4 Positions in Global Arts
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 peer-reviewed 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.
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 crossdisciplinary scope. We seek 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.
Global Writing and Public Memory: Assistant Professor
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. Minimal
qualifications are a PhD or an MFA, along with evidence of substantial production
and international recognition.
Global Sound Composition : Assistant Professor
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. Minimal qualifications are a PhD or DMA. Preference will be
given to candidates with evidence of substantial production and
international recognition as sound composers and scholars.
Global Aesthetics and Art Practice: Open Rank
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. Minimal qualification is a PhD. A familiarity with both analytic and
continental approaches to aesthetics is highly desirable as is serious engagement with
non-Western aesthetics, or with the effects of multiculturalism and global dynamics
on philosophizing about the arts.
Performance Maker: Associate or Full Professor
We seek a prominent distinguished performance maker who can galvanize practices
of and exchanges about performance and performativity across disciplinary lines.
This performer will 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. Minimal qualifications are a Ph.D. or an MFA or
equivalent experience. Preferred candidates will show evidence of substantial
international recognition in the area of performance.
Applicants should submit a CV, cover letter, research statement, teaching evaluations and a
sample or their writing and/or art related to the position for which they are applying. Two
letters of reference are required for junior level positions; those applying for senior positions
should include contact information. Deadline for applications is December 15, 2015 ? All
Appointments will begin July 1, 2016. Salary is commensurate with education and experience.
Applications should be sent to Susan Ossman, Chair, Global Arts Search Committee
by post:
1303 Watkins Hall, University of California
Riverside, Riverside CA 92521
USA
or electronically:
susan.ossman@ucr.edu