Drama, Speech, Film & New Media 2011

=See Also=

Film Studies 2010-2011
=Digital Humanities / New Media Jobs 2011=

Berea College (KY)
From MLA JIL:

"Berea College seeks candidates for a tenure-track appointment to a multi-disciplinary humanities position, with an emphasis on media (production as well as theory) and culture. Candidates may be trained in disciplines related to visual culture and media literacy, broadly construed, and globalization and internationalization of culture. Areas of interest may include, but are not limited to media ethics, media literacy, the philosophy of technology or of a medium (such as film), cultural anthropology of images or objects, cultural studies, etc."

Deadline: Consideration of applicants will begin in November 2010; applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

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Brown University
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"Tenure track Assistant Professor in Global Media Studies, with special interests in television and/or new media in the Department of Modern Culture and Media, Brown University, to begin July 2011"

Deadline: November 15

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Columbia College (SC)
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"Assistant Professor of English (Digital Media) The Division of Languages and Literatures invites applications for an assistant professor or full-time lecturer. PhD required for tenure-track appointment; master’s degree with extensive professional experience considered. This teaching position requires expertise in journalism, particularly digital media. The division offers a focus in writing for print and digital media with flexible groupings of courses for students interested in writing, editing, publishing, and production careers in print media, public relations, digital video, and Web publishing. Teaching responsibilities may include foundational and advanced skills courses in digital video, convergence journalism or reporting, public relations, Web design, and substantive text editing, as well as first-year composition courses. Other duties include advising majors and assisting with internship supervision and networking. Enhanced skills in designing, analyzing, and using new media for written and visual communication preferred."

Deadline: Open until filled

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 * Cross-posted at Rhetoric/Composition 2011

Columbia University
"We invite applications for an assistant professorship in the field of digital humanities, new media, or the history and theory of the digital and its impact on reading, writing, and viewing. Work welcome on topics such as the impact of information technology on literary culture; online editions and text creation; the development of new reading and viewing publics; or emergent graphic, visual, and digital literary genres."

Link to University Job Site

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Georgia State University
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"The Department of English at Georgia State University, located in downtown Atlanta, invites applicants for a tenure-track position, specializing in the digital humanities as part of a cluster hire in new and emerging media to begin August 2011. Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications. Ph.D. in English or a closely allied discipline required at the time of appointment. The successful candidate will be an innovative scholar and teacher who produces and theorizes research in digital new media, a scholar-practitioner working at the intersection of media, culture and technology. Areas of specialization may include the creation of digital applications, tools, or devices which lead to the development of new literacies; the design of digital pedagogies to engage students in the active process of knowledge creation, collaborative knowledge construction and project-based learning; the design of multidisciplinary programs that investigate the ethics and cultural dynamics of digital expression; the creation of new media scholarship including new forms of scholarly publication, distribution, and outreach."

Deadline: Nov. 15

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Iowa State University
From MLA JIL (10/8):

Assistant Professor in English with specialization in Environmental Humanities & New Media Tenure-track, 9-months, beginning August 2011. The faculty member in this position will teach graduate and undergraduate courses in areas of specialization such as literary theory, film, and environmental literature as well as teach American or British literature surveys and composition. Teaching and research interests may involve ecofeminism, ecocomposition, digital media, environmental or food writing, literature and science, the rhetoric of sustainability, social justice narratives, multicultural literature, and the public humanities. A PhD in English or terminal degree in related field is required. Record of publication and teaching experience is preferred. 2/2 teaching load to begin. Some interviews may be conducted at the MLA Conference in Los Angeles. To apply for this position, go to the Iowa State University website at www.iastatejobs.com and click on “Apply for this Vacancy” (#100685) and complete the Employment Application. Please be prepared to enter or attach the following: a letter of application/cover letter, curriculum vitae, contact information for three references, and a writing sample. Please arrange for three letters of reference to be emailed to Barbara Ching, Professor and Chair, Department of English at [mailto:bching@iastate.edu bching@iastate.edu].

Deadline: November 15, 2010.

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Cross-posted at Generalist 2011 & Environmental 2011

Michigan Tech
From MLA JIL:

"The Department of Humanities at Michigan Technological University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Digital Media to begin Fall 2011. Candidates should have a record of excellent teaching and scholarly work in digital media with a critical and interdisciplinary emphasis in one or more of the following areas: visual theory; visual design; interactive or experience design; mobile and location specific technologies and design. The preferred candidate will have academic or professional teaching experience in such courses as digital photography, graphic design, or interactive media."

