Assistant or Associate Professor, Contemporary Art History; -present, geographic focus

Assistant or Associate Professor, Contemporary Art History (1980-present, open geographic focus)

School of Art & Design

College of Fine & Applied Arts

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The Art History Program in the School of Art & Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor of Art History, with specialization in contemporary art (1980-present, open geographic focus). In addition to maintaining an active research program, the successful candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate courses on contemporary art with a global perspective, introductory courses in art history and visual culture, and upper-level seminars in their areas of expertise.

We will prioritize candidates whose work expands the program’s methodological and geographic scope, and we especially encourage applications from those who engage with topics such as gender and sexuality, queer and trans theory, race, postcoloniality, decoloniality, diaspora, migration, Indigeneity, and ecology. Candidates whose research includes a curatorial practice are welcome. Responsibilities include a 2/2 teaching load (two courses per semester), mentorship of students at all levels, supervision of Ph.D. dissertations and M.A. theses, and contribution to the vitality and administration of the program, school, and university.

The Art History Program currently consists of seven full-time tenured/tenure-track faculty members, plus affiliated faculty. Degrees offered include the B.A., B.F.A, M.A., and Ph.D. The Program works closely with studio-art, design, and art-education programs in the School of Art & Design, as well as collaborating with colleagues in the Krannert Art Museum and the Spurlock Museum. Faculty are often affiliated with other units and interdisciplinary centers on campus, such as the Center for African Studies;
Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies;
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies;
Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies;
Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity;
European Union Center;
Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies;
Humanities Research Institute;
Illinois Global Institute;
Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies;
Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Center; and the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory.

The College of Fine and Applied Arts (FAA) is singular in the nation for its diversity, innovation and breadth. Its mission is dedicated to the advancement, practice, and understanding of the arts, and its central focus is the synergy between research and the preparation of students for professional careers in the creation and interpretation of the environmental, visual, and performing arts.

Deeply related to that focus is the commitment to elevate and sustain the study of the arts as both a necessary mode of understanding and a vibrant expression of human experience within the local, national, and international communities.

The college comprises the Schools of Music , Architecture, and Art and Design;
Departments of Dance, Landscape Architecture, Theatre, and Urban and Regional Planning; the Sustainable Design program;
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts;
Krannert Art Museum; and Japan House. This unique constellation of academic, research, and cultural institutions creates exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration across the arts, design, technology, culture, and the built environment.

FAA employs more than 660 faculty and staff members, including more than 150 tenure-system faculty, and serves more than 1,850 undergraduate students and 635 graduate students…