The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture (AKPIA) at Harvard University is pleased to announce its Postdoctoral Associateship/Fellowship Program for the Academic Year 2019-2020

Cecily Pollard Announcement
Location
Massachusetts, United States
Subject Fields
Architecture and Architectural History, Islamic History / Studies, Arabic History / Studies, Medieval and Byzantine History / Studies, Middle East History / Studies

 

The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture is pleased to invite applications for self-supported (unfunded) Associateships and for Harvard-funded Fellowships, to conduct advanced historical research in Islamic art, architecture, and archaeology at Harvard University. AKPIA Associateships and Fellowships are intended principally for overseas scholars--preferably, but not exclusively, from Muslim countries--to support research in art and architectural history and archaeology. Our program’s Associateship and Fellowship positions are not intended to sponsor professional design, conservation, or urban development projects, nor are they intended to support research travel. Recipients are expected to be in residence, except for one or two short research-related trips. Please note—we offer unfunded Associate positions, and a limited number of funded (or partially funded) Fellowships. We will consider applications of scholars who can provide partial funding, or who have no other outside funding.  Application proposals may be for up to an entire academic year in duration.

 

AKPIA Associateships are unpaid positions and are for scholars who have already procured their own funding.

 

AKPIA Fellowships may partially fund a scholar for up to an entire academic year, or it may fully fund a scholar for one semester, or more. Fellowship applicants are asked to include a detailed budget and timeline with their proposal materials.
 


We welcome applications both from senior scholars and from recent graduates. Research projects should preferably be publishable in the annual publication of the Aga Khan Program, Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World. It is potentially publishable, original projects that will be given preference. AKPIA Associates and Fellows have an affiliation with Harvard University's Department of History of Art and Architecture (HAA). They are free to pursue their own research without any obligations other than presenting a public lecture on their research project, as part of the AKPIA lecture series A Forum for Islamic Art and Architecture and submitting an article based on the research at Harvard for consideration by the editor for publication in Muqarnas. AKPIA Associates and Fellows have access to all Harvard University libraries, museums, and facilities; they are also welcome to audit Harvard seminars, if they so choose.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must have a doctoral degree (PhD, DPhil, or equivalent).
A solid command of written and spoken English is required (your AKPIA lecture will be delivered in English). Associates and Fellows must remain in Cambridge for the duration of the appointment.

REQUIRED MATERIALS
Application materials can be submitted in hard copy, or (preferably) via email in a single message; the Committee will not consider incomplete applications or applications submitted after the deadline: April 1, 2019.
 

The following materials are required of applicants:

   Completed, signed application form
    Curriculum vitae
    Research proposal, including budget and timeline
    Two different writing samples of previous research publications
   *Letters of recommendation from two professors or scholars familiar with the applicant's research
   *Original transcripts—whenever possible—in sealed enveloped from institutions where graduate work was conducted. Copies of original transcripts, via hard copy or email, will be considered

* Letters of recommendation and transcripts may be mailed directly to the Program from the institutions or recommenders (preferred); they may also be sent by a professional dossier and credentials service (such as Interfolio), or may be included with the other application materials in their original, sealed envelopes. Letter writers may alternately email their letters directly to agakhan@fas.harvard.edu. All other materials should be submitted together in a single envelope/package or via a single email message.

Materials should be mailed to:
         Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
         Harvard University
         AKPIA Associateship/Fellowship Program
         485 Broadway, Sackler 415
         Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
 

Alternately, materials may be emailed in a single email message to: agakhan@fas.harvard.edu


DEADLINE
All application materials must be received by April 1, 2019. Results will be announced by  late May.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Please direct any inquiries about the AKPIA Associateships and Fellowships at Harvard University to agakhan@fas.harvard.edu.

For the AKPIA Associate/Fellowship Application form and further information, visit the AKPIA website: https://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/fellowships-associateships

 

Contact Information

Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture

Harvard University

Sackler 415

485 Broadway

Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

Tel 617-495-2355

Contact Email
agakhan@fas.harvard.edu