Assistant Professor of Art History
About The Position
The Art History Department at Hamilton College seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor specializing in the Arts of the Americas before 1900. The field is broadly defined to include the visual culture, material culture, and/or built environment of the Caribbean, North America, Central America, and/or South America. The department is especially interested in candidates whose research and teaching intersect with race and indigeneity and who can contribute to the College’s interdisciplinary programs in Latin America and Latine Studies and/or American Indian and Indigenous Studies. The position supports the department’s commitment to giving students a critical understanding of the historical and theoretical concerns that have shaped the production, circulation, and reception of art, visual culture, and architecture across time and around the world. The successful candidate will help students examine structural and institutional hierarchies in the art historical discipline, sustain the department’s emphasis on object-based learning, and make use of on-campus collections at Burke Library, the College Archives, and the Wellin Museum of Art. The role includes institutional service, including undergraduate academic advising after the first year. The teaching load is four courses in the first year and five courses thereafter. The position begins July 1, 2027.
Requirements
- Expertise in the Arts of the Americas before 1900, broadly defined to include the Caribbean, North America, Central America, and/or South America.
- Demonstrated experience teaching or working with broadly diverse student populations.
- Ability to contribute to a learning community that values academic freedom, creativity, and intellectual curiosity.
- ABD candidates will be considered; a Ph.D. is preferred.
Nice To Haves
- Research and teaching that intersect with race and indigeneity.
- Ability to contribute to the interdisciplinary programs in Latin America and Latine Studies and/or American Indian and Indigenous Studies.
Responsibilities
- Teach four courses during the first year and five courses per year thereafter.
- Provide institutional service, including academic advising of undergraduate students after the first year.
- Contribute to the department’s object-based learning approach and use relevant on-campus collections.
- Support students in critically examining the structural and institutional hierarchies that have shaped the art historical discipline.
- Contribute, as appropriate, to the interdisciplinary programs in Latin America and Latine Studies and/or American Indian and Indigenous Studies.
Benefits
- Domestic partner benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
