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JOB: Assistant Professor, American Art @ Colby College
Historian of American Art
Colby College Department of Art invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor, beginning September 1, 2013, in the history of American art of all periods. We welcome applicants with scholarly and teaching interest in one or more of the following areas: African-American art, Native-American art, Asian-American art, Latino-American art, or Diaspora Studies. Candidates with Ph.D. in hand and with at least two years of college-level teaching experience preferred.
The successful candidate would develop a body of courses ranging from individual and collaborative surveys to topical courses and seminars based on his or her research interests. Ideal candidates would enrich the college’s interdisciplinary networks and engage with the Colby College Museum of Art.
Please submit the following items electronically to arthistory@colby.edu: cover letter, curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, statement of teaching philosophy and research interests, and representative sample of current scholarship, e.g., reprints of recently published work. Review of applications will begin on Dec. 11; interviews will be conducted at the College Art Association annual meeting in New York City in mid-February.
Colby College is committed to equality and diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage inquiries from candidates who will contribute to the cultural and ethnic diversity of our college. Colby College does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, or age in employment or in our educational programs. For more information about the College, please visit our website: http://www.colby.edu
FEL: Pre-Doctoral Diversity Fellowship @ Ithaca College
Quick Link: http://apply.icjobs.org/postings/21459
The School of Humanities and Sciences at Ithaca College announces Pre-Doctoral Diversity Fellowships for 2013-14. The fellowships support promising scholars who are committed to diversity in the academy in order to better prepare them for tenure track appointments within liberal arts or comprehensive colleges/universities.
Applications are welcome in the following areas: Art History, Communication Studies, English, Economics and Modern Languages and Literatures. The School of Humanities and Sciences houses additional interdisciplinary minors that may be of interest to candidates: African Diaspora Studies, Latina/o Studies, Jewish Studies, Latin American Studies, Asian American Studies, Muslim Cultures, Native American Studies and Women’s Studies. Fellows who successfully obtain the Ph.D. and show an exemplary record of teaching and scholarship and engagement in academic service throughout their fellowship, may be considered as candidates for tenure-eligible appointments anticipated to begin in the fall of 2014.
Position Responsibilities and Terms of Fellowship: Fellowships are for the academic year (August 16, 2013 to May 31, 2014) and are non-renewable. The fellow will receive a $30,000 stipend, $3,000 in travel/professional development support, office space, health benefits and access to Ithaca College and Cornell University libraries. The fellow will teach one course in the fall semester and one course in the spring semester and be invited to speak about her/his dissertation research in relevant classes and at special events at Ithaca College. Enrollment in an accredited program leading to a Ph.D. degree at a U.S. educational institution, evidence of superior academic achievement and commitment to a career in teaching at the college or university level is required. Candidates must also be authorized to work in the United States. Prior to August 15, 2013, the fellow must be advanced to candidacy at his or her home institution with an approved dissertation proposal. Preference will be given to those candidates in the last year of dissertation writing.
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JOB: Assistant Professor, Museum Studies @ Ithaca College
The Department of Art History in the School of Humanities & Sciences at Ithaca College invites applications for a tenure-eligible Assistant Professor appointment beginning August 16, 2013. The successful candidate will serve the department’s new Museum Studies concentration within the Art History B.A., with specialization in any area and be responsible for courses on museum and gallery practices, museum outreach, and curatorial issues. Applicants must have the ability to teach general-education courses in art history, as well as develop more advanced courses in museum studies and practices, including exhibition seminars. The candidate will have a curatorial role in conjunction with the Ithaca College Handwerker Gallery, and will work closely with the gallery director, as well as serving as internship coordinator. The Museum Studies concentration extends the art history major into experiential and theoretical areas of display, museum and gallery practices, and the museum as institution.
Qualifications: Ph.D. preferred (a Masters degree with significant museum experience will be considered). The candidate we seek will have a strong and thoughtful commitment to undergraduate education and scholarship in a liberal arts context. Previous teaching experience and museum or gallery experience desirable. The candidate must be committed to providing an interactive and engaging learning experience in a multi-screen digital classroom environment and to experiential learning in the gallery and museum setting.
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The Civil War and American Art
Petrine Archer, 1956-2012: Scythed too soon
The Caribbean is in mourning at the sudden passing of one its small group of art historians, Dr. Petrine Archer-Straw. Not many of us knew that she suffered from sickle cell disease which literally allowed the grim reaper to scythe her yesterday, on the eve of her 56th birthday. I didn’t know her closely, but we both wrote about art and sometimes found ourselves in the same forum, as in 2002 at the Documenta11 platform on Créolité and Creolization in St Lucia. Our views on art and culture often diverged but i will miss her meticulously kept blog which chronicled most art events worth recording in Jamaica. Her entries were brief, to the point and allowed you to get a quick sense of whatever it was she was documenting.
Interestingly in a recent posting she found herself confronted by the freewheeling visual prodigy Peter Dean Rickards, who challenged her description…
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PUB: The Slave in European Art. From Renaissance Trophy to Abolitionist Emblem
The Slave in European Art: From Renaissance Trophy to Abolitionist Emblem
Edited by prof. Elizabeth McGrath (Warburg Institute) and prof. Jean Michel Massing (University of Cambridge)
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(Editors: Jill Kraye and Charles Burnett)
The Warburg Institute – Nino Aragno Editore (London and Turin, 2012)
This volume explores the imagery of slaves and enslavement – white as well as black – in early modern Europe.
