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 Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies

 The Cinema Studies Program at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time non-continuing faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences. Appointment to this position will be for a term of one year, with the possibility of renewal for an additional year, beginning fall 2016, and will carry the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor.

 The incumbent will teach a total of five courses in the history and theory of cinema and media. The field is open, though we especially value work in (1) global cinema/media, with a special emphasis on a non-Western cinema and (2) early/silent cinema.

 Cinema, modern culture’s primary art form, is central to the media traditions and industries that structure contemporary society, and Oberlin College’s Cinema Studies Program is c ommitted to exploring cinema in its critical, creative, historical, cultural, technological, and comparative media contexts. On the idea that to genuinely understand cinema and other media one must create media forms as well as analyze them, the Program integrates the critical study and production of cinema and related media, and majors may take both hands-on media production as well as critical studies courses.

 The new appointment’s classes will be integral core courses that help define the major and reflect the Program’s direction. To nurture our strong commitment to exploring cinema within the broader historical, theoretical, and cultural matrix of Media Studies, we seek to hire someone whose work emphasizes comparisons among different media forms, examines cinema and other media in terms of their technological foundations and cultural implications, and studies media in the historical context of the centuries- old, ongoing relationship between technological innovation and artistic practice. Ideally, the incumbent will offer advanced courses on technology and media practices surrounding the birth of cinema, along with introductory courses in cinema and media studies.

 The incumbent will teach two introductory classes (What is Media? and Introduction to the Advanced Study of Cinema), and some combination of three intermediate and advanced courses in the historical and/or theoretical relations among media, technology, and culture in his or her area of specialization. Candidates must have a Ph.D. (in hand or expected by September 2016) and demonstrate interest and potential excellence in undergraduate teaching. Successful teaching experience at the college level is desirable.

 To apply, all application materials must be submitted electronically through Oberlin's employment website to https://jobs.oberlin.edu. A complete application will be comprised of 1) a Cover Letter that includes an articulation of the applicant's teaching philosophy; 2) a Curriculum Vitae; 3) Unofficial transcript; and, 4) Letters of Reference from three (3) recommenders. By providing these letters you agree that we may contact your references. Please note that our system does not work with Interfolio. You will need to submit a valid email address for each of your recommenders; the system will email each recommender to request a letter of reference.

 Review of applications will begin on March 1, 2016 and will continue until the position is filled. Completed applications received by the February 25, 2016 deadline will be guaranteed full consideration.

 Questions about the position can be addressed to:  [mailto:grace.an@oberlin.edu grace.an@oberlin.edu] or Grace An, Director, Cinema Studies Program, at 440-775-6657.

 Oberlin College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer with a strong institutional commitment to the development of a climate that supports equality of opportunity and respect of differences based on gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, and gender identity and expression. Oberlin was the first coeducational institution to grant bachelor's degrees to women and historically has been a leader in the education of African-Americans; the college was also among the first to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. In that spirit, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals who would contribute to the diversity of our faculty.