Faculty Search in Dress, Fashion, and Textile History

Bard Graduate Center (BGC) announces a faculty search in Dress, Fashion, and Textile History. This position is open rank, tenured or tenure-track as appropriate, with a strong preference for senior (2+ completed projects) or advanced junior candidates (1 completed project). Ph.D is required. Material knowledge of textiles, clothing, and its construction is essential. Preferred research area in 18th- to 21st-century Europe and America, which may include Indigenous, diasporic, migrant, and/or minoritized communities. The ability to teach graduate students about dress, fashion, and textiles in a wider global context is expected.  

BGC is an interdisciplinary graduate research institute studying the cultural history of the material world. Our students gravitate to careers in museums, academia, the art world, and publishing. 

Please send cv, cover letter, names of 3 recommenders, and a writing sample no longer than 30 pages to faculty.search@bgc.bard.edu by 1 November 2021.

Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental, or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information.
 
Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.

Bard College encourages applicants from groups historically underrepresented in United States higher education.