Subject: Job opportunity – Tenure-track position „Global Sound
Composer“ – University of California, Riverside
From: Paulo Chagas
The University of California, Riverside is recruiting a „Global Sound
Composer. The position is part of a cluster hire in „Global Arts“ with a
total of four positions. This is a open rank position so that the hire
is open for the ranks of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor.
See add below for details. Please feel free to contact me for any
inquiry or recommendation concerning this hire.
Sincerely
Paulo C. Chagas
Professor of Composition
University of California, Riverside
Global Arts
The University of California at Riverside (UCR) is embarking on a major
new hiring initiative that will add 300 tenure-track positions in 33
cross- disciplinary areas selected through a peer-reviewed competition.
Over the next three years, we will hire multiple faculty members in each
area and invest in research infrastructure to support their work. This
initiative will build critical mass in vital and emerging fields of
scholarship and the arts, foster truly cross-disciplinary work and
further diversify the faculty at one of America’s most diverse research
universities. We encourage applications from scholars and artists
committed to excellence and seeking to help redefine the research
university for the next generation. For more information regarding UCR’s
hiring initiative please go to: http://clusterhiring.ucr.edu
The faculty recruited in Global Arts will join a vibrant community of
scholars and artists whose work is global in both the sense of its
international reach and its cross-disciplinary scope. We are conducting
an open rank recruitment for four positions (two junior, two senior)
seeking individuals who exhibit a range of geographical and cultural
diversity, and who all are actively using or doing art—engagingdirectly
with creative artistic practices–either themselves or in active
partnership with artists. Preference will be given to candidates with
significant international experience and whose work extends UCR’s
existing globally oriented arts and research programs. Successful
candidates will join departments corresponding to their areas of
expertise, teach in Global Studies and contribute to other
interdisciplinary programs. Required qualifications are a terminal
degree in the area of specialization or related field (e.g. Ph.D., MFA,
DMA) or a prior university appointment or other evidence of
international recognition for creative achievements appropriate to an
academic environment.
We invite applicants in the following four areas. We seek to make two
junior (tenure-track) and two senior (tenured) appointments.
Global Writing and Public Memory: We seek a writer or scholar of
international reputation who explores transnational topics (e.g. cities
and their interactions, genocide, human rights, humanitarianism and
protest politics) and treats such subjects as a form of global public
memory. The ideal candidate will not be limited by genre, geography, or
language, and will be comfortable developing, with fellow artists and
social scientists, collaborative projects that address memory for
diverse publics.
Global Sound Composition: We seek a sound composer of international
reputation whose work explores the diversity of artistic forms emerging
in the medium of sound, going beyond the boundary of music and
reflecting on the differentiation processes of sound in a global
society. Areas of expertise may include creative work in sound art,
design, synthesis, installation, radio art, electronic or digital sound
composition or soundscape; research on topics such as the role of sound
in digital culture, the development of sound in relation to information
and communication technology, or the interdisciplinary relations
connecting sound to image, body, visual and media art are also desirable.
Global Aesthetics and Art Practice: We seek a scholar of the philosophy
of art whose work takes a global perspective. The appointee should have
significant expertise in aesthetics and one or more area of artistic
practice, and be able to contribute to “practice-informed theory.”
Serious engagement with debates about globalization and the arts and the
effects of global dynamics on theorizing about the arts, and the ability
to work creatively across disciplinary boundaries is essential. A
familiarity with both analytic and continental approaches to aesthetics
is highly desirable.
Performance Maker: We seek a performance maker who can galvanize
practices of and exchanges about performance and performativity across
disciplinary lines. This performer should have substantial international
experience, adding to the transnational scope and diversity of UCR’s
programs across and beyond the performing arts. The ideal candidate will
have the ability to work in more than one language, with an interest in
and facility with integrating media and new technologies within
performance, and experience working with artists from various countries
across geographic boundaries. Engagement with intercultural issues in
performance is highly desirable.
Applicants should indicate which of the four areas their work engages at
the top of all of their application materials. They should submit a CV,
cover letter that includes a research statement, evidence of teaching
and a sample of work. Three letters of reference are required for junior
level positions; those applying for senior positions should include
contact information for 3-5 references. Deadline for applications is
December 21, 2015. All Appointments will begin June 30, 2016. Salary is
commensurate with education and experience.
Application Procedure: Applications will be submitted electronically
through UCR’s online application portal.
Assistant Professor tenure-track:
https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF00476 Associate and Full Professor
tenured:https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF00477
Letters and inquiries should be addressed to; Susan Ossman, Chair,
Global Arts Search Committee at susan(dot)ossman(at)ucr(dot)edu
UCR is a world-class research university with an exceptionally diverse
undergraduate student body. Its mission is explicitly linked to
providing routes to educational success for underrepresented and
first-generation college students. A commitment to this mission is a
preferred qualification.
Advancement through the faculty ranks at the University of California is
through a series of structured, merit-based evaluations, occurring every
2-3 years, each of which includes substantial peer input.
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, age, disability,
protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Applicants who use Interfolio may utilize a feature provided by the
Interfolio Service to allow Interfolio to upload their letters directly
into AP Recruit. Applicants can input an Interfolio-generated email
address in place of their letter writer’s email address. Interfolio
refers to this as Online Application Deliveries. The following link on
the Interfolio website shows how to set this
up.http://help.interfolio.com/entries/24062742-Uploading-Letters-to-an-Online-Application-System.
AP Recruit Link for applying at the Assistant Professor level:
https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF00476
AP Recruit Link for applying at the Associate/Full Professor level: