Position opening: Collections Curator, Aga Khan Documentation Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The AKDC Collections Curator is a versatile and exciting new role for a specialist in Islamic art and/or architecture who will be responsible for researching AKDC’s extensive physical collections and making them accessible to a range of audiences. The Collections Curator will lead projects on describing and disseminating the unique archival holdings the center, and as well as creating and working on collaborative projects of both a scholarly nature as well as generating public events and projects around the collections. The role will also design and carry out workflows that document, preserve, and render our collections accessible, will undertake outreach activities to communicate the importance of our collections, both in person and digitally. The Collections Curator will also contribute to the center’s relationships with a range of local and international stakeholders, including collaborations with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and the wider Aga Khan Development Network.

Application deadline is June 1, 2022.

For application details, see here.