Assistant Professor - Arts Medieval - History of Art Department

Position Overview

The Department of History of Art, University of California, Berkeley invites applications for an Assistant Professor in Arts of the Medieval World, tenure‑track, with an expected start date of July 1, 2027.

The Department seeks candidates maintaining an active research agenda in the study of the Arts of the Medieval World, broadly defined. The position is open in terms of geographical and chronological focus, welcoming a range of local, regional, transregional, or comparative approaches to the study of art and the built environment in Africa, Asia, and/or Europe from the 7th to the 15th century.

Candidates’ teaching and research might also engage historic trade routes, sites of pilgrimage, axes of scholarly exchange, or itineraries of conquest and enslavement, such as the Trans‑Saharan Trade, the Indian Ocean System, or the Silk Road. The department seeks applicants whose scholarship advances new insights on circulation, transmission, translation, reuse/adaptation, and material cultures across overlapping medieval worlds. Candidates’ teaching and research should demonstrate engagement with the changing dynamics of the discipline both methodologically and topically, including, among others, studies of race, disability, empire, ecology, gender, sexuality, and the digital humanities.

At the Department of History of Art, the appointee will join a vibrant community of researchers committed to advancing the study of visual arts, material culture, and built environment through interdisciplinary scholarship, teaching, and public engagement. A successful candidate’s area(s) of activity may also connect with one or more other departments, centers, museums, and initiatives on campus and beyond in the wider Bay Area and its communities.

The department is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual career couples and single parents. We are also interested in candidates who have had non‑traditional career paths or who have taken time off for family reasons, or who have achieved excellence in careers outside academia. For information about potential relocation to Berkeley, or career needs of accompanying partners and spouses, please visit New Senate Faculty | Office for Faculty Equity & Welfare.

Basic qualifications
PhD (or equivalent international degree), or enrolled in a PhD or equivalent international degree‑granting program at the time of application.

Preferred qualifications
The successful candidate will demonstrate area‑specialized expertise in the art history of the Medieval World and a record of innovative research, publication, and teaching. The Department welcomes research profiles that may include international collaborations, curatorial scholarship, public scholarship or outreach, archive initiatives, cultural revitalization, historical conservation, or other modes of intellectual and institutional labor. Completion of the PhD (or equivalent international degree) strongly preferred by the start date of the position.

• 3 letters of reference required

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