[Commlist] Job Posting - Tenure-Track Faculty Position at University of Oregon

  University of Oregon
  Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies

Apply now 
<https://secure.dc4.pageuppeople.com/apply/726/gateway/?c=apply&lJobID=524150&lJobSourceTypeID=831&sLanguage=en-us>

*Application Deadline*
October 15, 2019; position open until filled​

The University of Oregon’s Cinema Studies Department invites 
applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Cinemas of the 
Global South, including Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, 
Southeast Asia, and/or their diasporas, to begin in fall 2020. We seek 
scholars and scholar-practitioners whose work examines the theories, 
histories, and cultures of Global South cinemas—including film, video, 
TV, and emerging media—and attends to the aesthetic and industrial 
practices of cinema in local and transnational contexts.

Competitive applicants will clearly focus on cinemas of the Global South 
and further the department’s pursuit of curricular and research 
excellence in geopolitically diverse cinemas. We especially welcome 
candidates whose work and teaching address cinema as a global formation 
and highlight globalization as it operates within and across localities.

*​Department or Program Summary*
The Department of Cinema Studies at the University of Oregon is a 
community of scholars, practitioners, and staff dedicated to providing 
students with a well-rounded study of cinema, a term that we use to 
encompass film, television, and/or emerging forms of media. Cinema 
Studies at UO is a growing department in the Humanities that is 
committed to interdisciplinarity and diversity that spans both global 
communities and marginalized U.S. social identities. Our scholarship, 
pedagogy, and practice explore a range of media objects and their 
contexts, including history, artistry, industry, identity, geopolitics, 
and systems of power. Our department’s shared mission is to use our 
critical and creative tools to amplify underrepresented voices, 
interrogate power, and drive change by blending filmmaking practice and 
its academic study.

We particularly welcome candidates from populations historically 
underrepresented in or excluded from media industries or academia and 
are especially interested in candidates who can support our work in 
mentoring, research, teaching, and outreach with women, first-generation 
students, communities of color, immigrants, international students, and 
other underrepresented groups. All applicants are required to include 
information about how they will contribute to this work as part of their 
teaching statement.

*Minimum Requirements*
• Expertise and an active research and/or creative agenda in 
cinemas—including film, video, TV, and emerging media—of the Global South
• PhD in Cinema or relevant field, in hand by September 1, 2020

*Preferred Qualifications*
• Evidence of an active research agenda
• Teaching experience at the college level
• Demonstrated attention to the barriers that can prevent full 
participation of underrepresented groups in higher education

*Required Application Materials, to be submitted online:
*http://careers.uoregon.edu/cw/en-us/job/524150/assistant-professor-of-cinema-studies
• an application letter
• a curriculum vitae (scholar-practitioners should include a link to an 
online portfolio of their creative work on their CV)
• a writing sample (maximum 30 pages)
• two (2) sample syllabi that illustrate the kinds of courses you are 
prepared to teach in this position
• a one (1) page teaching statement that addresses inclusive teaching 
practices and your potential contributions to departmental goals (see 
"Addressing Inclusivity" below)
• three (3) letters of recommendation.

Application materials may be combined into PDFs as needed. The committee 
will begin reviewing materials as early as October 15; please submit by 
this deadline to ensure consideration.

/Addressing Inclusivity/
As part of their teaching statement, candidates are asked to provide 
their unique perspectives on ways that they have, will, or plan to 
contribute to equity, inclusion, and diversity as members of the UO 
Cinema Studies community. We welcome candidates to share how their 
experiences—inside or outside of academia—illustrate this commitment.

*About the University*
The University of Oregon is one of only two Pacific Northwest members of 
the Association of American Universities and holds a distinguished 
ranking in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher 
Education. The UO enrolls more than 20,000 undergraduate and 3,600 
graduate students representing all 50 states and nearly 100 countries. 
In recent years, the university has increased the diversity of its 
student body while raising average GPAs and test scores for incoming 
students. The UO’s 295-acre campus features state-of-the art facilities 
in an arboretum-like setting within the traditional homelands of the 
Kalapuya people. The UO is located in Eugene, a vibrant city of 157,000 
with a wide range of cultural and culinary offerings, a pleasant 
climate, and a community engaged in environmental and social concerns. 
The campus is within easy driving distance of the Pacific Coast, the 
Cascade Mountains, and Portland.


---------------
The COMMLIST
---------------
This mailing list is a free service offered by Nico Carpentier. Please use it responsibly and wisely.
--
To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit http://commlist.org/
--
Before sending a posting request, please always read the guidelines at http://commlist.org/
--
To contact the mailing list manager:
Email: (nico.carpentier /at/ vub.ac.be)
URL: http://nicocarpentier.net
---------------