Art History 2009-2010

This page is for Art History searches taking place during 2009-2010, for jobs with start dates in fall 2010.

Please list jobs alphabetically by institution within subcategory, and please use the Talk page for related and/or tangential discussions.

For reference, see the 2008-2009 and 2007-2008 pages, as well as the Chronicle forum Job-Search Experiences and its FAQ.

Institution Name
Description of Position
 * Dated reports of requested references, requested conference and campus interviews, etc.

American: Native, Latin, Pre-Columbian, U.S.
University of Chicago

Early Modern, 1400-1800

Deadline:

Interview Scheduled:

Anyone heard anything about this job?

Ancient: Greek, Roman, Near East
Rhodes College

Ancient Greek, Roman and/or Near East

Deadline: October 30, 2009

Interview scheduled: Telephone interview request (em) 11.20.09 (x2)

Campus interview scheduled: 12.16.09 (ph, x2)

The College of Wooster

Ancient and Medieval Art History

Deadline: November 16, 2009

Interview Scheduled:

University of Minnesota (Minneapolis)

Pre-Modern Mediterranean

Deadline: December 1 (begin evaluating October 15)

Interview scheduled: Video interview scheduled (by phone) with committee in late January (12/17, x 3)

Am not among those contacted for a video interview, but did get a letter dated 12/21 stating my candidacy is still under consideration. (1/7 - just back from holiday travels)

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Greek/Roman Art

Deadline: December 4, 2009

Interview Scheduled:

Rollins College

Greek/Roman Art, Classical civilization, Latin

Deadline: Review of applications begins immediately

Interview scheduled:

Wellesley College

Art and Architecture of the Ancient World For further information go to https://career.wellesley.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/PrinterFriendlyJobDetails.jsp?time=1260046711589 Deadline: December 15 Interviews at CAA: Conference interview request (em) 12.16.09

Manhattan College

Ancient/Medieval/Renaissance

Deadline: January 15

Interview scheduled:

Other Resources:

Classics wiki:

http://classics.wikidot.com/start

Classics Job Market blog:

http://famaevolent.blogspot.com/

Any or General Art History
Lebanon Valley College

Deadline: December 1

Interview scheduled

Ripon College

Deadline: December 4

Interview scheduled:

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

European and/or American Art and/or Architecture, 1100-1900

Deadline: 1/5/10

Interview Scheduled:

Comment: is it just me, or is this position unbelievably vague? anyone have more info?

[what follows is only a rumor, take with big grain of salt and please do correct me if what I have heard is wrong] I've heard they have multiple open positions in Western art that they would fill in an ideal world, but given massive budget cuts they can only hire one body this year. rather than choose which position to fill, they are casting a wide net and hoping to find one outstanding junior scholar who is a specialist in any given one among the open fields, and also willing/able to teach as a generalist. I think [I do not know, but I think] the idea is that, as the state economy recovers, they would gradually hire more people in future years, so that whoever takes this job will eventually just be responsible for their own field, though they may still teach surveys etc. as needed. [does that make sense? I'm curious too, if anyone out there knows more.]

-- I heard a similar story!

University of Idaho

Art History/Visual Culture

Deadline: March 1, 2010

University of Oregon (Clark Honors College)

History of Science and/or 'Historian of the Arts' (2 positions)

Deadline: October 15, 2009

Interview scheduled:

question: does anyone else think that this is a strange position? do they want a historian or an art historian? very mysterious. good luck everybody. I think they want both. ack rcvd (x3) 10/22

I spoke with a professor at the U of O in the art history department, and he said the Honors College is looking for an art historian (or music person I think) to fill this position, though I suppose they could arguably select two "historians of science" if they don't like the applicants for art history. And yes, good luck everyone.

Has anyone heard anything? The History of Science wiki say interviews are scheduled for the History of Science position at the Hist Sci Society annual conference, which is next week. Do you think they will do the Art History ones at CAA?

I haven't heard anything, and it's hard to say if they'll interview at CAA. Given the deadline, CAA seems too far in the future for interviews if they're already interviewing for the science position(s) next week. Maybe they decided against an art historian, or maybe they're waiting to review the art history applicants after the science interviews are conducted.

