Stillingstittel:
PhD Fellowship - Architecture, Print Culture and Public Debate

Stillingsbeskrivelse:
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) is a specialized university and a leadinginternational architecture and design school that provides education within architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism and design. AHOs fields of knowledge focus on design in all scales; objects, buildings, urban areas and landscaping. AHO is organized into four institutes, and has approx. 700 students and 135 employees.Institute of Form, Theory and History (FTH) teaches and conducts research in architectural history and theory, design history, critical conservation and drawing. The faculty teaches at all academic levels, spanning from first year studio via master studios to the ph.d. programme. FTH offers a professional Master in Architectural Heritage. Courses at FTH draw on ongoing research projects, with a focus on Norwegian architectural history/historiography, design history, transformation of historical structures, contemporary architecture, as well as museums, models and architectural exhibitions. Master diplomas and doctoral dissertations advised by FTH faculty are embedded in these fields. The staff includes historians and practicing architects, and counts 25 people, including ph.d. candidates and part time teachers. The Oslo Centre for Critical Architectural Studies (OCCAS) is part of FTH (see occas.aho.no).

The Oslo Centre for Critical Architectural Studies (OCCAS) is a centre for advanced, humanities based research into architectural culture. The centre consists of an interdisciplinary community of researchers dedicated to the documentation, interpretation and criticism of architecture as a cultural, historical, and material phenomenon. OCCAS runs several international, interdisciplinary research projects and has a strong international network, forming a leading milieu in the field of architectural history. Combining updated theoretical perspectives with empirical and archival research, OCCAS insists on the contemporary relevance of historical research, its critical potential, and its urgent function in understanding the built environments of the present and the future. For more information, see http://occas.aho.no/

OCCAS has recently focused on the relationship between architecture and print culture in modern Europe, from 1700 to the present. We are particularly interested in the way architectural debate in public and professional media (newspapers, journals, magazines, catalogues, guidebooks, etc.) impacts architectural thinking, production, and preservation, and how architecture becomes a site for discussion, negotiation and contestation of larger cultural issues. Investigation may also comprise publication history, addressing issues such as the techniques, formatting and circulation of architectural representation and the dialogue between constructing buildings on site and on paper. We ask for PhD proposals that explore aspects of these issues, drawing on a well-defined historical material from the above mentioned period. We particularly encourage applicants working on the period 1700-1850. The PhD position will be linked to several of OCCAS research projects, in particular The Printed and the Built. Architecture and Public Debate in Modern Europe https://theprintedandthebuilt.wordpress.com/.

 

Academic requirements:

Applicants must hold a master's degree or equivalent in a field of relevance to the call, for instance from architectural history, art history, heritage studies, or other humanities disciplines.

 The application must include:

• A tentative project description of maximum 5 pages
• A letter of application describing why the applicant feels qualified for this position (two A4 pages maximum).
• CV
• Copies of educational certificates (foreign applicants must attach an explanation of thei
  
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  Arbeidsgiver Navn: Arkitektur og designhøgskolen i Oslo Ins
  
  Arbeidsgiver adresse: Maridalsveien 29 0175 OSLO
  
  Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers
  
  Land: Norge
  
  Region: Oslo
  
  Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge
  
  Lønn valuta: NOK
  
  Lønn periode: Pr. år
  
  
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