Author: underwaterarchaeologyjobs

1) Marine Geographer, Florida International University, closes May 21

2) Volunteer Manager, Scottish Maritime Museum, closes May 5

3) Historian, Naval Special Warfare Command, closes April 24

This position is located in the Naval Special Warfare Command (CNSWC), Coronado, California. The historian administers the command history program, researching, analyzing, documenting, cataloguing and archiving historical material, documents, images and information.

US Coast Guard Student Trainee (Historian), closes 23 April

This is a Student Summer Hire position. The incumbent of this position serves as a Historian reporting directly to the Chief, Property Accountability Division (CG-844). The incumbent conducts research of historical documents and records to ascertain the existence and completeness of Coast Guard heritage assets.

East Carolina University:

Maritime Archaeology.  Applications are invited for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant or associate professor to begin on August 21, 2012.  Salary is competitive.  Ph.D. is required, and candidates must be certified to dive, at the time of application.  Area of specialty is open. Preference will be given to candidates who offer records of scholarly publications, teaching excellence, and experience directing underwater archaeological field schools.  Responsibilities include graduate teaching (M.A., Ph.D.) in maritime archaeology, directing field schools, advising, scholarly publication, and professional service.  Applicants must complete a candidate profile and submit a curriculum vita and letter of application online at www.jobs.ecu.edu. 

In addition, please arrange for original graduate transcripts and three current letters of recommendation to be sent to: Dr. Timothy Jenks, Chair, Search Committee, Department of History, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC  27858-4353.  Screening will begin April 2012, and continue until the position is filled.  ECU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action University that accommodates individuals with disabilities.  Individuals requesting a disability accommodation should call the ECU Office of Disability Support Services at 252-737-1016 (Voice/TTY/Relay).  Proper documentation of identity and employability are required at the time of employment.

1) Curator, Florida Maritime Museum, ncd.

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2) Postdoc Research Associate, University of Liverpool, closes 10 May.

We are seeking to appoint an individual to work on the AHRC-funded project ‘Stepping stones to the Neolithic Islands, maritime connectivity and the ‘western seaways’ of Britain, 5000-3500 BC’. You will construct a database of sites within the western seaways, assist with the writing of a radiocarbon dating funding application and organise a conference in Liverpool on ‘cross-Channel connections throughout prehistory’. You will have a PhD in the later prehistory of north-western Europe and experience of working with archaeological site reports for research purposes. The post is available for 1 year on a 0.8 fte basis.

 

3) Science Learning Officer, The Mary Rose Trust, closes 11 May

The Mary Rose Trust is responsible for the care of the only recovered 16th Century warship, the Mary Rose, and her unique collection of 19,000 artefacts. A state-of-the-art new museum in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard will open late this year. It will represent the very best in 21st Century architecture and construction and provide a beautiful and secure environment for the finest collection of 16th Century artefacts in the world.

We are creating the new post of Science Learning Officer to join our learning team and be responsible for the content and delivery of our science learning programmes. These specifically relate to the Mary Rose and the ongoing conservation of the ship and artefacts, and are delivered to a range of ages from primary to A level students.

Deputy State Archaeologist (Underwater), State of North Carolina, closes April 25, APPLY TODAY!

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Underwater archaeologist with URS has been re-advertised.

M.A. or M.S., in Anthropology, Nautical Archaeology, or related field, and a minimum 10 years of underwater archaeological experience including shipwreck documentation, ship reconstruction, and archaeological conservation; must meet Secretary of Interior (SOI) standards (36 CFR 61) in archaeology.

The candidate will have DAN O2 training, SCUBA First Aid and CPR training with AED, dry suit training, and Advanced Open Water and Rescue Diver certifications.

Must be well versed in standard and advanced underwater and nautical archaeological techniques for all phases of archaeological investigations.

The Edward S. Miller Research Fellowship in Naval History.

