[Matthew K. Gold (he/him)]

Getty Advanced Workshop: Deadline Oct 15 in the forum NYC Digital Art
History:

Network Analysis + Digital Art History
A Getty Advanced Workshop

Call for Participation

Workshop Schedule
One-week convening, July 29–August 2, 2019
Monthly virtual convenings, Fall–Spring 2019–2020
Two-week convening, June 22–July 3, 2020

The NA+DAH Workshop is a Getty Foundation-supported event that will bring
together art historians, network scientists, and digital humanists to
advance research at the intersection of these fields.

Directed by Alison Langmead (University of Pittsburgh), Anne Helmreich
(Texas Christian University), and Scott B. Weingart (Carnegie Mellon
University)—all scholars engaged with digital art history and network
analysis—the Network Analysis + Digital Art History Workshop will unfold
over a full year and will be framed by two face-to-face convenings held at
the University of Pittsburgh, a schedule that will allow participants to
learn advanced digital methods and project management skills while
fostering a close-knit interdisciplinary community. By the end of the
Workshop, participants will have the expertise and support structure needed
to conduct sophisticated research and build advanced projects at the
intersection of network analysis and art history.

The NA+DAH workshop will welcome up to eight project teams (representing
art historical, technical, and analytic expertise) for a series of
in-person and video convenings, with the expectation that teams will also
be working and collaborating outside the convening framework to develop and
advance their research projects. It is expected that this Getty Advanced
Topics in Digital Art History Workshop will lead to a significant body of
research and we anticipate a potential edited volume or online repository
to share its results.

Event Descriptions
Convening 1: The week-long “Digital Art History + Network Science
Institute” will take place from Monday, July 29–Friday, August 2, 2019.
During this Institute, participating teams will engage with the grand
challenges in digital art history and network analysis, and propose and
structure a year-long research agenda (guided by expert facilitators) that
uses network analysis to advance art historical inquiry. Potential research
topics include museum provenance, exhibition histories, stylistic
similarities, and the history of the art market. Teams should begin working
on their data and approaches in advance of the event, as the convening will
focus on aligning data with project research agendas. Up to three members
per team will be supported to attend this convening.

Between Summer 2019 and Summer 2020, the teams will continue to advance
their research agendas. Each project team will participate in monthly
meetings, convened virtually, to check in on progress and identify further
resources as needed. These virtual meetings and related support will be
facilitated by a research assistant and augmented by the expertise of the
leadership team.

Convening 2: The two-week-long “Co-Working Institute in Art History +
Network Science” will take place from Monday June 22–Friday, July 3, 2020.
This event will include a rigorous daily agenda consisting of continued
training opportunities focused on the exact needs of the teams and current
problems in the field, ample project work time, and daily keynote lectures
by interdisciplinary experts that offer a larger, field-wide picture. Up to
four members per team will be supported to attend this convening.

To Apply
We encourage scholars to apply who are either already engaged in digital
art history and wish to work with network analytic approaches in more
depth, or who are engaged in network science and seek to understand better
how their expertise might be applied to art historical problems. Early,
mid, and later-career academic scholars are all welcome to apply, as are
teams that include art museum professionals, librarians, advanced graduate
students, and others. Teams of at least three that are already formed will
receive priority consideration, particularly those demonstrating a
pre-existing breadth of technical and art historical expertise. Individual
scholars with a project in mind, but who are not yet affiliated with a
team, are encouraged to contact the workshop organizers (na-dah@pitt.edu)
early to seek assistance in finding potential collaborators with whom they
can apply.

Members of the project teams (up to three participants for the 2019
Institute and four for the 2020 Co-Working Institute) will receive funding
for travel to Pittsburgh, lodging, and a per diem rate for food. Additional
team members may attend if self-funded.

To apply, send a 500-word project proposal, including a statement of the
goals for the project, with citations as appropriate (word count is
exclusive of citations), as well as a brief description of the project team
(no more than 300 words per person), their expertise(s), and a CV for each
team member (including links to relevant previous or current digital
projects) to na-dah@pitt.edu. Applications are due October 15, 2018 and
should be sent in PDF format only.

Once all the applications are reviewed, those teams advancing for final
consideration will be interviewed over video conferencing between November
5–16, 2018. Acceptances will be sent by December 14, 2018.

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