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Director of Garden and Landscape Studies

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library

Washington, DC

Full-Time

 

Please apply at www.jobs.harvard.edu and refer to requisition number: 32522

Application Deadline 02/29/2008

 

Duties And Responsibilities:  Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection The Director of Garden and Landscape Studies oversees the program at Dumbarton Oaks, including the preliminary review and editing of publications; administers the program including supervision of staff and budget development; organizes annual symposia, public lectures, and colloquia, as well as smaller scholarly gatherings, seminars, and summer programs; encourages and advises the Fellows and Junior Fellows, who are resident for an academic year or term to pursue their own research; consults on the development of the library as well as archives; and generally promotes the development of the field.

 

Required Education, Experience and Skills:  Candidates must have a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline; a distinguished record of publications; and strong administrative, editorial, and interpersonal skills. They should have a broad acquaintance with various aspects of the field outside their own specialty. They must be well acquainted with the American academic setting, and have the interest and ability to join in the general intellectual life of Dumbarton Oaks. Candidates with 15+ Research and Publications experience are preferred. The appointment is for five years, with the possibility of renewal, and will become available in July 2008.

 

Additional Web Position Listing:  Located in residential Georgetown, Washington, D.C. The Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection is an international center for scholarship, providing resources for study and publishing scholarly works in Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, and Garden and Landscape Studies. Begun as a private collection by Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss in 1920, and given to Harvard University in 1940, the library and collections include art objects, artefacts, manuscripts, and rare books

 

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