MCLC: Robert H. N. Ho research grant 2013

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: kirk (denton.2 at osu.edu)
Subject: Robert H. N. Ho research grant 2013
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The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation China Research Grant 2013
Call for Research Proposals

Application Deadline: Friday 1 March 2013, 10pm (HKT)Asia Art Archive
(AAA) announces the 2013 call for proposals for The Robert H. N. Ho Family
Foundation China Research Grant. With the support from the Robert Ho
Family Foundation, the grant offers a one-year fellowship to support a
focused research project that advances the understanding of contemporary
Chinese art from 1980s to the present. Postgraduates, including
pre-doctoral fellows and currently enrolled PhD candidates researching
contemporary Chinese art and independent scholars and writers with proven
experience and a solid research and publication track record are invited
to apply. The grantee will be awarded a total of US$15,000 and is expected
to spend up to two months conducting research at AAA between May and
December 2013.

SELECTION

Together with a panel of judges that includes professional curators and
scholars in the field, AAA will assess and select applicants based on
their knowledge of contemporary Chinese art, relevant experience in the
field, proposed methodology, substance of the proposed research, as well
as its practicability and feasibility.

Preference will be given to applicants whose proposals draw on AAA’s
extensive collection of primary documents gathered in conjunction with
AAA’s multi-year research project ‘Materials of the Future: Documenting
Contemporary Chinese Art from 1980-1990’, and whose methodological
approach and interpretative perspective advance the understanding of
contemporary Chinese art from the 1980s to the present.

APPLICATION GUIDELINES
Scope

Applicants should visit AAA’s dedicated website www.china1980s.org
<http://edm.aaa.org.hk/lists/lt.php?id=cE9XV1QOVAcKTgcJUEpWUQ%3D%3D> to
learn more about the ‘Materials of the Future’ research project. Full
transcripts and selected video clips of the interviews conducted during
the project are available on this website. Summaries of the special
collections generated from the project can be found at
http://www.aaa.org.hk/Collection/SpecialCollections
<http://edm.aaa.org.hk/lists/lt.php?id=cE9XV1QOVAYDTgcJUEpWUQ%3D%3D>.

Possible research areas of interest include:

-    Pedagogy and art academies
-    Regionalism in the formation of art practice
-    The role of foreign communities in Beijing and Shanghai
-    Women artists
-    Influential exhibitions, including those of non-Chinese art
-    ‘Reading Fever’ and the impact of key books, translations, and
publishing houses
-    The emergence of performance and installation art
-    Exhibition histories of contemporary Chinese art

Applicants are welcome to propose their own topics; comparative approaches
involving Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan would also be of interest.

Eligible Applicants

-   Postgraduates, including pre-doctoral fellows and currently enrolled
PhD candidates with a research focus on contemporary Chinese art
-   Independent scholars and writers with proven experience and a solid
research and publication track record

Proposal Deadline: Friday 1 March 2013, 10pm HKT

Project Completion

Selected project is expected to begin in May 2013 and be completed by June
2014.

The grantee will be required to submit interim reports updating AAA on
their progress throughout the project. Upon the project’s completion,
grantee must submit to AAA all documents and original materials collected
during the course of the project, a written paper, a complete
bibliography, and an inventory of collected materials. The project will
conclude with two public presentations by the grantee (one in Hong Kong
and another in either Mainland China or Taiwan) and the publication of the
grantee’s written paper on AAA’s website.

Applicants are required to provide tentative timelines with their
proposals.  

Budget

AAA will award US$15,000 (approx. HK$120,000) to the successful candidate.
Budgets should allow for a two-month residency in Hong Kong, research
trips to Mainland China during the AAA residency, and the acquisition of
new materials. Additional funds may also be considered for the purchase of
books.

Applicants are required to provide a line item budget with their
proposals. 
 
 
Enquires & Proposal Submission

Please send proposals to Asia Art Archive via email (research at aaa.org.hk)
Please include:

    * CV (please include academic background, relevant past projects, and
at least 2 references)
    * Research project description: objectives, approach, and background
    * Timeline
    * Budget

Applicants may be contacted for additional information.

