Overview
Dressing the Saints : Dress the Saints project postdoctoral position associated with the project "Dressing the Saints" at the University of Oslo. The position is based at the Faculty of Theology, Blindern, Oslo, with hybrid work possibilities.
How would you dress a saint in art? Working within a historically unparalleled amalgam of an interconnected world and regional religious- and legal reforms, Netherlandish artists at the dawn of the first globalisation created solutions to this question. The project investigates how textiles enrobe bodies of heavenly hosts and how these textiles hold dynamic ontologies. The recently funded project "Dressing the Saints : Gendering and Othering in Netherlandish Art at the Dawn of a Globalized World" (DRESS) provides a novel research agenda for art history and material culture studies, and cross-fertilizes art history, visual anthropology, archival studies, artefact analysis, and re-created historical practices. The project is organized into inter-connected work packages : WP1 Beyond Allure; WP2 Dressing the Other; WP3 The Material Magdalene; and WP4 All that Arachneʼs Art Produces Fully.
The postdoc will develop an independent research project aligned with DRESS aims, with a focus on WP3. Interested applicants are encouraged to contact the principal investigator, Associate Professor Ragnhild M. Bø, to receive the full project description.
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About the project
How would you dress a saint in art? Working within a historically unparalleled amalgam of an interconnected world and regional religious- and legal reforms, Netherlandish artists at the dawn of the first globalisation created solutions to this question. The project investigates how textiles enrobe bodies of the heavenly hosts and how these textiles hold dynamic ontologies. The recently funded project "Dressing the Saints : Gendering and Othering in Netherlandish Art at the Dawn of a Globalized World" (DRESS) provides a novel research agenda for art history and material culture studies, and cross-fertilizes art history, visual anthropology, archival studies, artefact analysis, and re-created historical practices on art works.
Applying a multidisciplinary approach that cross-fertilizes art history, Kleiderkunde (visual anthropology), archival studies, careful interpretation of data from recent advances in art technology and re-created historical artistic practices on art works, DRESS breaks new methodological ground by (1) highlighting the agency of the artist, as painter, sculptor and poet; and (2) probing the interpretive potential from the unheeded descriptions of costumes worn by the saints’ avatars in religious plays. The project is divided into three inter-connected work packages : WP1 Beyond Allure; WP2 Dressing the Other; WP3 The Material Magdalene; and a coda, WP4 All that Arachneʼs Art Produces Fully.
The postdoc will become part of DRESS’ core team which includes the PI and a PhD. The team benefits from an advisory board of internationally renowned scholars and will also be joined by a research assistant in its final year. The appointed person will be affiliated with the Faculty of Theology and the faculty’s research training; the applicant is encouraged to engage in activities by the faculty’s research groups. Moreover, as Associate Professor Ragnhild M. Bø holds a position divided between the Faculty of Theology and the Museum of Cultural History, the appointed person will have access to the museum’s collections and research groups.
The appointment is a full-time position for a duration of 3 years. Residence in Oslo or within commuting distance from Oslo is expected. Place of work is the Faculty of Theology at Blindern, Oslo.
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When applying, retrieve your education results from Vitnemålsportalen.no. If not available there, upload copies of transcripts or grades. All documentation must be in English or a Scandinavian language.
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The University of Oslo has a transfer agreement with all employees regarding research results and related rights.
The University of Oslo is Norway’s oldest and highest-ranked educational and research institution. UiO consistently ranks among the top 50 in the world in Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies (QS 2022).
The Faculty of Theology at UiO has about 68 staff and ~350 students, with research in biblical studies, church history, theology, diaconal and interreligious studies and various study programmes.
The Museum of Cultural History is a major cultural history museum and university department, with extensive collections including ecclesiastical art and runic inscriptions.
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