Visual Studies Platform at CEU

Call for Visual Artists - might be an interesting opportunity for you! (English below.)
https://www.ceu.edu/news/2025-10/ceu-35th-anniversary-public-art-commission-call-artist-proposals

CEU 35 – Nyilvános művészeti pályázat alkotóknak

A CEU nyilvános művészeti pályázatot hirdet 35. évfordulója alkalmából. Olyan merész és inspiráló köztéri műalkotás megvalósítására keresünk alkotókat, amely a közösség, a reziliencia és a kritikai gondolkodás eszméit jeleníti meg, és a CEU történetéhez, valamint jövőképéhez kapcsolódik.

📍 A kiválasztott műalkotás a bécsi Quellenstrasse campus homlokzatán vagy az épület előtt kap helyet, és az évfordulós rendezvények kiemelt eleme lesz.

👉 Részletek és pályázati felhívás: https://www.ceu.edu/news/2025-10/ceu-35th-anniversary-public-art-commission-call-artist-proposals

CEU 35 – Public Art Commission: Call for Artist Proposals

To mark its 35th anniversary, CEU invites visual artists to propose a bold and inspiring public artwork that captures the university’s spirit of resilience, dialogue, and transformation and celebrating both CEU’s past and future.

📍 The selected artwork will be installed on the façade or in front of the CEU Quellenstrasse campus in Vienna, and will be a central element of the anniversary celebrations.

👉 Full call and details: https://www.ceu.edu/news/2025-10/ceu-35th-anniversary-public-art-commission-call-artist-proposals

Professor Khadija Zinnenburg Carroll's and Repatriates Project activities 'Eternos Retornos' during the WienWoche Sept 13, 2025.

Interesting Film Festival this weekend; organized at University of Vienna. Check it out!

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ANTHROFUTURE Film Festival
13-14 June, 2025
Hörsaal A, NIG

The ANTHROFUTURE Film Festival explores the potential of filmmaking as a research method to investigate experiences of time and temporality, especially people’s orientations towards the future and their practices of future-making in the present. How can people’s relations with the time and the future be investigated? How can they be represented in cinematographic form? The festival showcases attempts to carve out new lives in virtual and material worlds, addressing hopes and dreams as well as protests, violence, and attempts to reconstruct memories. It includes films made by anthropologists, artists, and documentary filmmakers.

Day 1, Friday 13 June
13:00 – 15:30 Decolonization and the Moving Image
Otjozondjupa (Waterberg) by Forensic Architecture
Dahomey by Mati Diop
16:00 – 19:00 Youth, Activism & Education
A Night of Knowing Nothing by Payal Kapadia

Day 2, Saturday 14 June
10:00-12:45 Memory and Mobility
Cool Memories of Remote Gods by Mochu
Horror in the Andes by Martha-Cecilia Dietrich
It Was Tomorrow by Alexandra D’Onofrio
13:45-16:30 Imaginaries and Speculation
Affiorare by Rosella Schillaci
Moskitos by Susana Ojeda
Painted Diagram of a Future Voyage (Who Believes the Lens?) by Mochu
A Terrible Beauty by Iram Ghufran
17:00-19:30 Representing Virtual Worlds
Knit’s Island by Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, Quentin L’Helgoualc’h (France, 2023), 95 min.

Information about the films: https://www.anthrofuture.com/film-festival

You find the poster and flyer attached.

All films are screened in the original language with English subtitles.

No registration is required.

The ANTHROFUTURE Film Festival is part of the research project The Anthropology of the Future: An Art World Perspective led by Manuela Ciotti, based at the University of Vienna and funded by the European Research Council.
We look forward to seeing you in Lecture Hall A!

The curatorial team,
Sanderien Verstappen, Marie-Christine Hartig, and Manuela Ciotti

Open Call for CEU Visions 2025 Photo Exhibition

The Visual Studies Platform at CEU, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, is pleased to announce an open call for a photography exhibition to be held at the CEU Vienna campus. We invite students and staff to submit their photographic work that sheds light on various aspects of our world, society, and the human experience.

We encourage submissions that explore a wide range of topics, from the profound to the seemingly mundane, such as social and environmental issues, urban life, gender and identity, the human condition, the banality of the everyday, personal narratives, and beyond. The exhibition aims to showcase the diverse perspectives and creative approaches of our talented CEU community.

The exhibition is curated by Daniel Halasz, VSP Visiting Professor of Photography at CEU.

