Assistant Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History

Job description

Description The Department of Art in the College of Arts and Sciences at American University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning August 1, 2017. Applicants should have a PhD or an anticipated PhD completion by August 2017 in the field of Modern (post-WWII) and Contemporary Art History. Candidates should be effective teachers and must be strongly committed to excellence in scholarly research. We welcome applications from candidates engaged in high-quality scholarship in one or more of the following areas: U.S. Art, American art in a global context, and Latin American art. The ability to teach from pre-Colonial to Contemporary at the introductory level, and in the candidate’s area of expertise at the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels, is required. Attention to critical discourses on race, class, gender, and transnational historical studies is expected. The capacity to utilize the outstanding resources of Washington DC in teaching and research, and to contribute to a museum studies curriculum, is preferred. In addition to scholarship and teaching, responsibilities will include participating in department,...