Fellowship at Trinity College, Dublin

Samuel H. Kress Conservation Fellowship 2016-2017
The Library
Trinity College Dublin

Samuel H. Kress Conservation Fellowship 2016-2017
The Library, Trinity College Dublin

The Preservation and Conservation Department at the Library of
Trinity College Dublin is accepting applications for a Samuel H.
Kress Conservation Fellowship.  The Fellowship will focus on the
treatment of a papyrus Book of the Dead.  This position will suit
either a Paper or Papyrus Conservator and will involve carrying out
the conservation treatment and materials analysis of the selected
Book, as well as developing a template for the treatment, imaging,
storage and display of the collection of Books of the Dead held in
the Library.

The Kress Fellow will be encouraged to research the imagery,
hieroglyphic text and named original owner of the Book of the Dead,
as well as the history of the current 19th century mounting and
framing system.  The project will be led by the Preservation and
Conservation Department with collaboration from the Manuscripts
Department and the Department of Classical Studies.

The Kress Fellow will participate in advocacy and public engagement
associated with the project, and other outreach activities of the
Preservation and Conservation Department.  They will join a dynamic
department with 6 conservators, 2 preservation assistants, 1
technician, and 1 intern, and will participate in the
responsibilities of the team in delivering the stewardship strategy
for the library.

The Fellowship is funded by Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and awarded
by the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation (FAIC),
to the value of $32,000 US.  The placement will run from October
2016 - September 2017.

The Fellowship is open to Canadian or US graduates of Conservation
programmes.

Applicants should send a letter of interest and Curriculum Vitae,
along with two references to

    Susie Bioletti
    Keeper of Preservation and Conservation
    The Library
    Trinity College Dublin
    Dublin 2, Ireland
    bioletts_at_tcd

The closing date for receipt of applications is 29 July 2016.
Interviews will be conducted via Skype in August 2016.  The
selection of the Fellow will be approved by FAIC.

Clodagh Neligan ACR
Senior Paper Conservator
Glucksman Conservation Department
The Library of Trinity College Dublin
University of Dublin
Dublin 2, Ireland.
+353 1 896 1137
+353 1 896 1149


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