Assistant/Associate Professor, Leather Conservation, Royal Danish Academy, Institute of Conservation

Published: March 27, 2023    Conservator, Jobs, Teaching

Closing: June 4, 2023

Please visit Assistant/Associate Professor of Leather Conservation for complete job posting and application instructions.

The Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation invites applications for a permanent, full-time assistant/associate professorship with a particular focus on the conservation of leather, skins, hides, parchment, and furs.

The position commences 1 October 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter. The appointment as an associate professor or assistant professor will be based on your qualifications. The position is affiliated with the Institute of Conservation, which you can read about here: https://royaldanishacademy.com/institute/conservation/about-institute-conservation

The position
We are seeking an employee with a passion for teaching, research, and dissemination of the science of active and preventive conservation of leather, skins, hides, furs and parchment.

As an assistant/associate professor at the Institute of Conservation, you will be working in close collaboration with the other researchers, teachers and Bachelor, Master and PhD students, where you will play an active role in the scholarly environment. You will be teaching conservation to students in the context of the general preservation principles, preventive interventions and open science practices surrounding objects of cultural and natural heritage.

Your teaching focus will be on the materials leather, skins, hides, parchment and furs as regards:

  • Active and preventive conservation
  • Materials science and history of technology
  • Chemical and physical analysis techniques
  • The science of materials decay and deterioration

Your research focus should be within one or more of the above-listed fields.

Application
Please note that this is an abridged version of the post. For all information and the full description of the position, please refer to the online job advertisement:
https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx/?cid=5001&departmentId=7810&ProjectId=166366&MediaId=5&SkipAdvertisement=false&utm_source=jobagent