Barnard Early-Career Faculty Fellow, Art History

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Barnard Early-Career Faculty Fellow, Art History

Job Summary:

With Barnard’s longstanding commitment to diversity and equity, the Faculty Diversity and Development (FDD) Committee and Barnard College, Columbia University in New York City, seeks three, full-time Early-Career Faculty Fellows to spend two years (beginning July 2025) contributing to, and gaining from, the rich community of research, teaching and praxis of Morningside Heights, where Barnard College is located. The Barnard Early-Career Faculty Fellow program is a two-year residential fellowship welcoming of early-career scholars from social backgrounds under-represented in academia. The fellowship is designed to help expand the number of under-represented scholars who are hired into tenure-track positions by providing them with the experience, skills, and accomplishments necessary to succeed in the highly competitive application process.

Job Description:

This complement of extraordinary early-career scholars will play an active role in a vibrant scholarly community and fully participate in the life of their academic home at the college. Faculty Fellows teach two undergraduate courses (or their equivalent) relevant to their scholarly interests and experience, conduct research and scholarship in the candidate’s discipline, and receive mentoring and professional development support from the department/program, college, and university. departmental mentoring and College-wide professional development support. This is a two-year position beginning on July 1, 2025, with teaching responsibilities during the standard academic year from September through May.

Departments and Programs eligible to host a Barnard Early-Career Faculty Fellow include:

• Africana Studies

• American Studies

• Anthropology

• Art History 

• Neuroscience & Behavior

• Spanish and Latin American Cultures

Art History 

The Barnard Art History Department emphasizes the need to understand art produced in the broadest possible range of mediums from across the world.  We would welcome an emerging scholar in the discipline who contributes to the diversification of our course offerings in terms of geographical region (especially the art of China, South Asia, Africa, and the African diaspora).  We welcome scholars whose methodologies engage issues of race, gender, sexuality, religion, and experiences of colonialism, displacement and enslavement, among other things, and would be delighted in the opportunity for more courses and casual interactions which center on these topics.  Our ideal scholar has expertise beyond Europe, the U.S., and Latin America, and engages with critical approaches and/or material practices that expand upon traditional art history. 

We would offer the fellow a vibrant community which gathers regularly for scholarly talks at Barnard and at Columbia, presentations by major artists in our Visual Arts program, opportunities to mentor undergraduate scholars and artists in structured and unstructured ways as well as the wealth of opportunities provided by New York City, a world center for art.  The department has often in the past developed special programming with visiting faculty and we would commit to working with a fellow on preparing at least one major public or scholarly event in line with their interests.

Reviews will begin Monday, March 31. For full consideration please apply by this date. 

Skills, Qualifications & Requirements:

Required Qualifications

Terminal degree in a related discipline, with all requirements for the degree completed by the time of hiring offer.  

Application Requirements

Only complete applications submitted via Workday will be considered.  Applicants are required to upload the following documents:

• CV with links to all available research, teaching, and service materials

• 2-3 page cover letter addressing research, teaching, and service/community engagement interests. Please also address your ability to work effectively with a student population that is broadly diverse with regard to gender and gender expression, race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, and religion; 

• Personal statement that summarizes why this opportunity is particularly appealing to you at this time;

• 1 representative publication or single writing sample preferably <30