[ecrea] Art History/Film Studies Job

DEPARTMENT OF ART HISTORY and MEL HOPPENHEIM SCHOOL OF CINEMA FACULTY OF 
FINE ARTS, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

Cross-Appointed Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Canadian Moving Image 
Arts Studies

Concordia University’s Department of Art History and the Mel Hoppenheim 
School of Cinema in the Faculty of Fine Arts invite applications for a 
full-time, cross-appointed tenure-track faculty position in Canadian 
Moving Image Arts Studies to begin August 1, 2018.

Context
With over 4,000 students, faculty, and staff, the Faculty of Fine Arts 
is among the five largest art and design schools in North America. 
Montréal, our home, is exceptional: with 170,000 university students, a 
vibrant cultural scene, and the most affordable tuition in Canada, the 
city ranks among the top ten best destinations in the world for tertiary 
education. While supporting a significant Anglophone population, 
Montréal is the second largest French-speaking city after Paris. North 
America’s number one choice for international events and festivals, 
Montréal was the first metropolis to be designated a UNESCO City of 
Design by the Global Alliance for Cultural Diversity. Nestled in the 
heart of this pulsing city, embraced by a dynamic research university, 
the Faculty of Fine Arts benefits from extraordinary access to brilliant 
practitioners, thriving venues, cross-cultural perspectives, and an 
extensive network of outstanding facilities for research and production.

Faculty and Departments
Taking advantage of our place within the rich fabric of a research 
university and our long history as one of the premiere sites in Canada 
for the study and creation of the arts and arts-based scholarship, the 
Faculty of Fine Arts is currently engaged in a transformative moment in 
which pedagogical, conceptual, theoretical, and material practices find 
resonance with a significant diversity of approaches. In our university 
community, live performance, historical research, methodological 
innovation, theoretical scholarship, technical experimentation, 
skills-based production, community fieldwork, as well as traditional and 
digital fabrication are equally valued. In addition to curricular 
experimentation, the formation of significant research centres and 
external partnerships in the Faculty of Fine Arts have enriched 
opportunities for faculty and students. In 2018 a new Media Bank will 
open in the Faculty, in which the combined film, video, and image 
archives of Art History and F!
 ilm Studies will be housed. This facility will include seminar rooms, 
breakout space, as well as viewing stations available to students and 
faculty, and offers great potential for future research initiatives and 
activities.

The Department of Art History is a vital environment for the study and 
research of art’s histories, theoretical frameworks, visual and material 
culture, curatorial practice, education and community engagement. As one 
of Canada’s leading programs, the Department of Art History offers full 
undergraduate degree programs in Art History, Art History and Film 
Studies, and Art History and Studio Art, as well as an MA in Art History 
and an interuniversity PhD, offered collaboratively with three other 
institutions. Our curriculum and research reflect a diversity of 
approaches, and we encourage students to become active contributors to 
the discipline throughout their studies. The Department of Art History 
is a mutually supportive environment with a longstanding tradition of 
ground-breaking scholarship and where teaching is active and innovative, 
with public learning outcomes often providing a means to invite a sense 
of shared purpose among our student body and larger university co!
 mmunity.

The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema—Canada’s largest university-based 
centre for the study of film animation, film production and film 
studies—is highly regarded around the world. The School has the distinct 
advantage of being situated in Concordia’s vibrant Faculty of Fine Arts, 
where faculty and students enjoy numerous cross-disciplinary 
opportunities, state-of-the-art resources and facilities, and a rich 
artistic and cultural context for research and study. Currently, the 
School’s faculty complement includes 26 full-time professors and a 
talented cadre of part-time instructors, teaching more than 800 
students. The School hosts programs in Film Production, Film Animation, 
and Film Studies. Among the degrees offered are a BFA in Film Studies, a 
BFA in Art History and Film Studies, an MA in Film Studies, and a PhD in 
Film and Moving Image Studies. Our 12 full-time Film Studies faculty 
members are active scholars in a diversity of subfields, and our PhD 
program attr!
 acts high- caliber international students, and is among the top Film 
Studies graduate programs in the world.

