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ANNOUNCEMENT OF AVAILABLE POSITION

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College of Fine Arts

Department of Cinematic Arts

The Department of Cinematic Arts at the University of New Mexico, College of Fine Arts, invites applications for an assistant professorship in film history, criticism, and theory, with expertise in
the history of silent and sound cinema, and in comparative foreign film.

Rank and Salary/ Start date: Assistant Professor, full-time, tenure track.  Salary: $42,000.  Position begins August 18, 2008.

Position description: Our successful candidate will teach introductory and advanced courses in moving image arts at the undergraduate and graduate levels.  Responsibilities include service on various committees at the university, college, and department levels.   

Minimum qualifications: Ph.D. in Cinema/Media Studies, or in a related interdisciplinary field, by August 2008.  

Preferred Qualifications: We are searching for a person with a comprehensive background in contemporary criticism, theory, and cultural studies vis-à-vis cinema.  We prefer to hire a scholar who has 1) university-level teaching experience in early and sound cinema history; 2) ability to offer specialized courses that engage at least three national cinemas; 3) a record as an excellent and experienced instructor able to teach high-enrollment introductory and advanced courses; 4) excellent publications and/or captivating dissertation in these fields; 5) a record of service to students; 6) demonstrated engagement with the interlocking diversities represented in the cinematic arts; 7) understanding of the political and material structures that inform visual/aural aesthetics; 8) expertise in articulating formalist critiques.

Application Process: Please send 1) a hard copy of your current cv; 2) a signed letter of application; 3) one sample course syllabus; 4) copies of formal student evaluations of teaching (concise format); 5) two confidential letters of recommendation (may be sent with application, sealed by recommender, or mailed under separate cover); and 6) a sample of recent work, or excerpts from the dissertation (40 pages maximum). For best consideration, mail completed, hard-copy applications to arrive to the address below by April 21, 2008.  Position will remain open until filled.
Susan Dever, Chair, Department of Cinematic Arts, College of Fine Arts
MSC04 2570
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001
Tel: (505) 277-9745, Department Administrator Christine Polansky; Fax: (505) 277-6314

The Department of Cinematic Arts, established as a degree program in 1996 in the College of Fine Arts, offers the Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts.  We serve seventy-some majors and untold numbers of minors, as well as more than 1,500 students per year, through general and specialized courses in film/video history, criticism, and studio production. Our diverse faculty supports a diverse student body in a collegial department where intellectual inquiry meets experimentation in art.