Visiting Assistant Professor of Art (Early Modern European Art and Architecture), Amherst College

Visiting Asst. Professor, Early Modern European Art History, Amherst College

3-year Visiting Assistant Professor of Art (Early Modern European Art and Architecture).

The Amherst College Department of Art and the History of Art seeks a scholar of early modern European art and architecture for a full-time three-year visiting appointment at the rank of visiting assistant professor, beginning on July 1, 2024. We are open to any concentration and seek candidates who will offer a broad range of introductory and upper-level courses. Applications from scholars whose teaching expands the dimensions of European early modern art and architecture to include cultural exchanges with African, American, and East Asian regions of the era are especially welcome. The candidate will be expected to teach two courses in the fall and two courses in the spring. The position includes advising majors, supervising senior theses, and participating in other service work for the department.

Given Amherst’s distinction as one of the most diverse liberal arts colleges in the country, successful candidates will demonstrate the ways in which they bring value to and will work toward supporting a broadly diverse community. Nearly half of our students identify as domestic students of color, and another 11 percent are international, with non-U.S. citizenship; 16 percent are the first members of their families to attend college. Amherst is committed to providing financial aid that meets 100 percent of every student’s demonstrated need, and nearly 60 percent of our students receive financial aid. Our expectation is that the successful candidate will excel at teaching and mentoring students who are broadly diverse with regard to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, nationality, sexual identity, and religion.

The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in hand by the start of the appointment. An application letter (including brief descriptions of four possible courses), C.V., one sample syllabus, one writing sample, and names of three references must be submitted electronically to http://apply.interfolio.com/138714.
Review of applications will begin on February 15, 2024, and will continue until the position is filled.

Learn more about the department at https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/art.