Director of Garden and Landscape Studies
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library
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.
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