Sponsor: 
 何鴻毅家族基金中國研究獎助金
徵集2013年藝術研究方案

截止日期：2013年3月1日香港時間晚上10時亞洲藝術文獻庫推出「何鴻毅家族基金中國研
究獎助金」計劃，現正公開徵集2013年度藝術研究方案。是次計劃由
何鴻毅家族基金慷慨捐助，為有志就1980年代至今中國當代藝術開展專題研究的人士提供
為期一年之獎助金。合適申請人士包括專門研究中國當代藝術的研究生、準博
士生、或現正修讀博士學位的人士，以及擁有獲認可研究及出版資歷的獨立學者和作家等。
得獎人將可獲總額美金15,000元的贊助資金，並需要在2013年5月至
12月期間於亞洲藝術文獻庫駐留兩個月，以進行部份研究項目。
採納方案
文獻庫會聯同一個由多名資深策展人及學者組成的評審委員會，就申請人所具備中國當代
藝術的知識、相關工作經驗、方案中研究課題的方向和方法、研究的實用性和可操
作性等各方面條件考察及挑選方案。
申請方案如能有效動用由文獻庫重點研究計劃「未來的材料：記錄1980-1990 中國當代藝
術」所蒐集的一手資料，或其開展研究專題的方法和角度具帶領現今中
國當代藝術研究的潛力，將獲優先考慮。
申請注意事項
範圍
申請人應先查閱關於研究計劃「未來的材料：記錄1980-1990中國當代藝術」的內容，包括
文獻庫在計劃期間完成的訪問紀錄及錄像片段 (網
站：www.china1980s.org
<http://edm.aaa.org.hk/lists/lt.php?id=cE9XV1QOVAYCTgcJUEpWUQ%3D%3D>)。有關由
該計
劃蒐集的重點收藏，請查閱：http://www.aaa.org.hk/Collection/SpecialCollections
<http://edm.aaa.org.hk/lists/lt.php?id=cE9XV1QOVAYDTgcJUEpWUQ%3D%3D>

研究範圍可包括以下題目：

-    教學與藝術學院
-    藝術實踐中的地方主義
-    駐北京及上海的外國人社群所扮演之角色
-    女性藝術家
-    具影響力的展覽 (包括非中國藝術展覽)
-    「讀書熱」與重要書籍、翻譯本和出版社所帶來的沖擊
-    行為及裝置藝術的崛起
-    中國當代藝術的展覽史

申請人亦可自行制定其研究範圍或題目，本計劃同時歡迎就中國大陸、香港及台灣的不同
課題進行比較研究的方案。

合適申請人士包括

* 專門研究中國當代藝術的研究生、準博士生、或現正修讀博士學位的人士
* 具備獲認可研究及出版資歷的獨立研究員、學者及作家

方案截止：2013年3月1日 香港時間晚上10時
計劃時間表
獲選的研究計劃必須於2013年5月展開，並於2014年6月完成。計劃進行期間，得獎人將需
要遞交中期報告，並於計劃結束前呈交一份總結研究計劃的論文、完整
的參考書目、所有透過研究計劃蒐集的文獻及原件、以及一份羅列所有蒐集項目的清單。
計劃完成後，文獻庫將為得獎人在香港以及中國大陸或台灣境內分別舉行兩場總結
研究成果的公開講座，同時會把得獎人的研究論文刊登在文獻庫網站內。
申請人需要在方案中提供一個預定的調查與研究的時間表。
資金預算
亞洲藝術文獻庫將提供總額美金15,000元 (相當於港幣120,000元) 贊助資金予得獎人進
行其研究項目。資金預算需要包括往來香港作兩個月駐留的行程
及住宿費用、駐留文獻庫期間往來中國大陸或台灣進行研究的行程及住宿費用、以及擷
取新材料所需費用。文獻庫將可提供額外費用予得獎人購買書籍作研究用途。
申請人需要在方案中列出資金預算安排。
申請及查詢詳情
請將完整方案電郵至亞洲藝術文獻庫 ( research at aaa.org.hk
<mailto:research at aaa.org.hk%20>) 。方
案必須包括：
* 個人簡歷（包括學歷、已實施的方案和相關參考文件、及最少兩封推薦信）
* 方案課題的內容闡述:目的、步驟和背景介紹等等
* 預定的調查與研究的時間表
* 資金預算安排

如需要額外資料，我們將與你聯絡。

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