Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Art History (Open-ended)

UE08: £44,414.00 - £ 52,841.00 Per Annum

CAHSS / Edinburgh College of Art / History of Art

Open Ended Contract - Permanent: Full Time - 35 Hours per Week

The Opportunity:

This is an exciting opportunity to join the School of History of Art as Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Art History.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed colleague with experience or potential to produce exceptional teaching and research in the field of Modern and Contemporary Art History. In particular we require a colleague who will help us extend our current curriculum through the design and delivery of a new online master’s (MSc) degree programme. You will join a growing team of internationally recognised art historians to develop and teach courses in your research area and contribute to team-teaching across all levels of our curriculum, from undergraduate to doctoral level. You will have demonstrable capability and/or plans to deliver significant research outputs, build partnerships with local, national and international organisations, and attract external research funding. You will be ambitious for your field and its potential to change existing or introduce new narratives.

Start date is 1 September, or as soon as possible thereafter.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• A PhD or equivalent qualification in the field of Modern and/or Contemporary Art History
• Vision and ambition to extend Edinburgh Art History to new audiences by means of digital and online media
• An enthusiastic, positive and creative approach to teaching and pedagogy
• Evidence of, and/or potential to produce, a portfolio of exceptional and impactful research
• Openness to the ideas and motivations of others and willingness to work as part of a team of academics and administrators
• Commitment to the principles of academic governance and leadership by example.

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About the Team

History of Art at the University of Edinburgh is one of the UK’s largest groups of teaching and research expertise in the subject area, with some 30 academics and 30 tutors and teaching fellows. There are approximately 500 students taking our undergraduate degrees, 140 on masters programmes and 35 postgraduate research student.

History of Art sits in Edinburgh College of Art which is a large and diverse school within the University of Edinburgh's College of Humanities and Social Science. ECA also comprises Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Art, Design, and Music.

In ECA, our mission is to promote world-leading critical enquiry across all these subject areas through scholarly research, teaching and creative practice.

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

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