[Sasnet] Fwd: Asst. Curator Position at the Field Museum

[James Burton]

>>
>>> From: Haidri, Alina
>>> Subject: Asst. Curator Position at the Field Museum
>>>
>>> Good morning,
>>>
>>> The department of anthropology at Chicagos Field Museum is  
>>> embarking upon a curatorial search to fill the position of  
>>> Assistant Curator of anthropology.
>>>
>>> Attached you will find an announcement relating the details of  
>>> the search. Please distribute among members of your department.
>>>

>>> Best,
>>> Alina Haidri
>>> Administrative Assistant
>>> Department of Anthropology
>>> The Field Museum
>>> 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive
>>> Chicago, IL 60605
>>> (312)665 7833
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Chicagos Field Museum announces an opening for a tenure-track  
>> position as Assistant Curator of Anthropology for fall 2008.  The  
>> museum seeks a top scholar whose research addresses themes  
>> relevant to a broad public and speaks to the discipline at large.   
>> The successful candidate will have an active field research  
>> program documented by grants and publications and will be firmly  
>> grounded in collections based research.  Applicants should have a  
>> focus on material culture and a willingness to collaborate with  
>> local scholars and communities from the areas in which they  
>> study.  Geographical, technical, and sub-disciplinary areas of  
>> expertise are open, but should complement existing department  
>> strengths.  The museum has collections and research interests in  
>> North America, the circum-Mediterranean, and any part of Asia that  
>> are currently underrepresented on our curatorial faculty.
>>
>>
>>
>> The Field Museum is one of the worlds top natural history research  
>> museums, with over 150 scientists on staff and a curatorial  
>> faculty of nearly 40.  The Department of Anthropology, with 10  
>> curators, is one of the most active departments in the nation in  
>> terms of research, exhibitions, active field collection, and  
>> education.  The museum has significant laboratory facilities in  
>> molecular genetics, compositional chemistry, and scanning electron  
>> microscopy.  In conjunction with the Department of Anthropology at  
>> the University of Illinois at Chicago, the faculty offers the PhD  
>> in Anthropology from UIC.  Curators have full graduate faculty  
>> status and chair PhD committees in this program.  We have also  
>> developed an evolving joint program with Northwestern Universitys  
>> Department of Anthropology.  Please see our website http:// 
>> www.fieldmuseum.org/research_collections/anthropology/default.htm
>>
>>
>>
>> Interested scholars should send a letter of interest, statement of  
>> research and collection-oriented objectives, and cv including  
>> names and contact information of three references to:  Curatorial  
>> Search Committee Chair, Department of Anthropology, Field Museum  
>> of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60605.   
>> For fullest consideration, submissions must be received by  
>> November 30, 2007.  The Field Museum is an equal opportunity  
>> employer.
>>
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