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<nettime-ann> Call for Applications: Assistant Professor of Interactive Digital Media and Time Based Art |
. > > Subject: Fwd: Call for Applications: Assistant Professor of > Interactive Digital Media and Time Based Art > > > >> Department of Visual Arts >> >> Faculty of Fine Arts >> >> YORK UNIVERSITY >> >> Deadline: October 31, 2008. >> >> The Department of Visual Arts invites applications for a full-time >> tenure track position in Interactive Digital Media and Time Based >> Art at the Assistant Professor level to commence July 1, 2009. All >> positions at York University are subject to budgetary approval. >> >> The Visual Arts Department of York University is one of the leaders >> in art history and art practice in Canada. Recent renovations of >> undergraduate studio spaces, expansion of the MFA studios, and a >> visual art study centre are contributing to the growth of the >> department. The department is committed to teaching critical issues >> in art and art history, and to the ongoing development of programs >> in all studies and studio areas. >> >> Applicants for this position must demonstrate expertise in >> interactive digital media, using installation, video, audio, mobile >> and online technologies. The position involves undergraduate >> teaching, graduate teaching and supervision, and research. The >> successful candidate must be suitable for prompt appointment to the >> Faculty of Graduate Studies. The incumbent will assume a key role >> in the cross-faculty digital media research hub at York (www.digitalmedia.yorku.ca >> ). We encourage applicants who create new forms of digital media >> art that address audiences across the internet, through digital >> broadcasting, and in live performance. The successful candidate >> will be a leader who is able to integrate evolving digital >> technologies with both contemporary fine art theory and practice, >> and the social and political aspects of technology in the >> contemporary media saturated world. >> >> Requirements: MFA in digital media, with three years of post- >> secondary teaching; practicing professional artist with an active >> exhibition record; strong commitment to graduate supervision, >> administrative duties and responsibilities, including departmental, >> faculty and university committees. Candidates should show >> excellence or promise of excellence in teaching and in scholarly/ >> creative research and/or publication. >> >> Salary: Commensurate with qualifications. >> >> York University is a leader in interdisciplinary social science >> research and outreach efforts that enable partnerships between >> researchers and policy makers. This appointment will build upon and >> expand the University’s strengths and prominence in the areas of >> Arts, Media and Technology. In addition to this appointment, >> appointments will be made in the Faculty of Science and Engineering >> in the area of Digital Media and Computer Graphics, and in the >> Osgoode Hall Law School in the area of Intellectual Property, Law >> and Technology. The successful candidate will be expected to >> participate in this growing cluster of researchers with >> complementary strengths across the University who are engaged in >> collaborative and interdisciplinary work in this area. >> >> York University is an Affirmative Action Employer. The Affirmative >> Action Program can be found on York’s web site atwww.yorku.ca/ >> acadjobs or a copy can be obtained by calling the affirmative >> action office at 416.736.5713. >> >> Deadline for receipt of completed applications is October 31, 2008. >> A letter of application with current, detailed curriculum vitae, >> appropriate documentation of current work (DVD, website, digital >> photography, etc.), statements of creative research interests and >> teaching philosophy, one or two recent publications/catalogues, the >> names, emails and addresses of three referees, course outlines and >> teaching evaluations should be sent to: Rose Le Coche, Secretary, >> Tenure Stream Search Committee, Department of Visual Arts, Faculty >> of Fine Arts, Room 267, GCFA, York University, 4700 Keele Street, >> Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3. Fax: 416 736 5875. E-mail: rlecoche@yorku.ca >> >> Read more… >> > > > _______________________________________________ nettime-ann mailing list nettime-ann@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-ann