Submission requirements
• a completed or work-in-progress photographic series of at least 8 images,
• a title for the project,
• a paragraph describing the work in 100-150 words.

Entry deadline: Monday, April 28, 2025, midnight through the following link: https://forms.office.com/e/ZcqDyuvV9T . (Please use your CEU email or alumni email address for submission.)

Exhibition opening: Monday, May 26, 2025, 6pm at the CEU Vienna Cafeteria.

The exhibition will be on view until June 23, 2025 and is open to the public daily from 8 am to 5 pm.

We look forward to receiving submissions and showcasing your talent.

If you have any questions, please contact the Visual Studies Platform at [email protected] .

All the best,

the VSP Team

CfP: ACTIVATE Workshop "Comparative Archival Ecologies"

ACTIVATE, an EU Horizon Europe project approaching social dissent as cultural heritage, announces CfP for its first hybrid workshop Comparative Archival Ecologies: Mapping Alternative Audiovisual Media, at La Contemporaine, in Nanterre, France. Submit your abstract exploring archival strategies related to media activism until May 5, 2025!

For more information check:

CfP: ACTIVATE Workshop "Comparative Archival Ecologies" Comparative Archival Ecologies: Mapping Alternative Audiovisual Media Collections

Great news - an open call for 2 PhD positions in image history or history in Basel. Check it out!

JOB OPPORTUNITY: PhD Positions in Theory and History of the Image (2 Positions) at eikones Graduate School, University of Basel in Basel, Switzerland.

Read the full listing on our website: https://callforcurators.com/call/phd-positions-in-theory-and-history-of-the-image-2-positions/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social%2520media&utm_campaign=phd-basel-eikones-25

💸 Salary: According to University of Basel standards for doctoral positions
🗓 Employment Type: 100% (4 years)
📧 Application deadline: 27 April 2025

The eikones Graduate School at the University of Basel offers two 4-year doctoral positions to complete dissertations on image theory and history. Since 2005, eikones has served as an interdisciplinary research center investigating images across historical periods and contemporary societies.

Required academic qualifications include: MA degree or equivalent in relevant fields (completed within last 2 years by September 2025) and eligible disciplines are: History, Art History, Ancient History, Egyptology, English, German Literature, Latin Studies, Media Studies, Musicology, Philosophy

Join us on Thursday at 6.30pm at Belvedere 21's Blickle Kino for the screening of award winning film 1489. Hurry to get a free ticket here: https://www.belvedere.at/event-tickets/10488 .

🎬 Verzió Human Rights Documentary Festival: 1489 📅 Donnerstag, 10. April 2025 🕡 18:30 – 20:30 Uhr Seit 2004 ist das Verzió Human Rights Documentary Festival die größte Plattform für Menschenrechts-Dokumentarfilme in Ungarn. „Verzió“ bedeutet „Version“ – eine Erinnerung daran, dass es viele Möglichkeiten gibt, die Welt zu sehen. Gemeinsam mit dem Belvedere 21 und der Visual Studies Platform an der CEU präsentiert Verzió den Film 1489 von Shoghakat Vardanyan – ein tiefgehender Einblick in bewegende Geschichten und Perspektiven. Den Trailer zum Film seht ihr bereits hier. Ein Vorgeschmack auf einen eindrucksvollen Dokumentarfilm, den ihr nicht verpassen solltet! 🎟 Die Teilnahme im Blickle Kino ist nur mit kostenlosem Veranstaltungsticket möglich. #VerzióFestival #Belvedere21 #BlickleKino

Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival presents 1489, an award-winning film by Shoghakat Vardanyan on April 10, 2025 at Vienna's Belvedere21 Blickle Kino. Obtain your free entry tickets here: https://www.belvedere.at/event/verzio-human-rights-documentary-festival-1489.
The film will be screened in Armenian, with English subtitles.
The event can only be visited with the free ticket obtained from Belvedere21's Blickle Kino web-site. Please get it through the above provided link.

Verzió Human Rights Documentary Festival: 1489 Film Screening Thursday, April 10, 2025, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Soghomon Vardanyan, a 21-year-old student and musician, was nearing the end of his mandatory military service when the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War broke out in 2020. On the seventh day of the conflict, the young man went missing. Using her...

