Two Senior Positions in Global Arts (EXPIRED)

Global Arts Recruitment

University of California, Riverside 

The University of California at Riverside (UCR) is embarking on a major new hiring initiative that will add 300 tenure-track positions in 33 cross- disciplinary areas selected through a peerreviewed competition. Over the next three years, we will hire multiple faculty members in each area and invest in research infrastructure to support their work. This initiative will build critical mass in vital and emerging fields of scholarship and the arts, foster truly cross-disciplinary work and further diversify the faculty at one of America’s most diverse research universities. We encourage applications from scholars and artists committed to excellence and seeking to help redefine the research university for the next generation. For more information regarding UCR’s hiring initiative please go to: clusterhiring.ucr.edu.

The faculty recruited in Global Arts will join a vibrant community of scholars and artists whose work is global in both the sense of its international reach and its cross-disciplinary scope. We are conducting an open rank recruitment for four positions (two junior, two senior) seeking individuals who exhibit a range of geographical and cultural diversity, and who all are actively using or doing art—engaging directly with creative artistic practices--either themselves or in active partnership with artists. Preference will be given to candidates with significant international experience and whose work extends UCR’s existing globally oriented arts and research programs. Successful candidates will join departments corresponding to their areas of expertise, teach in Global Studies and contribute to other interdisciplinary programs. Required qualifications are a terminal degree in the area of specialization or related field (e.g. Ph.D., MFA, DMA) or a prior university appointment or other evidence of international recognition for creative achievements appropriate to an academic environment.

We invite applicants in the following four areas. We seek to make two junior (tenure-track) and two senior (tenured) appointments.

Global Writing and Public Memory: We seek a writer or scholar of international reputation who explores transnational topics (e.g. cities and their interactions, genocide, human rights, humanitarianism and protest politics) and treats such subjects as a form of global public memory. The ideal candidate will not be limited by genre, geography, or language, and will be comfortable developing, with fellow artists and social scientists, collaborative projects that address memory for diverse publics.

Global Sound Composition: We seek a sound composer of international reputation whose work explores the diversity of artistic forms emerging in the medium of sound, going beyond the boundary of music and reflecting on the differentiation processes of sound in a global society. Areas of expertise may include creative work in sound art, design, synthesis, installation, radio art, electronic or digital sound composition or soundscape; research on topics such as the role of sound in digital culture, the development of sound in relation to information and communication technology, or the interdisciplinary relations connecting sound to image, body, visual and media art are also desirable.

Global Aesthetics and Art Practice: We seek a scholar of the philosophy of art whose work takes a global perspective. The appointee should have significant expertise in aesthetics and one or more area of artistic practice, and be able to contribute to “practice-informed theory.” Serious engagement with debates about globalization and the arts and the effects of global dynamics on theorizing about the arts, and the ability to work creatively across disciplinary boundaries is essential. A familiarity with both analytic and continental approaches to aesthetics is highly desirable.

Performance Maker: We seek a performance maker who can galvanize practices of and exchanges about performance and performativity across disciplinary lines. This performer should have substantial international experience, adding to the transnational scope and diversity of UCR’s programs across and beyond the performing arts. The ideal candidate will have the ability to work in more than one language, with an interest in and facility with integrating media and new technologies within performance, and experience working with artists from various countries across geographic boundaries. Engagement with intercultural issues in performance is highly desirable.

Applicants should indicate which of the four areas their work engages at the top of all of their application materials. They should submit a CV, cover letter that includes a research statement, evidence of teaching and a sample of work. Three letters of reference are required for junior level positions; those applying for senior positions should include contact information for 3-5 references. Review of applications to begin January 6, 2016. Completed applications submitted by this date will be given full consideration. All Appointments will begin June 30, 2016. Salary is commensurate with education and experience.

Application Procedure: Applications will be submitted electronically through UCR’s online application portal.

Associate and Full Professor tenured: https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF00477

Letters and inquiries should be addressed to; Susan Ossman, Chair, Global Arts Search Committee at [email protected].

UCR is a world-class research university with an exceptionally diverse undergraduate student body. Its mission is explicitly linked to providing routes to educational success for underrepresented and first-generation college students. A commitment to this mission is a preferred qualification.

Advancement through the faculty ranks at the University of California is through a series of structured, merit-based evaluations, occurring every 2-3 years, each of which includes substantial peer input.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.