Curatorial Postdoctoral Fellowships Modern and Contemporary Art
Listed on 2026-07-27
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Education / Teaching
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Creative Arts/Media
Location: Notre Dame
Job Description
With funding provided by a grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc., the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame invites applications for four postdoctoral research fellowships in its main curatorial areas:
European and American Art before 1900, Indigenous Americas and Africa, International Modern and Contemporary Art, and Photographs.
Fellows will be appointed for two years with the possibility of a one-year extension. Each fellow will work with a collection curator who will direct their research activity. Fellows are expected to be in residence at the University for the duration of the appointment, anticipated to run from September 28, 2026 through September 2028, in order to contribute to the community of scholars on campus.
The Raclin Murphy Museum of Art opened its new building in December 2023. With a collection of over 32,000 objects, it serves a campus with about 10,000 students and 1,500 faculty, in addition to diverse communities in northwest Indiana and southwest Michigan. Its holdings are increasingly recognized nationally and internationally for their breadth and quality.
The Lilly Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow for Modern and Contemporary Art will be responsible for cataloguing, researching, and interpreting the Museum's important and growing permanent collection. Global in scope, this portfolio is comprised of painting, sculpture, prints, and limited decorative arts. These objects represent the full spectrum of period, movement, methods, and style. Significant acquisitions over the last eight years have strengthened the collection, making them among the most frequently requested works by University faculty for classroom study.
The Fellow will participate in all the daily activities of an active curatorial department, with the collection at its center. This person will work with the curator and Director to research the permanent collection and devise appropriate strategies for disseminating that research. Affi…
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