Art Variable Topics Lecturer Pool 2024-25
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- University of California, Los Angeles
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- Los Angeles
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Art Variable Topics Lecturer Pool 2024-25
University of California Los Angeles
Requisition Number: JPF09233
The Department of Art at UCLA is creating a pool of applicants for potential temporary part-time teaching positions, in various variable topics/proposal-based courses in the department for the 2024-25 academic year. These courses include: Art 132 Undergraduate Survey of Critical Thought: Overview of premodern, modern, and postmodern theory as reflected in critical writing and artistic frameworks from late 19th century to present. Introduction to elements of Marxism, critical theory, feminist and queer theory, indigenous critique, disability studies, black radical tradition, decolonial and postcolonial writings; Art 276 Graduate Group Critique: Critique discussions of student work within an open group setting. Alternatively facilitated and lead by senate faculty and visiting artists, curators, cultural critics and other contemporary thinkers in the Los Angeles and broader art community; Art C280 Graduate Seminar: Advanced topics in critical theory and study of contemporary art, with emphasis on individuals, issues, and methodologies. Possible areas of study from structuralism, deconstruction, feminist and psychoanalytic theory, commodification, and censorship.
Specific topics may vary.
Salary: Rank and salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.
This position is represented by the University Council - American Federation of Teachers: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/ix/contract.html. Internal applicants will be considered for reappointment prior to the consideration of external applicants.
To apply, please visit: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09233
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see: UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy, https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/DiscHarassAffirmAction
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UCLA features the College of Letters and Science, seven general campus professional schools, and four professional schools for the health sciences. The UCLA College of Letters and Science has 34 academic departments and 900 faculty, and houses the majority of UCLA's 129 undergraduate majors as well as the students in the Graduate Division of Letters and Sciences. The UCLA College Honors Program is also housed in the College. The College of Letters and Science's programs are divided into five academic divisions: humanities, social sciences, life sciences, physical sciences, and the International Institute. UCLA also offers certificate programs, undergraduate degree-credit and continuing education credits for non-full-time students through its UCLA Extension education program.
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