University of Toronto-France Art History Partnership

• Hector Chapron (Sorbonne Université), « La mode des bustes antiques comme objets de décor : itinéraire commercial, circulation et critères de sélection des acheteurs selon l’évolution des goûts dans l’Europe de 1515 à 1830 » / “The fashion for antique busts as decorative objects: commercial route, circulation and buyer selection criteria according to the evolution of tastes in Europe from 1515 to 1830” (2023)
• Thibaud Hébert (Sorbonne Université) : « Du patrimoine didactique à l’archéologie des maquettes » / “From educational heritage to the archaeology of models” (2023)
• Philomène Renard (École Pratique des Hautes Études) : « Giovanni Bellini (vers 1430-1516) et son atelier : recherches sur l'organisation du travail, la technique et la matérialité » / “Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430–1516) and his workshop: research on the organisation of work, the technique and the materiality” (2023)
• Nicole Liao (University of Toronto), "Mimetic Colour Technologies before the Lumiere Autochrome" (2023)
• Benjamin Pulver (University of Toronto), "To Err is Human: Morality and Desire in French Art of the 'Long Digital Age'" (2023)
• Ivana Dizdar (University of Toronto), "Representations of the Arctic in French Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture" (2023)
• Jillian Husband (University of Toronto), "Savoldo from Venice to Fontainebleau" (2024)
• James Levinsohn (University of Toronto), "Sophie Calle's Des histoires vraies and the Body" (2024)
• Eyal Pundik (University of Toronto), "Framing Burgundian Performance" (2024)
• Amalya Feldman (University of Toronto), "French Connections to Medieval Mallorca" (2024)
• Jennifer Franks (University of Toronto), "Voltaire's Chair and Madame Lavoisier's Hat" (2024)
• Xin Yue Wang (University of Toronto), "'Tasting God'– The Last Supper in Medieval Art" (2024)
• Tara Chapron (Sorbonne-Université), "To contribute to the study of Ancient Societies Costumes : sources, lexicon issues and the current state of research" (2024)
• Christopher Bakke (École Pratique des Hautes Études), "The Pictorial Technique of Caravaggio and the Tools of the Technical Art Historian" (2024)
• Aleksandra Bursac (University of Toronto), "Between Media and Material: Degas’s Reinvention of the Motif" (2024)

The Department of Art History at the University of Toronto offers a postdoctoral fellowship to graduates from France. The fellowship will be awarded for two years starting in September 2024. The post-doctoral position comes with an annual salary of $ 60,000 all inclusive. The aim of this fellowship is to advance meaningful cross-cultural art historical exchanges between Canada and France and to strengthen national and international cultural ecosystems. The successful post-doctoral fellow will play a critical role in implementing the objectives of this initiative.

The fellow is expected to be in residence in Toronto and will carry on a research project in their own area of French art and visual culture. They will also work with the University of Toronto staff to develop cross-cultural exchanges with French institutions. In particular the fellow:

• will assist in the management of the program of cross-cultural exchanges (Visiting Professorships and the International Doctoral Cluster);

• will promote student exchange opportunities and other connections between France and Canada;

• will help in creating opportunities for Canadian undergraduate, M.A. and Ph.D. students to develop new and deeper ties with scholars and institutions in France.

Applicants must hold a degree from a French university and must have defended their Ph.D. thesis before the start of the fellowship in September 2024 but no more than five years prior to this time. The successful candidate must demonstrate a strong research agenda and have an established record of collaborations with French institutions. The candidate should be fluent in English and French.

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual and gender minority groups, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. Engagement as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto is covered by the terms of the CUPE 3902 Unit 5 Collective Agreement.

Candidates should submit the following documents compiled into a single file to arthistory.chair@utoronto.ca:

1) Letter of interest;

2) Curriculum vitae;

3) Project proposal (maximum 2 pages excluding bibliography);

4) Research sample (chapter of the Ph.D. thesis) or published contribution;

5) Two letters of reference (to be included in the application package);

6) 100-word research description;

7) 100-word biographical statement.

Complete applications must be submitted by April 30, 2024 to be considered. Questions can be addressed to arthistory.chair@utoronto.ca