Email update from History Search Assistant (11/16/09). Search being conducted in two phases. Finalists for science search have already been contacted. Finalists for Art History search to be contacted in first two weeks of January. Wish all searches were conducted with this much consideration for the applicants. (Though I'm sure part of the purpose for notifying us was to turn back the flood of emails they're receiving!) ha! I was thinking they must have sent out the email b/c they read the wiki! (x4)

Does anyone think there is the possibility for an inside candidate on this position? It just seems so odd. Ans: well there certainly is a possibility, but what is odd? the job or the extended timeline? I think they just want an interdisciplinary art historian - ie both art history and general cultural history, etc. There are plenty of people like that. It is a bit of an untraditional, interdisciplinary position, but i don't see why that indicates inside candidate. :) Res: I guess I meant odd that the job was as broad as possible. Perhaps odd wasn't the best turn of phrase. Thanks for the response though. Answ: It didn't seem odd to me, more unusual. Keep in mind that they could choose a historian of performing arts, not just an art or architectural historian. Or, of course, someone who can do a bit of all of those. I thought it sounded like an exciting opportunity, myself. ;) Actually, what I'd like to know is how this position will relate to the Art History and/or other depts outside the Honors College. - a good question to ask at the CAA interview if you get it.

Flagler College

Assistant professor of art history

Due Date: 11/1

Interview scheduled:

Architectural History
New York University Gallatin School
 * Faculty Position in Sustainable Architecture (non-tt) (not necessarily history)
 * Deadline Dec 1

Parsons Art and Design History and Theory (ADHT)
 * Assistant Professor in Design History and Theory (with emphasis on the built environment)
 * Deadline Nov 1 (OUF)

Princeton University School of Architecture
 * Assistant Professor of the History and Theory of Architecture
 * Deadline Nov. 1

Rhode Island School of Design: Department of History of Art and Visual Culture
 * Assistant Professor in the History of Architecture: 19th to 21st centuries
 * Deadline Dec 11

Stanford University
 * Assistant Professor in Architectural History
 * Deadline Dec 7

University of Oklahoma
 * Assistant Professor in Architectural and Cultural History
 * Deadline Jan 15

University of Oregon Department of Art History
 * Assistant Professor in Architectural History, any field
 * Two Positions [also an endowed senior position]
 * Deadline Jan. 6

University of Pittsburgh Dept of History of Art and Architecture
 * Assistant Professor in Modern/Contemporary Architectural History
 * preference for emphasis on East Asian or Latin American
 * Deadline Dec. 15

University of Toronto Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
 * Histories and Practices of Architecture, Landscape and/or Urbanism
 * Deadline Nov 30

University of Utah School of Architecture
 * Architectural History and Theory (open rank)
 * Deadline Dec. 1

Washington University/ Sam Fox School of Design
 * Assistant Prof of Architectural History and Theory
 * Deadline Jan 18

Asian: East, South, Southeast


American University, Washington, DC
 * Assistant Professor, Asian or Latin American Art History
 * Deadline: Review of applications begins October 15 and will continue until December 15
 * Interview:
 * Campus Visit:

Arcadia University, Glenside, PA


 * Adjunct, Asian Art History


 * Deadline: Open until filled, will be interviewing at CAA.


 * Interview:


 * Campus Visit:

Brooklyn College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY


 * Assistant Professor, Non-Western Art, Asian, African or Latin American preferred, although Native American would be acceptable


 * Deadline: 10/21/09


 * Ack. and request for EOE info rec'd via email, 10/27/09
 * Interview: Phone interview scheduled for early January. x 2 Q: When were you contacted? Email or phone? Thanks. X 2
 * Campus Visit:

Denison University, Granville, OH
 * Assistant Professor, East Asian Art
 * Deadline: Review of applications will begin December 31, 2009 and continue until the position is filled.
 * Interview:
 * Campus Visit:

Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
 * ASIANetwork-Luce Foundation Postdoctoral One Year Teaching Fellow, Asian Art (China/Japan)
 * Deadline: 1/10/10

Georgetown University, Washington, DC
 * Assistant Professor, Asian Art History
 * Deadline: 11/15/09
 * Ack. & request for EOE info rec'd via email, 11/30/09
 * Interview:
 * Campus Visit:

Hunter College, New York, NY


 * Open Rank Professor, Far Eastern Art (Chinese painting, preferred)


 * Deadline: 3/15/10


 * Interview:


 * Campus Visit:

Metro State College of Denver


 * Tenure Track Professor, Non-Western Art, Theory and Criticism


 * Deadline: Screening begins 2/1/10


 * Interview:


 * Campus Visit:



Reed College, Portland, OR
 * Assistant/Associate Professor, Asia, Africa (including Diaspora), the Middle East, and/or Latin America
 * Deadline: 12/1/09
 * Ack. rec'd via post, 12/2/09. x 3 -- I'd previously applied for a 1 year VAP in East Asian History and Chinese Humanities, but the letter came from this search; apparently, they passed my application on. Did this happen to anyone else? (12/9/09)
 * Interview:
 * Campus Visit:

Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
 * Assistant/Associate Professor, Asian Art and Architectural History
 * Deadline: Review of applications begins 12/15/09
 * Rec'd ack. and EEO card by mail (12/10/09)
 * Interview:
 * Campus Visit:

Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
 * Assistant Professor, Visual Culture of Asia, China preferred
 * Deadline: 12/8/09
 * Rec'd ack. and EEO form by mail (12/11/09); letter says review of applications will begin in early January and candidates for CAA interviews will hopefully be notified by 1/20/10.
 * Interview:
 * Campus Visit:

Skidmore College, Saratoga, NY
 * Visiting Assistant Professor, Asian or Islamic Art
 * Deadline: 1/15/10
 * Interview:
 * Campus Visit:

Smith College, Northampton, MA
 * Freeman/McPherson Post-doctoral Fellowship in East Asian Art
 * Deadline: 11/15/09
 * Interview: Phone interview requested by phone, 12/21/09; 20-30 minute interviews being scheduled for 1/20-21/10. x 4
 * Q: Does anyone know whether they've contacted everyone for phone interviews, also interviewing at CAA or doing campus visits? Thanks.
 * A: I don't know whether they've contacted everyone; I understand that they are not doing CAA interviews, but are doing campus visits in February.

Union College, Schenectady, NY
 * Assistant Professor, East Asian Art
 * Deadline: 1/1/10
 * Rec'd email request for 3rd letter of rec., 12/17. They also asked whether I would be attending CAA. They are interviewing by phone, but the committee will be at CAA and hopes to meet candidates. Email did not specify when they would contact for phone interviews. X2 Rec'd email notice confirming receipt of 3rd letter, 1/7.
 * Interview:
 * Campus Visit:

University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
 * Lecturer, Chinese Art (4 yr. contract)
 * Deadline: 10/26/09
 * Interview/Campus Visit: req. 10/29 via email and snail mail; interviews scheduled for 11/17/09
 * Offer: made and accepted, 11/18/09.

University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
 * Assistant Professor, Asian Art
 * Deadline: For priority consideration, materials should be received by 11/20/09
 * Interview: Skype interviews being scheduled for 12/14-16/09
 * Interview: Video interview requested 12/4/09 scheduled for 12/14/09 (x 2)
 * Campus Visit: requested by phone 12/17/09 scheduled for late January.

University of Texas, Arlington
 * Assistant Professor, African or Asian art, preferably with a specialization in the pre-Modern era and a secondary area of expertise.
 * Deadline: Review of applications begins November 15, 2009 and will continue until the position is filled.
 * Interview: phone interview requested 12/07 (X2)
 * Campus Visit:

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
 * Assistant Professor of Asian Art and Visual Culture
 * Application Deadline: 4 December 2009 for full consideration
 * http://www.arthistory.utah.edu/faculty_search.pdf
 * Has anyone got any letters/email from Utah?
 * - You should get an email inviting you to "self-identify" for EOE purposes. Unfortunately, I don't know when I submitted my application, but I probably received the email within two weeks of submitting. (12/8)
 * Interview: Request for interview received December 7, scheduled for 12/15
 * - one round of preliminary video interviews before winter break, and another round (with different candidates) after the break, early Jan. Not everyone has been contacted yet. (12/13)
 * Campus Visit:

Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
 * Assistant/Associate Professor, Asian Art
 * Deadline: Review of completed applications will begin December 1 and continue until the position is filled.
 * Interview:
 * Campus Visit:

Contemporary, Theory, Performance
Willamette University

Modern/Contemporary/American (generalist)

deadline: October 31, 2009

received application acknowledgment in the mail 11/7' (x6)

semi-finalist notification, telephone interviews on 12/4 and 12/11 (11/23)

Just wondering, was this notification via phone, mail, or email? (e-mail) Wondering if more than one person received this notification.

Yes, I also (a second person) received the same email notification. It went out to eight semi-finalists.

Rejection letter received on 12/4. (x4)  I have to say that despite the rejection, I am happy to have received the news this quickly. It sounds like this department has their act together. Good luck to the semi-finalists.

I am one of the semi-finalists. Has anyone heard anything? Anyone make the final 3 for a campus visit? (12/28) Not so far (co-semi-finalist) (12/28)

They are taking a while to get back to us, hunh? Did they say they'd let us know in Dec if we'd been picked for the campus visit?

