Vuk Vuković was awarded an ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship

Alumnus Vuk Vuković has been selected for the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Leading Edge Fellowship. Vuković studies in the Dietrich School’s Department of History of Art and Architecture as well as its Film and Media Studies Program.

The ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship supports recent doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences to work with community nonprofit organizations throughout the U.S. Vuković has accepted a position as an associate curator at the National Public Housing Museum in Chicago. Along with an annual stipend, Vuković (A&S ’22G, ’25G) will receive health insurance and professional development funding.

Vuković’s research focuses on the intersection between modern and contemporary art from a global perspective, with an emphasis on questions of methodology and intellectual history. He has also conducted curatorial research at institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Montenegro and the Westmoreland Museum of American Art. He received his bachelor’s degree from New York University Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.