appointment as postdoc researcher (BAP) at UAntwerpen, Faculty of Design Sciences, ARCHES research group (Conservation-Restoration educational program)
2. Part-time (50%) appointment as Work Leader (Class SW2) at the RMAHFED-tWIN is a federal research program of the Federal Public Service Science Policy Programming Service (BELSPO) with the aim of stimulating sustainable cooperation between ten federal science institutions and Belgian Universities through the funding of joint research profiles.
FED-tWIN is a federal research program of the Federal Public Service Science Policy Programming Service (BELSPO) with the aim of stimulating sustainable cooperation between ten federal science institutions and Belgian Universities through the funding of joint research profiles.
This vacancy is part of the FED-tWIN research profile Prf-2020-011 HOME-AGE: Historical Materials and Techniques of the South Netherlandish Home in the MRAH-KMKG Collections. You implement the FED-tWIN HOME-AGE research profile in the UAntwerpen (50%) and KMKG (50%).
Brief description of the FED-tWIN HOME-AGE research profile
The collection of the KMKG-MRAH holds a vast number of objects from across the globe, dating from prehistory to the 20th century. Nevertheless, from its early conceptualization in 1885, the museum's focus is to collect, preserve, study, and share the richness of applied arts from the South Netherlandish region. This focus led to a large and hybrid collection with a main body of 17th and 18th century objects tied to the history and roots of this territory. In recent years, several pilot studies in collaboration with the UAntwerpen showed that the depot contains high-level objects and object-groups which are awaiting discovery and scientific study. The proposed HOME-AGE project (pronounced "homage") aims to close the knowledge gap on this key collection; and in general, that of the applied arts from the South Netherlandish home between the contra-reformation and the Age of Enlightenment. The FED-tWIN research profile will complete and open-up the collections context through the study of the collections archives, the compilation of an exhaustive historiography on South Netherlandish applied arts and an in-depth material technical study of the objects. The above will generate new knowledge and research topics within the domain.
A detailed description, including work plan for the first two years, can be obtained via geert.vandersnickt@uantwerpen.be or e.vanbinnebeke@kmkg-mrah.be
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The expected date of commencement of employment with both institutions is 1 September 2021.
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