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Job: Assistant Professor – Film Studies, Mount Royal University (Applicant Review Begins: 31 March 2024)

Mount Royal University is accepting applications for a full-time tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the area of Film Studies to commence July 1, 2024, subject to budgetary approval.

New faculty are hired into one of two work patterns. The teaching/scholarship/service pattern (TSS) focuses on teaching with the requirement that the faculty member establish and maintains a research program and is involved in service to the Mount Royal community. The teaching service pattern (TS) has a focus on teaching and service only. The successful candidate for this position will be hired into the teaching/scholarship/service pattern (TSS). There is an option to change work patterns after tenure. The TSS  pattern typically requires faculty members to teach six three-credit three-hour classes per academic year. The average class is approximately 30 students.

Research and service opportunities may include supervision of research assistants or Honours students. The Office of Research, Scholarship and Community Engagement (ORSCE) provides support for research and scholarly activities.

Responsibilities

  • Teaching courses in Film Studies;
  • Hosting visiting filmmakers and film scholars;
  • Fostering ties to film communities;
  • Engaging with local, national, and international Film Studies and filmmaking organizations;
  • Collaborating effectively with full-time and contract faculty members on curriculum re-development and educational innovation;
  • Remaining current in areas of teaching responsibility;
  • Contributing to program, university, and community service; and
  • Participating in the General Education program.

Qualifications
A Ph.D. in Film Studies is required, as is an emerging or established body of scholarly work in Film Studies. The following would be considered assets: filmmaking experience, connections to film/digital storytelling communities, or additional areas of expertise relevant to our program.
The successful candidate must possess the ability to teach several undergraduate Film Studies courses currently offered in the Mount Royal University Calendar. There will also be the opportunity to develop new courses in one’s areas of expertise. In addition, any of the following would strengthen a candidate’s application:

  • Successful previous post-secondary teaching experience in courses related to Film Studies;
  • Experience in curriculum development (e.g., creating courses, lectures, learning activities, and assignments); and
  • Demonstrated commitment to enhancing diversity and diversity awareness.

About MRU
Mount Royal University is situated on an ancient and storied land that is steeped in ceremony and history that, until recently, was occupied exclusively by people indigenous to this place. With gratitude and reciprocity, we acknowledge the relationships to the land and all beings, and the songs, stories and teachings of the Siksika Nation, the Piikani Nation, the Kainai Nation, the Îethka Stoney Nakoda Nation (consisting of the Chiniki, Bearspaw and Goodstoney Nations), the people of the Tsuut’ina Nation, and the Métis.

Founded in 1910 and located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Mount Royal University grew into a vibrant college in the 1930s and became a mid-sized university in 2009. Over this time Mount Royal University has built a reputation for providing students with a robust liberal education foundation. Mount Royal University’s vision is to provide an exceptional undergraduate educational experience for students. Mount Royal University has also carved out a distinct niche by offering smaller class sizes, exceptional education experiences, and unique undergraduate programs. Currently, more than 15,000 credit students choose from 13 bachelor’s degrees and 38 majors.

A student-focused undergraduate university built on teaching excellence, we are known for our top-calibre programs, high-quality teaching and learning experience, robust delivery of liberal education, scholarly teaching, experiential learning and undergraduate research. Learn more at mru.ca/AcademicPlan.
We are committed to removing barriers and fostering the inclusion of voices that have been historically underrepresented or discouraged in our society. In support of our belief that diversity in our faculty and staff enriches the work, learning and research experiences for the entire campus community, we strongly encourage members of the designated groups (women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and diverse sexual orientation and gender identities) to apply and self-identify.

About the Faculty of Arts
The Department of English, Languages, and Cultures, Faculty of Arts at Mount Royal University invites applications for a tenure track position which will commence July 1, 2024, subject to final budgetary approval, at the Rank of Assistant Professor.
The Faculty of Arts houses the following departments: Economics, Justice and Policy Studies; English, Languages, and Cultures; Humanities; Interior Design; Psychology; General Education;  and Sociology and Anthropology. The Faculty of Arts houses more than 2,000 students seeking degrees in Anthropology, Criminal Justice, English, History, Interior Design, Policy Studies, Psychology, and Sociology, and offers over 30,000 seats in Arts courses each year. In addition, the Faculty of Arts offers 26 minors over a diverse range of disciplines and teaches a large majority of courses associated with General Education foundation courses. Arts faculty have received national and international recognition for their teaching and research, hold Tri-Council grants, publish books, and disseminate research in top-ranked academic journals.

About the Department of English, Languages, and Cultures
Building on its history at Mount Royal and its location in Calgary, the Department of English, Languages, and Cultures is passionately committed to the study of writing as well as of literary and filmic texts. The Department offers a degree program in the Bachelor of Arts (English), with streams for a Major in English as well as the Honours degree. It also offers Minors in Film Studies, Creative Writing, Environmental Humanities, English, Spanish, and French.
The Film Minor currently involves students choosing from 13 dedicated film offerings and a number of options in cognate disciplines. The minor carries strong potential for growth given the overwhelming popularity of film courses on campus. Past graduates have gone on to film schools, graduate degrees in film studies, and jobs where their background in film studies plays a role. Current film instructor initiatives in the Department include exploring collaborations with film schools; connecting students to local filmmaker communities and arts administration opportunities communities; and providing local and national forms of critical reception for the high number of Hollywood and American independent films shot in Alberta.

