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Organization: University of Dublin, Trinity College

Location: Dublin, Ireland

Field: History

Requirements:

Post requirements
Essential Criteria
• Hons Degree Qualification in Art History, and a Post-graduate qualification in a field of relevance to the project
• Demonstrable knowledge of Modern art
• Qualification or relevant experience in digital cataloguing.
• Demonstrable interest in literature
• Research work experience
• Excellent organizational skills including effective time-management skills and the ability to meet deadlines
• Excellent communication skills
• Good writing skills
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative

Desirable criteria
• Qualification in literature, philosophy, classics, or other discipline relevant to the material in the book collection
• Experience of The Museum System database

Abstract:

The Department of the History of Art and Architecture/Triarc (Trinity Irish Art Research Centre) wishes to employ a Research Assistant to work on a project, entitled Bacons Books: Francis Bacon’s library and its role in his art. This joint project, in partnership with Dublin City Gallery/the Hugh Lane (DCGHL), is funded by the Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS). As an interdisciplinary project, it involves engagement with colleagues in other disciplines, most notably the Department of English in Trinity College. This post will be tenable from March 2011.

Description:

A Research Assistant will be required to undertake the following tasks:
• Identify key words and themes among the texts in the Francis Bacon book collection
• Input a specified range of information to the database including tagging by defined key words
• Identify and scan/photograph relevant pages according to defined characteristics
• Identify and note evidence of usage, and missing pages from texts
• Identify and perform searches under headings to be defined/agreed with the PI
• Identify and research an aspect of the book collection and its relationship with Francis Bacon’s art, and prepare a publishable research paper for presentation at the symposium
• Assist in the conception and administration of the symposium
• Assist generally in the administration and implementation of the project, as required

The post is based at the Dublin City Gallery/the Hugh Lane, Dublin, and at the Provost’s House Stables, Trinity College Dublin. Some work outside office hours may be necessary but time off in lieu will be given
 
The project recognises that an artist’s library is a significant resource for the analysis and understanding of visual texts. The aim of the project is to digitally catalogue, to a searchable database, the collection of c.1,000 texts owned by Francis Bacon at his death, subsequently donated to the DCGHL. The completion of a comprehensive catalogue will provide the basis for exploring the relationship between the texts and Bacon’s images, and an abridged version will be made accessible online via websites at both the College and the Gallery. The project includes hosting a symposium in order to present aspects of the findings.
 
Post Title Research Assistant
Post Status Up to end June 2012
Department/School History of Art and Architecture, School of Histories and Humanities
Location Department of the History of Art/TRIARC, Trinity College Dublin and
Dublin City Gallery/the Hugh Lane, Dublin
Reports to Dr Yvonne Scott, Principal Investigator
Closing date Monday, 21st February 2011
Salary €24,000 per annum
Hours 35 hours per week

Deadline: 21-02-2011

Contacts:

Link: http://www.tcd.ie

Email: scotty@tcd.ie

Phone number: +353 (0)1 896 1678

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