Assistant or Associate Professor in the Department of Visual Arts

Description

The Department of Visual Arts at Ashoka University invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Art History or Visual Culture with an expected start date of August 2025 or January 2026.

Successful candidates would be expected to teach departmental core courses and electives, and advise undergraduate students. The teaching load is generally 2-2, with provision for paid research leave. Ashoka offers attractive terms of remuneration and conditions of work.

Ashoka University strongly encourages applications by women, members of SC/ST/OBC and other groups underrepresented in academia.

Qualifications

Successful candidates for the position will have outstanding research profiles, experience teaching undergraduates, and enthusiasm for building a Visual Arts programme in a liberal arts institution in India. Candidates should have a PhD in History of Art, Visual and Cultural Anthropology, Visual Culture, or an allied discipline by the beginning of the appointment.

Application Instructions

Applicants should submit: 1) a cover letter; 2) curriculum vitae; 3) a statement of teaching philosophy; 4) a statement of ongoing and planned research; 5) three samples of academic writings or professional work; and 6) names of three  referees.

All materials should be submitted through Interfolio.

The deadline for submitting a complete application is 31 January, 2025.

For any queries or further information, please contact the department administrator : uttkarsha@ashoka.edu.in

About the university: 

Ashoka University is India’s premier interdisciplinary research and teaching institution, providing higher education that is at par with the best in the world. Ashoka offers a diverse and inclusive space for its students to think deeply and critically. It envisions developing global leaders whose rigorous academic grounding and all-round education enables them to create meaningful change. A non-profit university established under the Haryana Private Universities Act, 2006, Ashoka is located in Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Sonipat, Haryana, India. For further information, visit www.ashoka.edu.in