TrAIN

Pop Art in Latin America - Collaborative Doctoral Award
University Of The Arts London - Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation

The Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation (TrAIN) at the University of the Arts London (UAL) together with Tate seek to appoint a student to undertake a PhD by thesis on the History of Pop Art in Latin America. This studentship is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council Collaborative Doctoral Award scheme. The studentship will cover fees and maintenance for three years full-time Research Degrees study with the intention to complete as PhD.

In 2015 Tate Modern will mount a major exhibition to explore the wide geographical reach of Pop Art in the 1960s and 1970s. It will provide a focus for new research into Pop’s core themes - including the rise of consumerism and popular culture, and the languages, techniques and currency of reproduced images - in Northern and Eastern Europe, North America, Latin America and Japan. A Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) has been secured from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to recruit a research student who will focus on the advent of Pop Art within Latin America.

This particular CDA will require the student to work towards a PhD researching the production of Pop Art in one or more countries in Latin America during the period as well as the reception of ‘Western’ Pop there.

The knowledge and insights gathered by the student will contribute to the selection of works for the Tate exhibition by the exhibition’s curator and Tate supervisor, Jessica Morgan, as well as the programme of public events and related online and print publications.

Dr Michael Asbury, an art historian and curator specialising in Brazilian and Latin American art at UAL, will be the Director of Studies for the successful applicant. The successful applicant will be registered as a student at UAL and will follow the university’s methodologies training programme during the first year. He or she will be attached to the TrAIN PhD programme and will be able to benefit from seminars and lectures provided there. At Tate, the student will participate in research seminars organised by Tate’s Research Department and other collaborative doctoral students. He or she will also be offered training in The Museum System database. This award presents the rare opportunity to join a community of scholars shaping a major research-led exhibition.

For more information on how to apply and details about funding, visit the UAL Research website, and email [email protected] with any queries.

The closing date for applications is Friday 6 July 2012, and it is anticipated that interviews will take place at the University of the Arts London / Tate in the week commencing 16 July 2012.