Assistant Professor in Asian Art History (tenure-track)

Tufts University; Medford (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of the History of Art and Architecture at Tufts University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Asian Art History with an expected start date September 1, 2027. The position is open to any region of East, South, and Southeast Asia, with preference for the 19th–21st centuries.

The successful candidate will teach survey and thematic courses in Asian Art and Architecture, as well as thematic graduate seminars, and demonstrate scholarly promise and excellence

Qualifications

• Scholarly promise in Asian Art History.
• Excellence in teaching demonstrated via classroom or mentorship.
• Ability to teach survey courses and graduate seminars.

Responsibilities

• Teach survey and thematic courses in Asian Art and Architecture.
• Supervise research and mentor graduate students.

Job description

The Department of the History of Art and Architecture at Tufts University

invites applications for a tenure-track position in Asian Art History at the rank of Assistant Professor, with an expected start date of September 1, 2027. The position is open to any region of East, South, and Southeast Asia and period of specialization in the field; however, preference will be given to candidates with a focus on the 19th-21st centuries. The candidate must be able to teach survey and thematic courses in Asian Art and Architecture, as well as thematic graduate seminars. The successful candidate should demonstrate scholarly promise and excellence in teaching.

We are particularly interested in scholars with research and teaching interests that complement the department’s broad thematic strengths: social and cultural networks, mobility, exchange and appropriation; museums, architecture, and heritage; power, difference, and gender; materiality, aesthetics, and media; interdisciplinarity and critical historiography.

Applicants should demonstrate their readiness to contribute to our undergraduate majors in Art History and Architectural Studies, as well as to our M.A. programs in Art History and Art History & Museum Studies through classroom teaching, research supervision, and student mentorship.

Tufts University, founded in 1852, prioritizes quality teaching, highly competitive basic and applied research, and a commitment to active citizenship locally, regionally, and globally.

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