Deadline: Nov. 1

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 * Cross-posted at Rhetoric/Composition 2011

New School (NY)
Full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor with a Ph.D. in cultural studies, media studies, comparative literature, or allied discipline. Candidates must have a demonstrated facility in ethnographic, textual, theoretical, or historical methodologies. Desired areas of study include (1) race and ethnicity, transnationalism (2) gender and sexuality, (3) subcultures and/or popular culture. . . We are looking for an emerging scholar to help us strengthen the cultural studies side of the program, with a particular focus on "media," broadly conceived. . . Requirements: Ph.D. in Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Comparative Literature, or allied discipline. Teaching experience preferred.

Link to Chronicle Ad ("Tenure Track")

Deadline: Review of applications will begin November 30, 2010 and the position will remain open until filled.

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 * Cross-posted at Comparative 2011
 * Also posted at Communication and Media Studies 2010-2011
 * Note: There is another version of this ad floating around, with virtually identical wording, except that it refers to the position as a "renewable term appointment" rather than "tenure track" . . . it's not entirely clear whether these are actually 2 separate positions (although there are two separate postings on the New School employment site). Can anyone out there clarify?
 * The dept. head posted them on facebook as two.. I think he might know.... one is tenure-track, and one is not stated as tenure-track, though not stated as contract either.

Ryerson University (Toronto, ON)
Position in Digital Humanities at the Assistant Professor rank, effective August 1, 2011, subject to final budgetary approval. The required qualifications include an earned PhD and a record of excellent research and teaching. Candidates are expected to demonstrate a strong research record in digital humanities and literary studies, relevant teaching experience, and the potential to lead the Department in developing its digital projects. The successful candidate will conduct research and teach in programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. On our campus, located in downtown Toronto, we teach a diverse range of students in a dynamic environment that fosters interdisciplinary opportunities and creative pedagogies. The Department offers a BA in English (launching September 2011) and an MA in Literatures of Modernity. We also contribute to 3 inter-departmental programs: a humanities BA in Arts and Contemporary Studies, and graduate programs in Communication and Culture (MA/PhD) and Immigration and Settlement Studies (MA). The current teaching load is 2/3 with further release for graduate supervisions.

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Deadline: The review of applications will begin December 1, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled.

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UC Santa Barbara
From MLA JIL:

"Tenure-track Assistant Professor. We seek a candidate who specializes in media technologies and literature, language, or textual cultures between 1800 and c. 1980, the epoch of modernization from the first industrial revolution to the onset of the current digital revolution. We are particularly interested in candidates whose research focuses on writing, reading, communicational, computational, visual, or sensory media in the period between early-modern technologies of writing and reading and contemporary digital technologies (two areas in which our department has strength). The ideal candidate would be able to teach a range of courses in media and literature, as well as a literary historical field; contribute to the department's digital humanities and undergraduate specialization in Literature & Culture of Information, as well as intersect with the department's collaborative research and teaching initiatives (including the Transcriptions Center); and contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research, teaching, and service."

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Does anyone have a link to this job? I can't find it on their website.

University of Chicago
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"The University of Chicago's Department of English invites applications for an assistant professorship from scholars who work on new media broadly conceived. This could be work on a specific medium (print, film, etc.) during the era of its emergence; work on digital technology or work that examines various inter-media dynamics, such as remediation; work on and with digital literary archives; work on digital literature or cinema; or work on the theorization of cyberculture."

Deadline: November 1

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 * Cross-posted at Communication and Media Studies 2010-2011

University of Victoria (BC)
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Subfield/description: "entry-level tenure track position in the areas of Digital Humanities and Literary Studies. Expertise in textual studies and/or the ability to contribute to the Internet Shakespeare Editions may be an advantage"

Deadline: Oct 31, 2010

NOTE: this is a repeat of a search from last year: see Renaissance 2010 for details on last year's search.

This is primarily a Digital Humanities job, not Renaissance. See comments on previous search.

