Film History and Criticism, Tenure-Track Faculty (Fall 2022)
- Employer
- Bard College
- Location
- Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
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- Professional Fields, Communication & Journalism, Social Sciences, Anthropology & Archaeology
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
The Film & Electronic Arts Program at Bard College is seeking a tenure-track faculty member to enrich and advance the study of film history and criticism. Candidates at a more advanced level will also be considered. Teaching duties will begin in the fall semester of 2022.
The appointee should be prepared to offer undergraduate courses at all levels, will have a research and teaching profile that reflects serious engagement in a broad swath of film history (from the silent era to the present), and will have expertise and significant publications in areas of scholarship that complement and enhance existing strengths. Priority will be given to candidates with specializations encompassing any or all of the following: local and global film cultures, movements, and industries (especially South Asian, Middle Eastern, South American, and African); film history and media archaeologies; cinema's relationship with the visual, performing, and creative arts; theories of race, gender and sexuality; film sound and music; philosophy and cinema; the materiality of film and digital cinema; documentary practices; and animation.
Candidates should have (or be working toward completion of) a terminal degree in Film Studies or a related discipline (ABD applicants welcome), a clearly defined and ambitious research plan, a commitment to teaching undergraduates in a liberal arts environment, and college-level teaching experience. Courses should be designed to integrate into a broad liberal arts curriculum as well as a film major that includes both film history and criticism and hands-on production. The appointee will have a 3-2 teaching load and will be expected to teach and advise students with interests in avant-garde, documentary, and narrative filmmaking. Active participation in program development is assumed and contributions to collaborations across the arts, humanities, and social sciences are strongly encouraged.
To Apply
Please send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, teaching and research statements, sample course syllabi, a writing sample (book chapter or article), and contact information for 3 references to interfolio: http://apply.interfolio.com/94539
References for finalists will be contacted for letters of recommendation. Questions regarding the search should be directed to Richard Suchenski, Associate Professor of Film and Electronic Arts, at rsuchens@bard.edu.
Application Deadline: October 22, 2021
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental, or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information.
Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.
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Organization
Undergraduate Degrees
Bard offers courses of study in four divisions—Arts; Languages and Literature; Science, Mathematics, and Computing; and Social Studies—and in interdivisional programs and concentrations. Students may also earn a five-year B.S./B.A. degree in economics and finance. The Bard College Conservatory of Music offers a five-year program in which students pursue a dual degree—a B.Music and a B.A. in a field other than music. Bard and its affiliated institutions also grant the following undergraduate degrees: A.A. at Bard High School Early College; A.A. and B.A. at Bard College at Simon’s Rock: The Early College; and through the Bard Prison Initiative at six correctional institutions in New York State.
Graduate Degrees
More than 200 students are seeking graduate degrees: M.A. in curatorial studies, M.Music in vocal arts, conducting, and curatorial, critical, and performance studies, and M.S. in environmental policy, climate science and policy, and economic theory and policy at the Annandale campus; M.F.A. and M.A.T. at multiple campuses; M.B.A. in Sustainability in New York City; and M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in the decorative arts, design history, and material culture at the Bard Graduate Center in Manhattan. M.Music degrees are also offered at the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Early Colleges
Bard's early colleges educate the next generation of thought leaders, preparing them to be lifetime learners. Bard High School Early Colleges in New York City, Newark, New Jersey, and Cleveland, Ohio; Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts; and Bard Early College New Orleans and Bard Early College at the Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy all serve the needs of highly motivated younger students.
International Degrees
Internationally, Bard confers dual B.A. degrees at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, Russia (Smolny College); American University of Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan; and Bard College Berlin: A Liberal Arts University; as well as dual B.A. and M.A.T. degrees at Al-Quds University in the West Bank.
Cultural Life
Campus life in Annandale is vibrant, with world-class performing arts venues; continuous and varied student activities; and numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and in New York City. Students choose from more than a hundred active clubs on campus, and new clubs begin every semester. The Bard College athletic teams are the Raptors. The College’s colors are red and white. The critically acclaimed Bard Music Festival is presented on campus each summer, exploring the life and work of a single composer through chamber music, choral and orchestral performances, symposia, panel discussions, and preconcert talks. Since 2003 the festival has been part of Bard SummerScape, which annually presents operas, films, and theatrical productions that complement the festival’s theme.
Outstanding Faculty
Bard's undergraduate faculty-to-student ratio is 1:10 and courses are taught by full faculty members. Among the many distinguished faculty at Bard College are five MacArthur Fellows—poets John Ashbery and Ann Lauterbach, novelist and memoirist Norman Manea, painter and multimedia artist Judy Pfaff, and journalist Mark Danner. Other notable faculty members include soprano Dawn Upshaw, journalist Ian Buruma, composers Joan Tower and George Tsontakis, poet Robert Kelly, and writers Luc Sante and Francine Prose. Over the years, four recipients of the Nobel Prize in Literature have taught at Bard—Saul Bellow, Isaac Bashevis Singer, José Saramago, and Orhan Pamuk.
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