Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Nineteenth Century Art

Vanderbilt University • Nashville, TN

32d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of History of Art and Architecture at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position Assistant Professor of Nineteenth-Century Art History to begin in August 2027. We seek a candidate whose research and teaching consider nineteenth-century art in transnational contexts with a preference for candidates whose teaching and research complement the department’s existing strengths. In addition to outstanding scholarly potential, successful candidates will demonstrate their readiness to contribute to our undergraduate majors, our master’s degree programs, and our new interdisciplinary minor and graduate certificate in Museum and Market studies. With a teaching load of 2-2, the candidate will be expected to teach a combination of introductory surveys (e.g. Nineteenth-Century Art, History of Art Renaissance to the Present) and area-specific courses. This position will also support the Arts & Science Core curriculum. Within our new Museum and Markets programs, candidates should be prepared to offer a course on the nineteenth-century art market, museum culture, or the gallery system. Ideas for travel-embedded courses are welcome and generous funding is available. There are opportunities to engage with initiatives across campus including the Engine for Art, Democracy and Justice, the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies, the Vanderbilt Museum of Art, the W.T. Bandy Center for Baudelaire and Modern French Studies, the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities and as well as Vanderbilt’s campuses in New York city and San Francisco.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Art History or a related field.
• Research and teaching experience in nineteenth-century art in transnational contexts.
• Ability to contribute to undergraduate majors, master’s degree programs, and the new interdisciplinary minor and graduate certificate in Museum and Market studies.
• Readiness to teach introductory surveys and area-specific courses.
• Preparedness to offer a course on the nineteenth-century art market, museum culture, or the gallery system.

Nice To Haves

• Teaching and research that complement the department’s existing strengths.
• Ideas for travel-embedded courses.

Responsibilities

• Teach a combination of introductory surveys (e.g. Nineteenth-Century Art, History of Art Renaissance to the Present) and area-specific courses.
• Support the Arts & Science Core curriculum.
• Offer a course on the nineteenth-century art market, museum culture, or the gallery system within the new Museum and Markets programs.
• Develop and teach travel-embedded courses.

Benefits

• Full-time, tenure-track position.
• Teaching load of 2-2.
• Generous funding available for travel-embedded courses.
• Opportunities to engage with initiatives across campus including the Engine for Art, Democracy and Justice, the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies, the Vanderbilt Museum of Art, the W.T. Bandy Center for Baudelaire and Modern French Studies, the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities.
• Opportunities to engage with Vanderbilt’s campuses in New York city and San Francisco.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree