Position Available: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of History of Art and Architecture, University of Pittsburgh

The Department of History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh seeks to hire a non-tenure stream visiting assistant professor to teach three undergraduate courses per term.  The appointment is for one academic year (Fall and Spring term), beginning in Fall 2016.  Area of expertise is the history of East Asian art and architecture, with an ability to teach survey and intermediate level courses on the arts of China and Japan preferred.  The appointee may also be asked to teach a survey of world art introductory level course, depending on our curricular needs.  We are particularly interested in attracting applicants with innovative conceptual approaches to their field, whatever their sub-field may be, and who are able to connect their area of specialty to larger intellectual and methodological frameworks that cut across fields and disciplines.  The department is strongly committed to outstanding instruction.  Applicants should therefore also be interested in teaching as an intellectual enterprise in its own right, and able to teach outside their immediate specialization.  Additionally, the successful candidate will be invited to work with graduate students and faculty involved in the workshops and other intellectual activities of our Constellations Program: http://www.haa.pitt.edu.  The starting date is September 1, 2016.

PhD and teaching experience are required.  Applications are due no later than March 28, 2016 and should be sent electronically as a single PDF file to Corrin Trombley (cot12@pitt.edu). The file should have a cover letter that includes a research statement, your cv, a brief teaching portfolio (max 20 pages), a list of three references, and a writing sample or publication. Questions may be addressed to Prof. Barbara McCloskey, Chair (barbara.mccloskey@pitt.edu).  The University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applications from women, minorities, and underrepresented groups.