Lecturer in Visual and/or Material Culture (Education and Research) Ref: 20343
School/department: School of Media, Art and Humanities, Department of Art History
Hours: Full Time considered up to a maximum of 1.0 FTE / 37.5 hours per week, including teaching, research and administrative duties and responsibilities. Requests for flexible working options will be considered (subject to business need). Classes take place Monday through Friday during term time and all teaching is done in person on campus.
Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
Contract: Permanent
Reference: 20343
Salary: Lecturer B starting at £44,414 to £52,841 per annum, pro rata if part-time
Placed on: 25 July 2023
Closing date: 17 September 2023. Applications must be received by midnight of the closing date.
Expected interview date: Week Commencing 02 Ocotber 2023
Expected start date: 01 January 2024
Job description
We are looking for an inter-disciplinary scholar of the visual and/or material culture of any period, with a keen interest in the decolonization of art history and knowledge and experience working in or with the cultural sector.
The new post will be based within, and submit to the REF with, Art History, but will work closely with colleagues across the school of Media, Arts and Humanities.
Art History at Sussex is broadly defined, taking in many and varied aspects of visual and material culture. The department is striking for its large proportion of staff trained in disciplines other than Art History, a keen commitment to the study of marginalized materials and discourses, and work with many users, producers and researchers of culture within and beyond the university.
We welcome applicants from across the arts, humanities and social sciences including, but not confined to: Art History, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, Media Studies, Digital Humanities, Social and Cultural History, Archive Studies, Curating.
We also welcome applications from candidates without a PhD, based on relevant professional experience and the demonstration of a clear capacity to produce high-quality and impactful research.
Research can focus on any period but must engage with some aspect of decolonial practice. By expanding the presence of under-represented materials within research and teaching in Art History, and across the school of Media, Arts and Humanities, the post is a step towards addressing current gaps in expertise.
Art History and MAH has significant experience working with the cultural sector, on which we would now like to build. The new post will enable us to continue to develop a project of ‘critically vocational practice’: exploring how researchers and students in the arts and humanities can meaningfully intervene in spaces such as museums, archives, heritage sites, festivals, and galleries.
For an informal discussion please contact Prof Ben Burbridge, Head of Department, by email on B.F.Burbridge@sussex.ac.uk.
The University of Sussex celebrates and promotes diversity, equality and inclusion amongst our staff and students and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Applications are particularly welcomed from Disabled, Black and Minority Ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in our department. You can find out more about our values and our EDI Strategy, Inclusive Sussex, on our webpages.
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