Vacancy: Assistant Professor of Korean Art History (University of California, Irvine)

Date of event:   15/11/2021 − 15/11/2021

Position: Assistant Professor in Art History with a focus on Korean History of Art (Tenure Track)
Application deadline: 15 November 2021
Institution: University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA

The Department of Art History and PhD program in Visual Studies at the University of California, Irvine, invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Korean Art History. This specialization may be broadly conceived to include transnational/intercultural contexts and analyses, and is open in its range of periods and media. We are especially interested in candidates with a demonstrated engagement in one or more of the following areas: cultural studies, archaeological theory, postcolonial theory, ecocriticism, museum studies, science and technology studies, and/or the political and ethical implications of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class. Applicants should demonstrate potential for excellence in scholarship and teaching and be able to teach a range of courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Requirements: Applicants must have a PhD in Art History or related field completed by June 30, 2022.

Application Procedure: Submit the following materials via UC Irvine’s on-line application system, AP Recruit, located here.

The online application includes: A cover letter, Curriculum Vitae, an article-length writing sample, a Reflective Teaching Statement, an Inclusive Excellence Activities Statement, and names and contact information for three letters of recommendation. Additional materials, such as letters of recommendation, sample syllabi, or additional writing samples, may be requested at a later date.

The Inclusive Excellence Activities Statement should communicate how your research, teaching, and professional activities contribute to diversity and foster inclusion. For more information see here.

For UCI’s guidelines on how to prepare a reflective teaching statement see here. This statement should:

Indicate the candidate’s teaching experiences to date, including experience with teaching undergraduates/graduate students, or other populations, as well as their areas of interest. This should also include mentorship that they have given to others in the line of research or outreach activities. Detail the candidate’s teaching approaches and philosophies, as to how they will engage in effective teaching strategies.

The recruitment will close on November 15, 2021. Applications completed by November 15, 2021will be granted full consideration.

The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment as well as a commitment to addressing all forms of academic misconduct, UC Irvine conducts institutional reference checks for candidates finalists to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer of appointment into Ladder Rank Professor or Professor of Teaching series, at all ranks (i.e., assistant, associate, and full). The institutional reference checks involve contacting the administration of the applicant’s previous institution(s) to ask whether there have been substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University’s Faculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UC Irvine requires all candidates of Ladder Rank Professor or Professor of Teaching series, at all ranks (i.e., assistant, associate, and full) to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled “Authorization to Release Information” into AP RECRUIT as part of their application. If the candidate does not include the signed authorization to release information with the application materials, the application will be considered incomplete. As with any incomplete application, the application will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists (i.e., those to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer) considered for Ladder Rank Professor or Professor of Teaching series, at all ranks (i.e., assistant, associate, and full) positions will be subject to institutional reference checks.

For more information, please visit the website here.