Since its creation in 2002, the Major in Art History and Film Studies 
has offered a course of study at the intersection between art history 
and film studies as scholarly disciplines. A research and writing- 
intensive program, it attracts top students and is a growth area for 
both departments. It is a program in which students develop an 
interdisciplinary understanding of the visual and audio-visual arts, as 
well as the critical and theoretical discourses pertaining to each 
discipline. Since its inception, intersections between experimental film 
practices and moving image gallery works have increased in current 
moving image arts practice, as have the challenges and strategies of 
curating, archiving, and preservation. More than ever, this hybrid 
program is well situated to train students in an expanded history of the 
moving image, and the associated institutions, artists, and archival 
practices.

Position Description
We are seeking candidates with expertise in moving image arts and visual 
culture. Moving Image Arts is an umbrella term that includes 
experimental film, video, installation arts, and expanded cinema, along 
with other modes of digital arts—all of which have distinct and 
interrelated histories and futures. We welcome candidates whose research 
encompasses curating, archiving and historiography. Preference will be 
given to applicants with a scholarly record focused on any modality of 
moving image arts and visual culture, including a demonstrated expertise 
in Canadian, Quebec, and/or Indigenous Media with a research program 
grounded in one or more of these areas.

Responsibilities
The successful cross-appointed candidate’s primary department will 
depend on their field of expertise, but since they will be expected to 
teach core undergraduate courses in Art History and Film Studies, they 
must be comfortable within both disciplinary milieux. Responsibilities 
will also include the stewardship of the BFA in Art History and Film 
Studies, including review of curriculum, timetable co-ordination, and 
mentoring students. In this role, they should demonstrate the ways 
collaborative, interdisciplinary research and pedagogy in Art History 
and Film Studies are central to the continued success of this program. 
The candidate should be prepared to supervise graduate students in 
either Art History or Film Studies, or both, and serve on graduate 
supervisory committees, as well as actively embrace program and 
department stewardship, perform administrative duties and engage in 
committee work at the department and Faculty levels. Prior activities 
demonstrating leadership!
 , service, and commitment to diversity will be an asset.

Qualifications
Applicants should hold a PhD in either Art History or Film Studies, or a 
related discipline(s), have substantial teaching experience at the 
university level, and must demonstrate an active program of research as 
well as a record of publications. They should have a significant 
research and scholarly profile in Canadian, Quebec, and/or Indigenous 
moving image arts studies. Additional expertise in curatorial and 
archival activities will be considered an asset for the position. 
Although classes are taught in English, a foundation in French would be 
considered a strong asset.

Application Requirements and Deadline
Applications should be submitted electronically to 
(arth.film /at/ concordia.ca) on or before November 1, 2017. Submissions must 
consist of a letter of application; curriculum vitae; a statement of 
teaching philosophy and interests; a teaching dossier showing evidence 
of teaching effectiveness (including course syllabi, evaluations, and 
examples of student work); a research philosophy highlighting future 
research plans; detailed examples of completed/in-progress works; one 
example of published scholarly work (peer-reviewed article); and the 
names and contact information of three referees. Short-listed candidates 
will be required to provide an attestation of terminal degree. The 
departments regret that they cannot consider incomplete applications.

All inquiries regarding this position should be sent to 
(arth.film /at/ concordia.ca) and directed to:
Dr. Elaine Paterson, Chair, Department of Art History and Dr. Catherine 
Russell, Chair, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema

To learn more about working at Concordia, applicants are encouraged to 
consult: http://www.concordia.ca/hr/jobs.html
Faculty of Fine Arts: http://www.concordia.ca/finearts.html
Department of Art History: http://www.concordia.ca/finearts/art-history.html
Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema: 
http://www.concordia.ca/finearts/cinema.html

Subject to budgetary approval, we anticipate filling this position, 
normally at the rank of Assistant Professor, for August 1, 2018. 
Appointments at a more senior level may also be considered. Review of 
applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position 
is filled.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply for this position; 
however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada will be 
given priority. Concordia University is strongly committed to employment 
equity within its community, and to recruiting a diverse faculty and 
staff. The university encourages applications from all qualified 
candidates, including women, members of visible minorities, Indigenous 
persons, members of sexual minorities, persons with disabilities, and 
others who may contribute to the diversity of the university.


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