Long before the abolitionist movement took up the theme, European art abounded in images of slaves – chained, subjected, subdued figures. Often these enslaved figures were meant to be symbolic, for slavery was widely invoked as a metaphor in both religious and secular contexts. The ancient Roman iconography of triumphalism, with its trophies and caryatids, provided a crucial impetus to this imagery, particularly for Renaissance artists who developed their own variations. Here the use of classical models had a peculiar force, since nudity…
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JOB: Assistant Professor, Africa and the Diaspora @ Rollins College
The Department of Art and Art History seeks an Assistant Professor of Art History, tenure track, to teach the visual culture of Africa and the Diaspora, in any geographical and chronological periods. Ph.D. and teaching experience required; scholarly productivity expected. Primary area of expertise may be in either Africa or the Diaspora, but the successful candidate must be able to teach in both areas. Especially welcome are applicants with interests in interdisciplinary teaching, the development of courses addressing cross-cultural themes, and international experiences. Preference will be given to applicants with a background in internationalization, community engagement, and/or digital humanities. Opportunities exist for participation with the college’s Cornell Fine Arts Museum, The Africa/African-American Studies Program, and nearby Eatonville. Rollins supports teaching and scholarship that addresses developing countries. Duties include curriculum development, advising, and other service to the department and to the college. Please include cover letter, statement of teaching philosophy, and CV listing at least 3 referees. Finalists will be contacted about submitting letters of recommendation. Review of applications will begin November 28, 2012 and will continue until position is filled.
Applicants should apply on the college’s Human resources page: https://www.rollinsjobs.com/. The search committee chair is Dr. Kimberly Dennis, kdennis@rollins.edu.
JOB: Arts of Africa and the African Diaspora – Tenure-Track @ Wellesley College
The Art Department at Wellesley College seeks candidates for a full-time tenure-track position in the Arts of Africa and the African Diaspora at the rank of Assistant Professor. Candidates should have a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching and a demonstrated record of scholarly excellence. The position demands an interest in teaching at all levels of the curriculum, as well as active participation in the department’s team-taught introductory course. The teaching load is four courses per year. Collegiality and service on both departmental and college-wide committees, and a strong connection to the Africana Studies Department, is expected. Candidates should have received the Ph.D. by July 1, 2013.
Wellesley is a women’s college and one of the leading undergraduate liberal arts colleges in the United States. The Art Department includes majors in Art History, Architecture, Studio Arts, Media Arts and Sciences, is closely allied with Cinema and Media Studies, and it enjoys exchange programs with MIT, Brandeis University, and the Olin College of Engineering.
Wellesley College is an EO/AA educational institution and employer. The College is committed to increasing the diversity of the college community and the curriculum. Candidates who believe they will contribute to that goal are encouraged to apply.
Applicants should send, electronically, a letter of application that describes their teaching and research interests, a CV, and a pdf of a publication or writing sample to: https://career.wellesley.edu. We ask for three letters of recommendation (The online application will request names/email address so that recommenders or dossier services may submit the letters directly.) The application must be received by December 14, 2012. If circumstances do not allow you to submit materials through our on-line application system, please email us at working@wellesley.edu.
EXH: Distance and Desire: Encounters with the African Archive @ The Walther Collection
Distance and Desire
Encounters with the African Archive
Part II: Contemporary Reconfigurations
The Walther Collection presents Part II of Distance and Desire: Encounters with the African Archive, a three-part exhibition series curated by Tamar Garb. Contemporary Reconfigurations offers new perspectives on the African photographic archive, reimagining its diverse histories and changing meanings. The exhibition centers on photography and video by African and African American artists who engage critically with the archive through parody, appropriation, and reenactment.
Carrie Mae Weems introduces the themes of Contemporary Reconfigurations with her powerful series “From Here I Saw What Happened And I Cried,” a revision of nineteenth and twentieth-century anthropometric photographs of African Americans, overlaid with texts by the artist. Sammy Baloji and Candice Breitz rework ethnographic photographs onto large-scale collages. Zwelethu Mthethwa and Zanele Muholi examine sexuality, costume, and ritual. Samuel Fosso and Philip Kwame Apagya create exuberantly staged studio portraiture, using elaborate backdrops and sets to critique stereotypes and identities.
Sabelo Mlangeni’s black and white photo-essay, “Imbali,” documents the reed dances of KwaZulu-Natal, showing the display of virgins vying to be chosen as brides. Pieter Hugo’s series “There’s a Place in Hell for Me and My Friends” examines ethnicity and skin tonalities through anthropological mug shots. Working in video, Berni Searle performs as a statuesque deity engaged in domestic labor in “Snow White,” and Andrew Putter gives an indigenous voice to the effigy of Marie van Riebeeck, wife of the first Dutch settler in the area known today as Cape Town, in “Secretly I Will Love You More.”
For this group of artists, a stereotype or ethnographic vision in one era may provide material for quotation, irreverent reworking, or satirical performance in another. Illustrating how the African archive — broadly understood as an accumulation of representations, images, and objects — figures in selected contemporary lens-based practices, the exhibition stages a dialogue between the distance of the past and the desiring gaze of the present.
Contemporary Reconfigurations will be on view from November 30, 2012 to March 9, 2013.
Opening Hours: Thursday – Saturday, 12pm-6pm
The Walther Collection Project Space
526 West 26th Street, Suite 718
New York, NY 10001
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