伯明翰城市大学中国视觉艺术中心（CCVA）是着眼于中国当代艺术和视觉文化的领先英国研究机构，该中心旨在通过学术研究、策展和跨学科实践产生对中国当代艺术、设计、媒体与视觉文化的新视角和新理解。CCVA有着充满活力的研究氛围，并拥有同行审议的《中国当代艺术期刊》和学术年会。利华休姆学术新秀（Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship）是英国国家最具影响力博士后研究职位，为期三年。
近年来，已有三位年轻学者成功获得此项全职博士后资助：劳伦·沃尔登博士（《中国的超现实主义：1949至今》，2021-2024）、孟德丽博士（《城市即艺术：二十世纪中国的日常审美》，2022-2025）和高士淯博士（《监控文化生成中的中国当代艺术与视觉文化》，2024-2026）。近期，利华休姆新一轮的征聘已经启动，CCVA特此邀请相关学者提交研究意向书。
CCVA尤为欢迎以下方向的研究：
东亚（尤其是中國、日本和韩国）的当代艺术与视觉文化；
当代中国的城市艺术、设计与文化；
中国社会中的艺术与日常；
中国现代艺术与先锋派；
更多研究方向可参考《中国当代艺术期刊》（https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-contemporary-chinese-art ）
请在2024年10月15日前发送研究意向书（英文），需包含以下内容（不超多三页A4纸）：研究课题；项目简介（150字以内）；研究问题；研究背景；研究目的；研究方法；项目管理和工作机会；预期研究成果；影响力；传播渠道以及研究受益人。
请将意向书和研究者简历发送至姜节泓教授（Joshua.Jiang@bcu.ac.uk）并抄送至 ccva@bcu.ac.uk，CCVA将于2024年10月底前进行内部审议，并通知入围者，以便进一步深化研究方案。入围者需在2025年2月20日下午4点之前向利华休姆基金会提交最终申请。更多信息见以下英文内容。
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Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships 2025
Call for Expressions of Interest
Centre for Chinese Visual Arts, Birmingham City University
As a leading research cluster in the UK, the Centre for Chinese Visual Arts (CCVA) at Birmingham City University aims to foster new understandings and perspectives of Chinese contemporary arts, design, media and visual culture through curating exhibition, interdisciplinary practices and academic research. Within a vibrant research environment, we host the Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (Intellect) and our influential annual conference. We also enjoy a strong cohort of senior academics, post-doctoral researchers, PhDs and postgraduate students, and welcome contributions from our Research Associates and Visiting Scholars.
Following the success of securing three Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship awards at CCVA, Dr. Lauren Walden (Surrealism in the People’s Republic of China: 1949-present, 2021-24), Dr. Federica Mirra (The City as Art: Living Aesthetics in Twenty-First-Century China, 2022-25) and Dr. Shiyu Gao (Emerging Surveillance Culture in Contemporary China: Art and Visuality since 2012, 2024-26), we are inviting Expressions of Interest (EoI) from candidates to apply for the 2025 round.
For our future Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships, we can support proposed research projects in the following areas:
Contemporary art and visual culture in East Asia (China, Japan, and South Korea)
Urban art, design and culture in contemporary China
Art and the everyday in Chinese society
Chinese modern art and the avant-garde
Further research interests are reflected in our thematic journal issues (Volume 4 onwards), which can be consulted from https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-contemporary-chinese-art
CCVA will conduct an internal competition before putting forward a selection of high-quality applications for submission to the Birmingham City University selection panel for consideration. Those supported by the university selection panel will then be invited to further develop their proposals with a view to submission to the Leverhulme Trust. Proposed Project should be 36 months, to start between 1st September 2025 and 1 May 2026.
To apply, please submit an EoI to comprise the following (no more than 3 sides of A4): Project Title, Summary Description of the Project (150 words), Research Questions, Research Context, Aims and Objectives, Research Methods, Project Management and Outline Work Plan, Outputs, Impact, Dissemination, and Beneficiaries of the research.
Once complete, please email your application and an academic CV to Professor Jiang Jiehong (Joshua.Jiang@bcu.ac.uk) and ccva@bcu.ac.uk by 15th October 2024. We hope to confirm by the end of October 2024 those EoI’s approved to progress to develop a full application towards the Leverhulme Trust deadline by 4 pm on 20th February 2025 and will issue selected applicants with a timetable and guidance to support this process.
This highly prestigious scheme for early career researchers offers 50% funding towards the salary costs of a three-year academic research position (with the other 50% funded by the university), as well as offering research expenses up to £6,000 per annum to facilitate the Fellow’s research activities. The purpose of the scheme is to enable its Fellows to undertake a significant piece of publishable work during their tenure, increasing their potential to secure a more permanent academic position beyond the fellowship.
For more Information about the scheme, including detailed eligibility criteria, see: https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/grant-schemes/early-career-fellowships. Please note you are responsible for determining your eligibility.
