Description

The Department of Art History at Kenyon College is accepting applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Asian Art History. Candidates must have expertise in the art, architecture, and visual culture of any geographic region in pre-1900 Asia and possess a demonstrated ability and desire to teach courses in many areas of Asian art. We seek a creative colleague who can immediately contribute to our curriculum. Applicants must be interested in offering a fresh, global perspective on permanent courses, including the Introduction to Asian Art, and developing intermediate and advanced-level courses on the art, architecture, and visual culture of East Asia, South Asia, or Southeast Asia. We are interested in teacher-scholars who can offer creative ways to engage with the Department’s Visual Resources Center, our Study Collection (https://digital.kenyon.edu/arthistorystudycollection/), and regional art museums. Applicants should complement, not duplicate, current expertise of the department. The candidate will also have an opportunity to work with advanced art history majors on Honors projects and advise students pursuing the Asian and Middle East Studies interdisciplinary major. 

Requirements

 Successful candidate must possess a completed PhD that demonstrates an acute awareness of / engagement with current trends in the literature; Participation at professional conferences as panelist/panel chair/organizer; (preferable): successful publications (shorter, lesser known publications acceptable; peer review preferred)
The committee would prefer a candidate with a broad expertise in the history of Asian art and visual culture so that they may offer courses in somewhat distinct areas. For example, though the candidate may be an expert in Ancient Chinese art, and would therefore offer 200/300 classes on that material, we would be pleased if they had experience/capability to teach a class on Japanese sculpture that extends into the modern era as well.