[ecrea] Canada Research Chair in Digital Cinema - Concordia University

MEL HOPPENHEIM SCHOOL OF CINEMA
FACULTY OF FINE ARTS, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

Canada Research Chair in Digital Cinema - Film Studies

Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, invites applications for an 
Emerging (Tier 2) Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Digital Cinema within 
the Film Studies program. The goal of the CRC program is to ensure that 
Canadian universities "achieve the highest levels of research excellence 
to become world-class research centres in the global, knowledge-based 
economy."

We are seeking an emerging Canadian or international scholar (within 10 
years of receiving the PhD) demonstrating promising and innovative 
investigations into the production, circulation, preservation and/or 
display of audio-visual cultures with research focusing on the 
challenges and opportunities presented by new technologies in 
understanding past and present audiovisual phenomena, broadly defined.

Possible areas of specialization may include: technological, aesthetic, 
and cultural dynamics of moving image and sound formats of storage, 
transmission, and display across media; new models for on-line, digital, 
multimedia and interactive scholarship, publishing, and archiving; 
history and theory of gaming, special effects and or media convergence; 
artistic experimental and oppositional practices; mobile technologies 
and social media; history of moving image technologies; heritage and new 
media; intellectual property and the related business and legal 
infrastructures of moving images; history and theory of archives. 
Attention to matters of difference (gender, ethnicity, sexuality, 
language) as they subtend the above areas are encouraged.

The successful candidate will have an outstanding record of research and 
publication in a relevant field and have demonstrated ability to foster 
sizable interdisciplinary initiatives, attract and mentor excellent 
graduate students, and secure external funding. The candidate will also 
be expected to take a leadership role in continuing to build the 
research culture of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema and its graduate 
programs. Knowledge of French, though not a condition of hire, would be 
considered an asset.

The successful candidate for the CRC in Digital Cinema will be appointed 
to the School of Cinema at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor 
and will be expected to possess expertise in Film Studies with a view of 
also teaching existing courses in the unit's curricula. The candidate 
will work with the Faculty of Fine Arts to prepare the formal CRC 
application according to CRC program guidelines. The university will 
nominate the successful candidate to the CRC Secretariat at the earliest 
opportunity according to the guidelines of the CRC program.

Concordia's academic culture celebrates leading-edge research, 
creativity, and the transfer of knowledge for today's innovation-driven 
society. The Chair in Digital Cinema will build on Concordia's 
leadership in the fields of art, communication and culture, as well as 
information and communication technologies as described in our Strategic 
Research Plan (2008-12). This Chair will join related projects underway 
at the university devoted to art and technology (Hexagram), gaming 
(TAG), oral history, digital poetics, feminist media studies and screen 
cultures. A Canada Research Chair entails a reduced teaching load, 
research and salary stipends, as well as access to infrastructure grants 
for the duration of the five-year chair, renewable once, for a total of 
10 years.

Concordia is located in one of North America's most diverse, creative 
and livable cities. The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema - Canada's 
largest university-based centre for the study of film animation, film 
production and film studies - has an international reputation that 
continues to provide a benchmark for innovation and quality. The School 
of Cinema's Film Studies programs are in great demand as a highly 
interdisciplinary domain of study situated within the globalization of 
culture, knowledge and technology. A young PhD program, as well as a 
vibrant MA in Film Studies, provide a rich context for advanced, 
critical study of the moving image, as well as for innovative and 
sustainable research programs in a variety of areas crucial to the 
rapidly changing field of film study.

Submissions must include a covering letter, a curriculum vitae, copies 
of recent publications, a one-page statement of teaching philosophy and 
interests, a one-page statement of research achievements, evidence of 
teaching effectiveness, and the names and contact information of three 
referees. A detailed five-year research plan, appropriate to the goals 
and objectives of the CRC program, will be required of all finalists.

Applications should be submitted or postmarked on or before November 1, 
2013 to:

Mailing and courier address:
Dr. Martin Lefebvre, Professor and Search Committee Chair
Re: Canada Research Chair in Digital Cinema - Film Studies
Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University
1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. West, S-FB 319
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1M8
Fax: 514-848-4255


All inquiries regarding this position should be directed to:
Dr. Martin Lefebvre, Professor and Search Committee Chair
Email: (Martin.Lefebvre /at/ concordia.ca)
Tel: 514-848-2424 ext. 4676

For further information, applicants are encouraged to consult:
Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema: http://cinema.concordia.ca
Faculty of Fine Arts: http://finearts.concordia.ca
Academic Services for Fine Arts faculty:
http://finearts.concordia.ca/officeofthedean/servicesandresourcesforfaculty
Job post: 
http://finearts.concordia.ca/officeofthedean/jobpostings/canada-research-chair-in-digital-cinema---film-studies.php


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