Contemporary Histories of Art and Cultural Theory Pool 2024-25 Apply now to Contemporary Histories of Art and Cultural Theory Pool 2024-25

Job #JPF09414

• Dept Of Art / School Of Arts And Architectur / UCLA

  Position overview Position title: Lecturer

  Salary range: See Table #15 at https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2023-24/july-2023-acad-salary-scales/t15.pdf for the salary range for this position. Annual Salary Range $66,259-$186,466. Rank and salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

  Application Window

  Open date: May 13, 2024

  Next review date: Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

  Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

  Final date: Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

  Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.

  Position description

The Department of Art at UCLA is creating a pool of applicants for potential temporary part-time teaching positions, in varied topics in the history of contemporary art. Examines key developments in art from 1960 to the present in their historical, political, and intellectual contexts. Applicants will need to submit course proposal. Specific topics may vary.

Sample Class Topic: Critiques of Modernism

This course will focus on the impact, legacy, and transformation of art in latter part of the 20th century and early 21st century, starting with critiques of modernism and the shift from modernist to postmodernist practices starting in the late 1960s. Artistic challenges to narrow modernist narratives and the institutional exclusions they justified will be examined, including critiques drawing from emancipatory movements and from poststructuralist, feminist, queer, performance, postcolonial, and critical race theory. The course will explore how artists and cultural thinkers challenged the forms, values, and institutions associated with modernism and paved the way for the emergence of a more global and inclusive field of contemporary art. Through class lectures, discussions, and assigned readings and research, students will gain an understanding of the local, national, and global conditions under which artworks are made and interpreted, and how the social dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomics, religion, sexual orientation, age, ability, nationality, and citizenship impact the production and reception of contemporary art.

Sample learning objectives:

-To understand of how race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomics, religion, sexual orientation, ability, nationality, and citizenship impact contemporary art.

-To learn about the relationship between contemporary art and emancipatory movements from the 1960s to the present.

-To deepen students’ understanding of contemporary perspectives in art history.

-To gain historical understanding of the development of contemporary art from the 1960s to the present.

-To closely analyze and evaluate specific works of art.

Salary: Rank and salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

This position is represented by the University Council – American Federation of Teachers: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/ix/contract.html. Internal applicants will be considered for reappointment prior to the consideration of external applicants.

Department: http://www.art.ucla.edu/

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

BA or BFA required. MFA preferred.

Application Requirements

Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

• Cover Letter

• Statement of Research (Optional)

• Statement of Teaching

• Statement on Contributions to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - An EDI Statement describes a faculty candidate’s past, present, and future (planned) contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion. To learn more about how UCLA thinks about contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion, please review our Sample Guidance for Candidates (https://equity.ucla.edu/programs-resources/faculty-search-process/faculty-search-committee-resources/sample-guidance/) and related EDI Statement FAQ (https://ucla.app.box.com/v/edi-statement-faqs) document.

• Link to Online Portfolio - Please list the web address of your online portfolio or personal website.

  (Optional)

Reference requirements

No references required.

Apply link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09414

Help contact: katrina21@arts.ucla.edu

About UCLA

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.

For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-035.pdf.

For the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.

Job location

Los Angeles, CA