The Naval War College Foundation intends to award one grant of $1,000 to the researcher with the greatest need and can make the optimum use of the research materials for naval history located in the Naval War College’s Archives, Naval Historical Collection, Naval War College Museum, and Henry E. Eccles Library. Further information on the manuscript and archival collections and copies of the registers for specific collections are available on request from the Head, Naval Historical Collection, Naval War College. E-mail: evelyn.cherpak@usnwc.edu This information can be found on the website of the US Naval War College www.usnwc.edu and there is also a convenient link to the guides and registers for that collection available at www.navaldocuments.org

The recipient will be a Research Fellow in the Naval War College’s Maritime History Department, which will provide administrative support during the research visit. Submit detailed research proposal that includes a full statement of financial need and comprehensive research plan for optimal use of Naval War College materials, curriculum vitae, at least two letters of recommendation, and relevant background information to Miller Naval History Fellowship Committee, Naval War College Foundation, 686 Cushing Road, Newport RI 02841-1207, by 1 September 2012. For further information, contact the chair of the selection committee at john.hattendorf@usnwc.edu Employees of the U.S. Naval War College or any agency of the U.S. Department of Defense are not eligible for consideration; EEO/AA regulations apply.

1) Internship in Museum Education or Museum Studies, Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, ME
A summer intern in education or museum studies is needed at the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport, Maine. This person would be trained to conduct public programming for children and adults. Programs for children will include arts and crafts projects, reading, outdoor and indoor games, and special campus tours. Other activities, for children and adults, would include demonstrations of “Yard in the Yard,” a working scale model of a square rigger mast, sail and capstan that involves active participation from visitors; and hands-on public presentations of marine life using the museum’s Touch Tank. Programs would be scheduled weekly for public drop-in participation.  The intern will need good ability to work with children and adults; energy for outdoor demonstrations; and willingness to learn programs. Creative input is encouraged and welcome! This is an unpaid intern position and runs for eight weeks, 24 hrs/wk, from mid-June through mid-August. To apply, send resume and cover letter by April 15 to bschopmeyer@pmm-maine.org or by mail to Betty Schopmeyer, Education Director, Penobscot Marine Museum, P.O. Box 498, Searsport, ME 04974

2) Archives Intern, Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, ME
Penobscot Marine Museum seeks an unpaid Archives Intern to work with Museum staff and volunteers in our extensive collection of vessel primary source materials and photographs.  Duties include organizing and arranging the Vessel File primary source documents and photographs, cataloguing the documents and photographs into our PastPerfect Museum Software and creating a finding aid for the Vessel File Collection.  The duration of these opportunities is 32 to 40 hrs/wk for eight weeks during summer 2012 with flexible start dates.  The successful candidate will have completed coursework in American History, Library Science, or Museum Studies and possess excellent organizational, written and interpersonal skills. Regional historical/maritime knowledge a plus. To apply, send resume and cover letter by April 15 to cgood@pmm-maine.org or by mail to Cipperly Good, Collections Manager, Penobscot Marine Museum, P.O. Box 498, Searsport, ME 04974.

1) Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum, USS Edson DD-946. SVNSM is seeking a full time Executive Director/Superintendant. Candidates should have a combination of small business management and high interest in historic preservation. Military background, with a working knowledge of Naval ship operations and maintenance is preferred. Salary and benefits are commensurate with other administrative positions among historic naval ship programs.  Please respond to SVNSM, 3727 E. Wilder Road, Suite B, Bay City, MI 48706 or email at vipuss946@sbcglobal.net. Office phone number is: (989) 684-3946.

2) Installation Assistants (2-3 posts), The Mary Rose Trust, closes 23 April

The Mary Rose Trust is undertaking a £35 million building and development programme to provide a world-class museum for the recovered ship and her artefacts to open at the end of 2012. As part of this project, thousands of objects will be displayed in state-of-the-art showcases, and we are looking to expand our team of object handlers to assist with this installation.

3) Head of Museums & Attractions, The Waterways Trust, closes 27 April

The Waterways Trust is currently on the cusp of merging with British Waterways to form a new charity, the Canal and River Trust bringing together over 2,000 miles of historic canals, rivers and docks, the National Waterways Museum and Waterways Archive at Ellesmere Port, Gloucester Waterways Museum, The Canal Museum Stoke Bruerne, and Visitor Centres at Anderton Boat Lift and Standedge Tunnel.

4) Tour Guide, The Battleship New Jersey, closes 25 April

5) Hydrographers and Hydrographers in Training, Ocean Surveys, Inc., apply today.

1) Research Officer, University of Hull, closes 1 June

Working within Blaydes House, your aim will be to enhance research capacity, especially in the fields of maritime and marine environmental history.

2) Lead Interpreter/Program Coordinator, Indian River Life Saving Station, open until filled

3) Environmental Protection Specialist, US Coast Guard, closes 10 April

Our client is currently seeking a Marine Archaeologist.

As a Marine Archaeologist you are responsible for review of geophysical data, indentification of potential archaeological tarkets or sub-marine landscapes for further investiation. You are also responsible for planning and reporting of the results.

1) Flemish, Dutch, French Voiceover Artists, closes 6 April

Male or female native Flemish, French and Dutch voiceover artists required for a potential voiceover recording of a 2900 word script. The voiceover is for an information video regarding maritime archaeology and shipwrecks between Britain and France. Please only apply if you have access to recording facilities or are willing to travel to Swansea to record the script in our in-house studio.

2) Chief Educator, The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, ncd.

3) Geophysics and Hydrographic Data Processor, EMU Limited, closes 23 April

4) Associate Research Fellow, University of Exeter Department of History, closes 23 April 

Within this ERC project the successful applicant will work, together in a team of four researchers (PI, and 3 post-docs), on a comparative study of the contractual conditions and economic treatment of sailors active in the Mediterranean in the long seventeenth century (1570-1700). Further details on the project are available at http://centres.exeter.ac.uk/cmhs/research/sailing%20into%20modernity%20index.html. The successful candidate will work on collating and analysing French documentary evidence, mainly in archives of Courts of Justice, such as the Court de Sénéchaussée (Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône) (Marseille); Fonds de la Marine, (Archives Nationales, (Paris)). For this purpose a research mission of 6 months to France with all the relative research expenses shall be funded as part of the appointment.

5) Exhibitions Project Manager, National Maritime Museum, closes 9 April

6) Archive Learning Officer, National Maritime Museum, closes 20 April

7) Park Ranger (Cape Lookout), Oregon, closes 6 April

1) Executive Director, Hudson River Maritime Museum, closes April 10

2) Shipwreck Book Editor, apply today.

Principal Archaeologist, URS, Germantown, Maryland, apply today.  The appropriately qualified applicant will be able to demonstrate an established career in Underwater and Nautical Archaeology.

AIMA 2012 Scholarship Announcement

The Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology is pleased to announce the 2012 AIMA Scholarship for maritime archaeological research projects. The investigation or project must be consistent with the objectives of AIMA and the work must have a benefit/application to maritime archaeology in Australasia. The award is open to all persons conducting maritime archaeological research within Australasia.  

A total of up to $2000 will be awarded. AIMA may choose to partially fund more than one project from these monies in 2012.  A condition of the AIMA Scholarship is that the recipient(s) are required to publish in the AIMA Newsletter, or for larger awards, a peer-reviewed paper either in the AIMA Bulletin, or as an AIMA Special Publication. This award also comes with a free one year AIMA membership.

Applications must be forwarded to the AIMA Scholarship Chair by 30 June 2012 to be eligible for this award.

For direct access to applications and other queries, contact the AIMA Scholarship Chair: Emily Jateff (ejateff@history.sa.gov.au)

Second Call for Papers

Flooded Stone Age – Towards an Overview of Submerged Settlements and  Landscapes on the Continental Shelf

EAA Annual meeting, Helsinki 29 august– 1 September 2012

The aim of this session is to bring together ideas and information to develop a first pan-European overview of the inhabited lands that disappeared below the sea as the climate warmed and the ice sheets of the last Ice Age lost most of their volume. It continues the discussions in the recently published book “Submerged Prehistory” (Oxbow 2011), which sprang from a well attended session at the EAA 2009 meeting. This session will bring together updates on well known sites and regions along with reports on new sites, and work on areas not so well represented at the 2009 session. A central objective of the session is to contribute to the preparation of an atlas project on submerged Stone Age sites and landscapes of Europe and nearby areas of the Mediterranean. The project is in preparation as part of the EU-COST-financed SPLASHCOS network, which is focusing on the period of the great sea-level rise during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene. This pan-European network is seeking to coordinate reports on finds of archaeological sites, terrestrial fauna and preserved land surfaces older than ca. 5500 cal BP from sea-bed areas all over Europe and the Mediterranean.

Topic and questions within the scope of the session:
– New finds of submerged Stone Age sites and landscapes on the continental shelf.
– Reconstructing the pace of sea-level rise and submergence of landscapes during the Pleistocene and Early Holocene in Europe.
  – Why is the distribution of present finds from the continental shelf so uneven – research history and/or preservation?
  – Are there examples of the preservation of Pleistocene or Early Holocene wood, bone, etc. in sea-floor areas outside Israel, the North Sea and the western Baltic?
– Field methods for the location and excavation of submerged sites and landscapes.
  – Management of submerged prehistoric cultural heritage.
  – Co-operation between industry and archaeology in relation to submerged Stone Age sites and landscapes.

All session abstracts of the four day meeting can be found in the EAA Helsinki 2012 session list:http://www.eaa2012.fi/programme/session_list

All abstracts must be submitted by 31 March, 2012 (see the EAA call for papershttp://www.eaa2012.fi/File/1366/call-for-papers.pdf ) via the EAA 2012 abstract service pagehttps://www.abstrakti.fi/eaa2012/abs.do.

Heritage Awareness Diving Seminar, May 24-26, 2012, Marathon, Florida. Apply before April 30.

Marine Archaeologist, Houston, Texas, Apply today. Several links to this same post below:

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1) SS Great Britain Trust, Documentation Officer, closes March 26

2) SS Great Britain Trust, Special Projects (Ship Plans) Collections Volunteer

3) Lecturer, Arabic Studies and Islamic Material Culture, University of Exeter, closes 16 April

We are seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Arabic Studies and Islamic Material Culture to contribute to the research and teaching of the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies.  The appointee will have a track record in producing high quality publications in Islamic Material culture, including classical and modern works of geography, history, travel and maritime literature.  The new lecturer will assist Professor Dionisius A. Agius, in developing MARES, an established multidisciplinary project focusing on the maritime traditions of the peoples of the Red Sea, the Arabian-Persian Gulf and the Western Indian Ocean.

4) Deckhand, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, closes 23 March

The incumbent works on vessels, on docks and in shops to perform miscellaneous maintenance, preservation and restoration work on historic vessels and related equipment.

CALL FOR PAPERS
Britain and the Sea: The Maritime Sphere and the Past, Present and Future of the UK

This conference will examine the relationship between Great Britain and the Sea.  It is increasingly said that Britain is in danger of losing its self-identity as a maritime nation at the point when the sea becomes the focus for a new era of economic exploitation, sustainable transportation and inter-state rivalry.   How did we arrive at this point, where are we now and where should we go from here to ensure the maritime future of the UK? 

The conference will be held 4-5 September 2012 in the Roland Levinsky Building at Plymouth, University, Plymouth, United Kingdom. The full line up and programme for the conference will be announced after Easter, but it will consist of three elements: 1. Keynote speeches; 2. Plenary discussion; 3. Invited papers.

In line with item 3., short academic papers (20 minutes in duration) are invited to illustrate and explore the following issues/areas of concern. 

How did we arrive at this point? – British Culture and the Sea
•How has Britain’s maritime identity been shaped by artists, writers, historians and others?

 How did we arrive at this point? – Government Policy Towards the Sea?

•Where have Governments got it right/got it wrong with regard to UK fishing industry/boat and ship building/shipping industry/the Royal Navy/offshore extraction/marine conservation and environment/maritime heritage?
•How have external bodies such as the EU, IMO and others complicated UK Government policy towards the Sea?
 
Where are we now? – Threats and Opportunities

•What threats and opportunities face the UK in terms of our economic, environmental and cultural relationships with the sea?

 Where should we go from here?

•How is Britain’s Maritime Future to be secured?
•What kind of diplomatic and defence policies do we need to pursue?

Please send a short abstract of your paper (no more than 500 words) and a current CV to conference organiser Dr G.H. Bennett (h1bennett@plymouth.ac.uk) to arrive no later than 15 April, 2012.  Selections will be made on the basis of balance and significance.  Conference fees including catering, but excluding accommodation, will be £75 per person for the two days.