[ecrea] Job at University of California at Riverside

Global Arts Cluster Recruitment
University of California, Riverside

The University of California at Riverside (UCR) is implementing a major 
expansion of our faculty and investing in state-of-the-art research 
facilities to support their work. This expansion will build critical 
mass in 34 vital and emerging fields of scholarship, foster truly 
cross-disciplinary work, and further diversify the faculty at one of 
America's most diverse research universities. We encourage applications 
from scholars committed to excellence and seeking to help define the 
research university for the next generation, and with the potential for 
or demonstrated ability to attract, work with, and teach a highly 
diverse student body. For more information about our hiring initiative 
or to submit an application, please visit clusterhiring.ucr.edu or 
academicpersonnel.ucr.edu

Four faculty members whose work represents transformative directions in 
theories and praxes of global arts will join a vibrant academic and 
artistic community via open rank recruitment of four positions, 
including both junior and senior hires. The Global Arts hiring 
initiative seeks thought leaders whose work engages practices that 
transcend national boundaries to address knowledge systems and practices 
within a global contextual frame. Preference will be given to candidates 
with significant international experience and expertise whose work takes 
into account historical processes of globalization and/or contemporary 
issues of global import. Successful candidates will join a department 
corresponding to their areas of expertise, and will be expected to teach 
in the Global Studies program and contribute to other inter- or 
trans-disciplinary programs.

We seek to make four appointments in Global Arts, with preference given 
to the following areas:
. Cultural workers who join a materialist approach to critiques of 
globalization, with active creative practices and/or activist 
experience; media theorist/practitioners well-versed in cutting edge 
critical discourse and practices in global, transnational, or 
hemispheric frames especially encouraged.
. Theater or Film directors whose work is widely transnational in scope, 
addressing issues of globalization and/or diversity and/or the 
juxtaposition of cultural perspectives, narratives and aesthetics, and 
whose creative research is deeply engaged with new technologies, 
movement-based disciplines, and/or multimedia, ideally able to work in 
more than one language, and to collaborate with artists from a range of 
intercultural locations.
. Scholars of contemporary art history and visual cultures who focus on 
aesthetic, creative, and cultural practices in global contexts, whose 
research specialization (period, area; transnational, diasporic, etc.) 
critically engages with the ways in which art contributes to and is 
shaped by cultural difference as well as intercultural exchange, with 
documented interests in thinking beyond established Western narratives 
of art and art history.
. Dance scholars, artists, or artist-scholars with research focused 
globally and extending beyond widely established Euro-American 
approaches to dance; working with dance making practices from various 
cultural and aesthetic backgrounds and/or across 
geographic/political/linguistic boundaries; with interests in 
integrating new media, sound, and/or new technologies within 
performances in ways that cross and address these boundaries.

Required qualifications are a terminal degree in the area of 
specialization or related field (e.g. Ph.D., DMA, MFA) or a prior 
university appointment or equivalent experience along with evidence of 
international recognition for creative achievements appropriate to an 
academic environment.

For more information about the position, please contact Paulo C. Chagas, 
Search Chair, at (paulo.chagas /at/ ucr.edu).

Applicants at the Associate or Full level should submit materials to:
https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF00677
Applicants at the Assistant level should submit materials to:
 https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF00674

All materials must be labeled with the area of interest/s at the top and 
will include a cover letter including a research statement, an updated 
CV, evidence of teaching, a sample of work or links to their three most 
recent works, a statement of contributions to diversity and 3 letters of 
reference.

Deadline for applications is December 1, 2016. Positions will remain 
open until filled with an expected appointment date of July 1, 2017. 
Salary is commensurate with education and experience.

UCR is a world-class research university with an exceptionally diverse 
undergraduate student body. Its mission is explicitly linked to 
providing routes to educational success for underrepresented and 
first-generation college students. A commitment to this mission is a 
preferred qualification. Advancement through the faculty ranks at the 
University of California is through a series of structured, merit based 
evaluations, occurring every 2-3 years, each of which includes 
substantial peer input.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 
Employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of 
excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff. All qualified 
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to 
race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, 
national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other 
characteristic protected by law.

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