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 * Cross-posted at Renaissance 2011

University of Wisconsin, Madison
From MLA JIL:

"The English Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks an assistant or beginning associate professor in Digital Studies, to begin in fall of 2011. We seek qualified applicants with a terminal degree in any area of English studies, including literary studies, composition and rhetoric, creative writing, and language and linguistics, and whose *primary* research/creative interests lie in areas such as digital literacy, electronic literature, digital poetics, new media studies, and digital humanities. Those whose primary interests cross such areas and combine analysis and creativity are especially encouraged to apply. The person hired will also be expected to actively participate and teach roughly half of their courses in the university's new interdisciplinary Digital Studies program, which aims to enhance students’ media, visual, technology, and information literacies by enabling them to critically analyze and creatively compose with new media and information technologies."

Deadline: November 14

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West Chester University (PA)
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"West Chester University is seeking applicants for the position of digital literary studies and new media with the historical period open, but with particular departmental needs in the early modern period. In addition to an ability to develop new courses and teach within her/his literary specialization, the successful candidates may demonstrate interest in developing and teaching distance education and online courses. The teaching load is 4/4 with two courses each semester in general education writing. The successful candidate should have the PhD (in English, Comparative Literature, or other field with literary studies focus) by August 2011, and should have experience teaching core courses in the major, digital-humanities-related courses, and first-year writing. Interest in innovative course development and delivery is also sought. The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate competence with digital humanities tools and an active research agenda through a history of conference presentations as well as involvement in digital humanities project(s)."

Deadline: Review of applications will begin October 24, 2010 and continue until position is filled.

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= Drama Jobs 2011 =

Amherst College
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"tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of dramatic literature in English after 1660. The successful candidate will offer courses in the history and theory of drama broadly conceived. Candidates should be familiar with current scholarship in performance studies and specialize in one or more American, British, or global dramatic traditions (e.g., twentieth-century American, post-Restoration British, African-American or US ethnic, Caribbean, or Commonwealth drama)."

Deadline: Nov. 1

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Grant MacEwan University (Alberta, Canada)
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Subfield/description: "The Department of English at Grant MacEwan University invites applicants for a continuing position in drama. Applicants must have a specialization in the scholarly study and textual analysis of British or American drama, excluding Shakespeare and the Renaissance. Preference will be given to specializations in twentieth century British or American drama."

Deadline: December 1, 2010

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Cross-posted at 20-21 c. American 2011, Generalist 2011 & Modern British 2011

NYU
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"The Department of English in the Faculty of Arts and Science at New York University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor to start September 1, 2011, pending final administrative and budgetary approval. We seek a candidate in any field of English, American, or Anglophone drama before roughly 1890, with a preference for applicants working in the medieval period, the Restoration, or the nineteenth century. The ideal candidate will have completed the PhD in English, Theater, Performance Studies, Comparative Literature, or any other related field, and will be prepared to teach surveys of Western drama as well as courses in his or her field."

Deadline: November 1, 2010

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 * Cross-posted at Medieval 2011

Providence College
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"The Department of English at Providence College invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor specializing in drama, with expertise in modern and contemporary. Ability to teach drama in periods from the Restoration to the present preferred."

Deadline: November 1, 2010

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 * Cross-posted at Modern British 2011 & 20-21 c. American 2011

Spring Hill
From MLA JIL

"Spring Hill College invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor in Twentieth Century Drama. PhD required. Standard 4/4 teaching load includes composition, introductory literature, genre courses, and upper level courses for the major. Founded in 1830, Spring Hill College is a private, Jesuit, liberal arts institution of 1,300 students. Applicants should send a cover letter, CV, unofficial transcripts, statement of teaching philosophy, and three letters of recommendation to Dr. Michael Kaffer, Search Committee Chair, Department of English, Spring Hill College, 4000 Dauphin Street, Mobile, AL 36608. Must be received by November 15 for full consideration."

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Tufts
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Position Title: Assistant Professor position in the field of pre-modern theatre

Description: Areas of expertise may include classical, medieval, Renaissance, or Baroque theatre. A Ph.D. and the promise of excellence in scholarship and teaching are required. Experience in college-level teaching and directing plays with student actors is strongly preferred. Research in foreign languages and ability to teach pre-modern dramatic theory also are preferred.

Deadline: November 1, 2010

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Cross-posted at Medieval 2011, Renaissance 2011 & Theater 2010-2011

University of Alabama
Tenure track Assistant Professor in Modern Drama (20th Century)

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Deadline: 10/29/10

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 * Cross-posted at Modern British 2011 & 20-21 c. American 2011