CEU Media Hub Spring Podcast Workshops

Starting on Monday, April 7, 2025, 5:40 pm – 7:20 pm

Instructors: Thomas Aichinger, CEU’s Audio Education Specialist; Peter Kollreider, Audio Storyteller

The CEU Library’s Media Hub and the Visual Studies Platform are pleased to offer an introductory podcasting workshop this spring, open to CEU students, faculty and staff. The workshop will utilize the CEU Library’s Audio Lab, which includes the soundproof Recording Studio, the Mixing Suite for audio post-production, as well as a range of audio field recording equipment. After completing the workshop, participants are authorized to use the Audio Lab’s resources in the future. The workshop will be comprised of six sessions held over eight weeks: five consecutive sessions, a 2-week break for production, then one final session.

Workshop: Podcasting: A beginner’s workshop

Podcasts offer a highly accessible format that can help you present, promote and more broadly disseminate your research. This workshop provides conceptual and hands-on instruction for participants to complete an episode of a podcast during the course, from learning to develop a concept, record oneself and/or interview partners, and complete all necessary audio post-production. Participants receive feedback and critique from both instructors and peers to develop and refine their projects at each stage of completion.

Applicants submit a summary of their podcast idea with their application, which should relate in some way to their coursework, scholarship or research. The workshop is not intended for producing promotional content. Those that already have an ongoing podcast and want to improve its quality are also welcome to apply.

Dates: Mondays, 17:40-19:20, April 7 – May 5. There will be a 2 week break for production, and the sixth & final session will be on May 26.

Guidelines:

- 12 applicants will be selected to participate on a first come, first served basis.
- CEU Students, faculty and staff are welcome to apply.
- All sessions are necessary to complete each workshop, please make sure that you can attend all.
- No prior experience is necessary, but applicants should have basic computer skills.
- These workshops cannot be taken for course credit.
- Administrative staff who wish to participate should do so in consultation with their supervisor

To apply: please send an email to aichingert[at]ceu . edu including the following:

Your name, department, and position at CEU.
A brief summary of any experience with audio production.
A link to your podcast if you already have one (optional).
A short synopsis of your preliminary idea for a podcast (max. 250 words).

Deadline for applications: March 21th, 2025

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Document Scanning Technician job at George Eastman Museum (Rochester, NY)

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The George Eastman Museum in Rochester, NY, is currently hiring for a Document Scanning Technician. We invite qualified candidates to apply for this opportunity to contribute to the museum’s archival digitization efforts.

Job Title: Document Scanning Technician
Department: Moving Image Department
Reports To: Nancy Kauffman
Status/Salary: Non-Exempt, Full-time position, 37.5 hours per week. Hourly $18.00 to $19.00 per hour
Assignment Terms: 18-month assignment
Posting Date: February 15, 2025

Job Summary:

Convert materials from the Leo Hurwitz paper archive to digital format using a high-resolution scanner; edit digital files; ensure proper image quality; create descriptive metadata according to professional standards; run OCR-software on digitized documents to create rich-text files.

Job Duties:

Prep materials for digitization and scan them using a high-resolution scanner.
Crop, deskew, correct color or brightness imbalances, and otherwise edit scanned images using software such as Adobe Photoshop or GIMP.
Check for proper image quality and resolve any problems.
Run character-recognition software such as ABBYY FineReader to create searchable text files.
Create descriptive metadata using content standards and controlled vocabularies.
Input files and metadata into the museum’s archival management and digital preservation systems.

Education Requirements:

College degree in a relevant field (such as digital imaging, library studies, archival studies, film studies, etc).

Minimum Qualifications/Experience Requirements:

Knowledge of archival practices required
Knowledge of document scanning and basic image editing required
Knowledge of film production, cinema history, and/or archival description preferred
Attention to detail
Strong organizational skills
Problem-solving skills
Ability to handle fragile papers with care
Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Technology/Equipment Tools:

Personal computer/laptop
Overhead book scanner
Adobe Photoshop or GIMP
ArchivesSpace (training to be provided)
Archivematica (training to be provided)
ABBY FineReader OCR software
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Email

Physical Activity:

The duties of this position require standing, walking, sitting, lifting/carrying (30lbs), pushing/pulling (50lbs), climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, speaking, hearing, seeing, depth perception, color vision, and repetitive motions.
To be considered for this position, please email a cover letter and a current CV or resume to Nancy Kauffman, Archivist, at [email protected]

The Eastman Museum is committed to equal opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, s*x, s*xual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. The Eastman Museum will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.