Three people have been chosen for campus interviews.

Could you specify how you were contacted for the campus interview? Email or phone? --Sounds like information straight from the horse's mouth rather than news from an individual candidate, but I could be wrong. (1/7)

Darn... Well, good luck to the other semi-finalists out there who also didn't make the cut. -- Likewise.

Semi-finalist received rejection letter 1/8. (x2)

Design, Decorative Arts
Parsons, Assistant Professor of Visual Studies

Deadline: January 1

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
University of Toronto 

19th century European art

Deadline: November 20

In case anybody is going to send their application last minute UPS/Fedex, don't bother. They will ask you to submit your app online. You can email any extra attachments. FYI (11/18)

Interview Scheduled:

Fellowships: Post- and Pre-Doctoral Art History
Getty Institute

Postdoctoral fellowship, "The Display of Art."

Deadline: Nov 1

Does anybody know why they chose the same theme two years in a row? Does anybody else find the theme a bit disappointing?

Ans: The GRI always carries its theme through two years--the need for it to be broad enough to encompass many individual's research often leads to rather colourless choices.

Actually, I'm pretty sure that this is the first time that the theme has been done for two years. The new type of theme and duration of the theme most likely reflects the new director's administrative and research goals for the GRI.

Postdoctoral fellowship, "Pacific Standard Time"

Deadline: November 1

Northwestern University

Medieval Art Postdoctoral Fellowship

Deadine: Nov 15

Received e-mail notification from SC chair; am on short list and will be contacted in Jan. for CAA interview (12/15) x3

Received email rejection from SC chair (12/15) x3

Terra Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pre-1945 American Art

Deadline: December 1

Anyone heard anything from them on this?

They asked my references for letters that are due Jan. 4 (x2)

University of Chicago

Terra Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pre-1945 American Art

Deadline: Dec 15

Walters Museum Mellon 

Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowship

Deadine: Dec 1

CASVA

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Deadine: Nov 1

-Predoctoral fellowship--interviews for finalists are supposed to be held in Feb...anyone been asked to interview yet? No, no news here.

Courtauld Institute of Art

Deadline: October

Anybody hear anything yet?

Coe College

Two-year postdoctoral fellowship

Deadline: Jan 8

Islamic
Virginia Commonwealth University  School of the Arts Open until filled

Medieval, Byzantine
Bryn Mawr

Medieval, Byzantine and Islamic

Deadline: November 30

Interview scheduled:

Received e-mail from SC Chair, requesting writing sample and syllabi - no mention of interviews or stats (12/16) x6

may I ask - are your foci more western, Byzantine or Islamic? or a mixture? -primarily western (1/6) - also western, but I did emphasize potential links to Byzantium/Islam in my cover letter (1/6) - also primarily western, but my research and course proposals emphasize contacts between western Europe, Byzantium and the Islamic world (1/8).

Case Western Reserve University

Medieval

Deadline: January 15

Interview scheduled:

College of Wooster

Ancient & Medieval

Deadline: November 16

Interview scheduled:

Manhattan College

Ancient/Medieval/Renaissance

Deadline: January 15

Interview scheduled:

^I would be very curious to hear if anyone gets a response. They posted this exact same job last year, to which I applied and never received a response (nor did I get any feedback on last year's wiki when I asked if anyone else had heard from them).

Mills College

Medieval/Renaissance/Baroque

Deadline: December 1

Interview scheduled:

Northwestern University

Medieval/Byzantine

Deadline: December 1

01/10: Has anyone out there received an acknowledgment of the receipt of their application?

Interview scheduled:

Oberlin College (1-year VAP position)

Medieval

Deadline: January 4

Interview scheduled:

Ohio State University 

Medieval/Byzantine

Deadline: November 1

Interview scheduled:

Saint Louis University

Medieval/Northern Renaissance

Deadline: December 9

Interview scheduled:

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

"Pre-Modern Mediterranean World"

Deadline: December 1

Interview scheduled: Video interview with committee scheduled for late January (12/17) x5

Am not among those contacted for a video interview, but did get a letter dated 12/21 stating my candidacy is still under consideration. (1/7 - just back from holiday travels) x3

What field(s), may I ask, are being considered for interviews? The search was pretty wide and I'm curious to have a sense of what they are looking at. Thanks!

Wayne State University

Medieval

Deadline: Review begins January 22, open until filled

Interview scheduled:
 * Not clear if they're doing CAA interviews - posting says that "representatives will be there to provide information."
 * I think that means they won't be doing formal interviews, but will set up a table for meet & greet - given the huge number of medieval jobs this year, perhaps this is their way to get a sense of the applicant pool and who is most interested in them...a nice idea, really.

Renaissance, Baroque, Early Modern
Case Western Reserve University

Renaissance Art (Southern Europe)

Deadline: 1/15/10

Interview Scheduled:

Mills College

European Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque

Deadline: 12/1/09

Interview Scheduled:

University of Chicago

Early Modern, 1400-1800

Deadline:

Interview Scheduled:

Anyone heard anything about this position? I fear it is canceled like their position last year.

I know they have asked at least one candidate (not me, I should say) for additional documents, so it seems the search is still on.

I think Chicago prefers to have substantial (often multiple) writing samples early in the process, so they may be requesting additional material from people whose writing samples were not substantial enough for them to get a good sense of the whole. I say this because two years ago I was asked for an additional writing sample for a different search and I do not think it was because I had made it to a second round. (My point is that people who have not been asked for additional documents should not necessarily assume they are no longer in contention).

Has this position been advertised several times prior to this year? I know I saw it last year as the person above mentioned, but I also seem to remember having seen it one or two years prior to that? Does anyone know if their searches keep getting canceled or is there some other situation going on?

Two years ago they searched for an early modernist and they hired someone who works primarily on early modern Africa (Cecile Fromont). I do not think they searched in early modern last year, though they did run two broad searches. It occurs to me also that the posting did technically have a December 15th deadline (review began October 1, full consideration for applications received by December 15), so they may also just be waiting until after then to make decisions.

Just a point of clarification on the above post: it's actually not just that "full consideration" will be given to applications received by December 15. Only those applications for which ALL materials (including the three letters of recommendation) are RECEIVED by December 15 can be considered AT ALL due to new university rules. And yes, not receiving a request for more materials does not mean you are out of the running. Applications are being considered as they arrive. Often applicants mistakenly believe they should submit published items merely because they are published, even if they are not the most representative samples of their work, so the committee will ask for something else. Or, the committee wants a second dissertation/book chapter to get a better idea of the project as a whole.

University of San Francisco

Renaissance and Baroque (Early Modern European Art c. 1400-1800)

Deadline: 12/1/09

Interview Scheduled:

University of Toronto

Italian Renaissance

Deadline:

Interview Scheduled:

Roger Williams University

Renaissance and Baroque Art

Deadline:

Interview Scheduled:

Washington University, St. Louis

Early Modern European Art c. 1400-1800 (primary field other than Italian 1300-1600)

Deadline: 1/11/10

Interview Scheduled:

Yale University

Italian Renaissance

Deadline: 1/4/09

Interview Scheduled:

Metropolitan State College of Denver

Early Modern 1400-1800

Deadline: 2/1/10

Interview Scheduled:

Twentieth-Century
Clemson University

Modern Art Historian

Deadline: Dec 15

Interview scheduled:

Emory University

European modernism 1880 – 1950

Deadline: January 1

Interview scheduled:

Ithaca College

Deadline: Open until position is filled

Interview scheduled: for CAA by email (1/11x2)

Does anyone have thoughts on what types of classes they expect this professor to teach? Are the classes Museum Studies based, or Art History, or both?

Oberlin College

Modern and Contemporary

Deadline: December 1

Interview scheduled:

--email receipt of materials and request for digital info (I mean they did say either/or). 12/18 x2

- also received a request for all materials to be sent digitally around 12/22-ish

Parsons New School of Design, School Art and Design History and Theory

Deadline: Jan 1

Randolph College

Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Art in Europe and America

Deadline: December 31

Interview scheduled: Email for interview at CAA (1/8) x2

Reed College, Visiting Assistant Professor

Modern and Contemporary

Deadline: December 15

Received acknowledgment in the mail (11/19)

University of Missouri

Modern European Art, late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century

Deadline: December 14

received e-mail requesting letters of reference (12/28)

Interview Scheduled:

University of Pennsylvania

Sachs Professorship in Contemporary Art (open rank)

Deadline: Open until filled

Interview scheduled:

--email request sent to references for letters (12/17)

did anyone else's references receive this request? -- yes (x3)

hmm, trying to decide whether it means anything or not.

University of Wisconsin -- Parkside 

19th & 20th Century European and American Art

Deadline: December 1

Phone interview scheduled for Jan. 7-8. (x2) (Q: When did you receive this notification? A: Dec. 23)

West Texas A&M University

Deadline: December 1

Interview scheduled: