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Date Posted: 07/14/2025
Closing Date: 09/30/2025, 11:59PM ET
Req ID: 44059
Job Category: Faculty – Tenure Stream (continuing)
Faculty/Division: University of Toronto Mississauga
Department: University of Toronto Mississauga: Visual Studies
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)

Description:

The Department of Visual Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga invites applications for a full-time tenure stream appointment in Black Visual Culture. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2026.

Candidates must have earned a PhD degree in Visual Culture, Art History, Black Studies or Africana Studies, Cinema and Media Studies, or a closely related discipline by the time of appointment, or shortly thereafter, with a demonstrated record of excellence in research and teaching. We seek candidates whose research and teaching interests complement and enhance our existing departmental strengths. The successful candidate will be expected to pursue innovative and independent research, and to establish an outstanding, competitive, and externally funded research program.

Candidates must provide evidence of research excellence which can be demonstrated by the quality of the writing sample, the submitted research statement, a record of publications in top-ranked and field-relevant academic journals and books, or forthcoming publications meeting high international standards, research collaborations, presentations at major conferences, fellowships, awards, and accolades, and strong endorsements by referees of high standing.

Evidence of excellence in teaching will be demonstrated through teaching accomplishments and a teaching dossier, including a teaching statement, sample course materials, and teaching evaluations submitted as part of the application, as well as three letters of reference. The successful candidate will be expected to provide examples of innovative approaches to pedagogy and mentoring.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The Department of Visual Studies (DVS) is home to five programs and one certificate option: Art History, Art & Art History, Cinema Studies, Visual Culture and Communication, Visual Culture Studies and Certificate in Curatorial Studies. Ideally, the candidate will teach primarily in the Visual Culture streams, though we understand all of these programs as importantly related. The candidate will be expected to help build the Visual Culture curriculum. DVS is also affiliated with the Blackwood Gallery (https://www.blackwoodgallery.ca/), a vital, on-campus gallery of contemporary art and a major pedagogical resource.

The candidate also will be appointed to and teach in a graduate unit at the University of Toronto St. George campus, such as Art History (https://arthistory.utoronto.ca/) or the Cinema Studies Institute (https://www.cinema.utoronto.ca/) The University of Toronto offers the opportunity to teach, conduct research, and live in one of the most diverse metropolitan areas in the world.

At UTM we are committed to fostering an environment of diversity and inclusion. With an enviable diverse student body, we especially welcome applications from candidates who identify as Indigenous, Black, or racially visible (persons of colour), and who have experience working with, teaching or mentoring diverse groups or students. Candidates must demonstrate, in their application materials, an ability to foster diversity on campus and within the curriculum or discipline, and must show evidence of a commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and the promotion of a respectful and collegial environment. Candidates must submit a statement describing their contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion, which might cover topics such as (but not limited to): teaching that incorporates a focus on underrepresented communities; efforts undertaken to develop inclusive pedagogies, collaboration, and engagement with underrepresented communities; and mentoring of students from underrepresented groups. If you have questions about this statement, please contact Professor Brian Price: dvschair.utm@utoronto.ca.

All qualified applicants are invited to apply online by clicking on the link below. Applicants must submit a cover letter, a current curriculum vitae, teaching dossier (including a statement of teaching philosophy, sample course materials, and teaching evaluations supporting teaching quality and experience), a research statement outlining current and future research interests, and a substantial recent writing sample (e.g., an article or book chapter).

Applicants must provide the names and contact information of three references. The University of Toronto’s recruiting tool will automatically solicit and collect letters of reference from each referee the day after an application is submitted. Applicants remain responsible for ensuring that referees submit recent letters (on letterhead, dated and signed) by the closing date. More details on the automatic reference letter collection, including timelines, are available in the candidate FAQ .

Submission guidelines can be found at http://uoft.me/how-to-apply. Your CV and cover letter should be uploaded into the dedicated fields. Please combine additional application materials into one or two files in PDF/MS Word format. If you have any questions about this position, please contact Professor Brian Price at dvschair.utm@utoronto.ca. For more information about the Department of Visual Studies, please visit https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/dvs/.

https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississauga-Assistant-Professor-Black-Visual-Culture-ON/593973817/

All application materials, including recent reference letters, must be received by September 30, 2025.

Position Overview
The Department of History of Art at The Ohio State University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Global Indigenous Arts with a start date of August 15, 2025. Following the lead of Indigenous scholars who insist that the category of “art” itself is often attributed to a Eurocentric worldview and therefore deeply contested by Indigenous artists and communities, we welcome applications that offer expansive approaches to the history of Indigenous visual and expressive arts. The temporal and geographic range of the position is open. We welcome applications from scholars whose research engages in emerging approaches to methodological inquiry, investigations of place and migration, racialized discourses, and/or systems of power. Potential areas of research include:
• Indigenous epistemologies and visual sovereignty
• Decolonization, decolonial, or anticolonial frameworks, histories, and practices
• Indigenous feminisms
• Queer and two-spirit art histories
• Nationalisms, transnational and international solidarities
• Sovereignty, freedoms, social movements and visual culture
• Transterritorialisms, deterritorialisms
• Critical futurities, reparations
• Museum and exhibition studies
• Land/ place-based art
• Indigenous ecology
• Indigenous media practices
• Critical craft studies, material practices
• Other related critical approaches

Performance Objectives
• Demonstrate excellence in research, teaching, and service, including teaching and advising at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Maintain an active and impactful scholarship agenda
• Teach and advise undergraduate and graduate students
• Collaborate with scholars across departments and engage diverse communities inside and outside of the university

Education and Experience Requirements
Required: Applicants must hold a PhD in Art History, Indigenous Studies, or from a wide range of emerging and related fields by August 15, 2025. ABDs welcome to apply.

Desired: Preference for applicants with active research agendas and those with experience engaging collaboratively with students and scholars of diverse backgrounds. Candidates should demonstrate a commitment to building a diverse intellectual community, in line with OSU’s Shared Values (see below).

How to Apply
Apply to the Careers at Ohio State website at:
https://osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/job/Columbus-Campus/Assistant-Professor—Global-Indigenous-Arts_R114704-1.
A complete application consists of the following required elements: a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a writing sample, and names and contact information for three letters of reference. Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2024. Inquiries may be directed to the search committee chair, Sampada Aranke, at aranke.2@osu.edu

You will be presented with the opportunity to attach 3 documents in the Application Documents section. A complete application will include:
• Attachment 1: Cover Letter: a 2 page letter that includes research, teaching, and service experience and why you are interested in this position.
• Attachment 2: CV (Curriculum Vitae): Detailed overview of your scholarly experience, including your research experience, teaching and mentoring experience, service, funding, and publications.
• Attachment 3: A 20-40 page writing sample.

All applicants will be asked to provide the names and contact information for three references following the submission of application materials .

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability
The Ohio State University is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, disability status, or protected veteran status.

Final candidates are subject to successful completion of a background check.

Apply here:

https://osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/job/Columbus-Campus/Assistant-Professor—Global-Indigenous-Arts_R114704-1

Assistant Professor – Black Visual Culture

Assistant Professor of Global Indigenous Arts Opportunity