JOB: postdoctoraal onderzoeker en ZAP'er (KMSKB en UAntwerpen)

Postdoctoraal onderzoeker en ZAP'er
Project Abbey Rd. Revisited. 
A critical study and remedy for the Meunier Museum as a satellite of the RMFAB
Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België en Universiteit Antwerpen
Deadline voor kandidaturen: 14 februari 2022

The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and the Faculty of Design Sciences (University of Antwerp) have the following full-time function (100%) vacant. This position consists of two related appointments in the context of the Belgian federal government's FED-tWIN funding program, in particular for Abbey Rd. Revisited. A critical study and remedy for the Meunier Museum as a satellite of the RMFAB (ref.: Prf-2021-001_Abbey Rd #2):

1. A part-time (50%) appointment as Work Leader (Class SW2) at the RMFAB

2. A part-time (10%) appointment as Senior Academic Staff (ZAP) and a part-time (40%) appointment as postdoc researcher (BAP) at UAntwerpen, Faculty of Design Sciences, ARCHES research group (Heritage Studies and Conservation-Restoration educational programs)

FED-tWIN is a federal research program of the Federal Public Service Science Policy Programming Service (BELSPO) with the aim of stimulating sustainable cooperation between ten federal science institutions and Belgian Universities through the funding of joint research profiles.

Constantin Meunier in his studio in the rue de l'Abbaye in Brussels

Brief description of the Abbey Rd. Revisited research profile

Small museum entities that are part of a larger museum group are often not a priority as far as strategic management is concerned. The geographical distance to the mother museum creates a mental gap that helps to understand why in general these ‘satellite museums’ lack resources, are short in personnel, have problems with their buildings, and even have difficulties to offer the adequate material conditions for the preservation of artworks. Although suited for experiencing heritage, the small scale causes gigantic challenges, but also new experiences and alternative tourism potential. Precisely these problems and issues will be addressed and tackled in this project on the Meunier Museum. It will mobilize an important series of scholarly resources and will generate new experiences and insights that are relevant and innovating in museology and heritage sciences and practices. The current project is (on) the front zone and the intersection of several scholarly disciplines: art history, history, conservation-restoration science (of both immovable and movable heritage), museology, critical heritage studies, policy studies, tourism studies and cultural management sciences.

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Senior Academic Staff and postdoc researcher / Work Leader (RMFAB) Abbey Rd. Revisited. A critical study and remedy for the Meunier Museum as a satellite of the RMFAB | University of Antwerp (uantwerpen.be)