Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow in Modern and Contemporary Architectural History

Position Description

The Department of Art History at the University of Chicago invites applications for Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow with an expected start date of July 1, 2023, or as soon as possible thereafter. 

The selected candidate would be appointed for a term of two years at the rank of Instructor. The position is intended to provide substantial time for the selected candidate to advance their scholarship. It thus includes a teaching load of one course per year, with minimal advising and service responsibilities. The selected candidate would join the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship program. Following a successful review in the second year, the candidate would be promoted to a first term as Assistant Professor.

This position is intended to lead into appointment as Assistant Professor and this search is connected to a concurrent search for an Assistant Professor: http://apply.interfolio.com/115305. We thus urge all applicants to submit an application to the Assistant Professor search as well, to ensure that all available options will be open to the selected candidate.

The Department seeks applicants with innovative approaches to scholarship in the modern and contemporary history of architecture, urbanism, and/or the built environment, who also exhibit an ambitious research agenda and a commitment to developing pedagogical techniques for teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Scholars working in any geographic area, with any theoretical or methodological focus, are invited to apply.

Qualifications

All requirements for the PhD in Art or Architectural History or a related field must be completed by the start of the appointment. 

Application Instructions

Required Application Documents 

• Cover letter introducing research, teaching interests and pedagogical methods, long-term career goals, and detailing progress toward completion of PhD if not in hand 
• Dissertation abstract (2-page maximum) 
• Current CV 
• One article-length text or dissertation chapter 

All items must be submitted via the University's Academic Recruitment website (Interfolio) at: http://apply.interfolio.com/115309. Review of applications will begin on November 7, 2022 and will continue until the position is filled or closed.

Additional materials and reference letters may be requested following initial review of applications. For more information about the Department of Art History, please visit arthistory.uchicago.edu. Please contact arthistory@uchicago.edu with any questions about the position.

Position contingent on final budgetary approval.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

We seek a diverse pool of applicants who wish to join an academic community that places the highest value on rigorous inquiry and encourages diverse perspectives, experiences, groups of individuals, and ideas to inform and stimulate intellectual challenge, engagement, and exchange. The University’s Statements on Diversity are at https://provost.uchicago.edu/statements-diversity.

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