convenor: emerging researchers in british art

Are you a researcher hoping to establish a career in the field of British art and architecture? Would you like the opportunity to foster a supportive peer-to-peer network and help shape the future of British art studies?

The Paul Mellon Centre (PMC) is looking to appoint an energetic, resourceful and collegiate emerging researcher to lead its newly consolidated network of Emerging Researchers in British Art in 2026–27.

Why This Role? Why Now?

This convenorship role coincides with an exciting step forward for the PMC’s Networks as we consolidate our previous Early Career Researchers and Doctoral Researchers Networks. Reflecting the change and expansion of the field of British art studies, we are keen to develop our Network as a community encompassing a diversity of researcher practices and trajectories. This remodelled network of Emerging Researchers in British Art is intended to create a sense of community among these new and emerging researchers in the field of British art, develop members’ skills and personal networks and help surface change and innovation in the field of British art studies, as defined by the researchers and practitioners who are doing the work now.

This eighteen-month convenorship will involve putting together original and stimulating research events and activities, such as roundtables or panel events, and gallery and site visits, and supporting vocational activities such as workshops on publishing and copywriting.

The Convenor will lead the way in the first round of programming for the Network, collaborating with the Networks team as we grow this new vision at the PMC.

Who We Are

The PMC is an educational charity that champions new ways of understanding British art history and culture. Through all areas of our work, we promote activities that enhance and expand knowledge of British art and architecture. We believe the inclusion of voices, narratives and experiences that have been marginalised or excluded in the past will have a transformational impact on the future of the Centre and upon British art studies in a broader sense. Reflecting these commitments, the Centre supports two Networks, the newly consolidated Emerging Researchers in British Art, and the British Art Network (BAN) co-organised with Tate, and together these aim to foster an inclusive sense of community in the field of British art studies and stimulate new research, thinking and engagement.