We value supportive learning, inclusiveness, and equity, with a strong tradition of smaller class sizes, which allow for personalized learning and enhanced student participation. Our award-winning faculty offer a rich variety of both traditional and cutting edge courses, with a strong emphasis on developing the critical and creative writing of our students. We read the text not just to find out what it says, but to see how it works—how it shapes our critical and ethical sensibilities, our awareness of culture and tradition, and our identities as peoples in communities larger than ourselves.

What We Offer
Talented and committed employees are the driving force behind student success. We strive to be an employer of choice among Canadian post-secondary institutions.

At Mount Royal University, we recognize that people are a combination of many intersecting identities; we work to cultivate an environment that welcomes the whole person, and harnesses the strength that is available in our diversity, creating a rich and inclusive workplace.
Investing in the learning and development of our employees benefits the individual and the University. A variety of services, resources and programs encourage a healthy, productive workplace. Mount Royal University offers a competitive total compensation package including health and dental benefits, pension, health and personal spending accounts, paid vacation, winter holiday closure, personal days and a free membership in our fully equipped recreation centre.
Our campus offers the convenience of a full medical clinic, dentist and pharmacy, as well as a variety of wellness services such as physiotherapists and massage therapists. Campus Recreation offers many activities, including personal training, fitness classes, climbing, aquatics, sports and certifications for students, employees and the public.

Apply Here: https://mtroyalca.hua.hrsmart.com/hr/ats/Posting/view/2650

 

Tenure Track Position in Fiction and Documentary Directing and Editing

Toronto Metropolitan University – School of Image Arts

Located in downtown Toronto, the largest and most culturally diverse city in Canada and on the territory of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee and the Wendat Peoples, the School of Image Arts in the Creative School at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) invites applications for a tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, subject to final budgetary approval. The normal start date for this position is July 1, 2024. Candidates who need to be considered for a later start date may also be considered.

The successful candidate will engage in a combination of teaching, scholarly research or creative activity and service duties while maintaining an inclusive, equitable, and collegial work environment across all activities.

The School of Image Arts is seeking an experienced content creator and storyteller in film with proven expertise in directing and editing in both fiction and documentary. The role is ideal for candidates actively engaged in the film industry, committed to sharing their knowledge with next generation filmmakers and mentoring beyond the classroom to assist students in entering the Canadian film industry.

Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the School of Image Arts’ curriculum, the successful candidate will teach in both the School of Image Arts and the RTA School of Media. The position also includes curriculum development across undergraduate and graduate programs. The successful candidate will pursue a strong, innovative research program or creative activity that is externally funded and that produces cutting-edge, high-quality results.

The successful candidate will hold a Master’s degree (MFA, or equivalent) in a related field with relevant professional experience and will have experience working with students from diverse backgrounds and a demonstrated commitment to experiential learning. In addition, the successful candidate must present evidence of the following:

  • extensive experience directing and editing fiction and documentary film, television, streaming, and/or emerging media;
  • significant professional experience and background in story development for documentary and narrative scripted productions;
  • leadership experience in film production or in related organizations and institutions;
  • professional experience in editing and post production management and industry standard workflows;
  • deep connections with the Canadian and international film industries, with a record of active engagement with the film industry and professional organizations;
  • strong emerging scholarly research and/or creative activity that is current, innovative and impactful as evidenced by, but not limited to, peer-reviewed publications, presentations at academic conferences, community and professional work, grants, research related awards and creative production that contributes to the visibility and prominence of the discipline;
  • an ability to serve as a mentor and professional liaison for students;
  • evidence of high-quality teaching, demonstrated ability to teach a range of core film editing and production courses as well as courses related to the production of documentary and fiction narrative student films;
  • commitment to our values of equity, diversity, and inclusion as it pertains to service, teaching, and scholarly research or creative activities, including a demonstrated ability to make learning accessible and inclusive for a diverse student population; and
  • an ability and willingness to contribute to collegial service, leadership and a desire to help shape the future direction of the School.

This position falls under the jurisdiction of the Toronto Metropolitan Faculty Association (TFA) [www.tfanet.ca]. Visit us at www.torontomu.ca/faculty-affairs to view the TFA collective agreement and a summary of TFA benefits.

School of Image Arts

The School of Image Arts offers undergraduate and graduate (Master’s) programs to students of diverse backgrounds. The School’s professionally-focused undergraduate curriculum supports programs in Photography and Film and it is recognized as a national and international centre for creative innovation in the study, production, exhibition, and research of film, photography and digital arts. Its innovative graduate programs include the MFA in Documentary Media, the MA in Film + Photographic Preservation and Collections Management and an interdisciplinary program in Scriptwriting and Story Design (MFA).

The School of Image Arts is committed to the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion, and to the development of an increasingly diversified faculty. The School strongly encourages applications from candidates who self-identify as Black, racialized (also referred to as visible or racial minorities), First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples and Indigenous Peoples of North America, persons with disabilities, and those who identify as women and/or 2SLGBTQ+. Further, all candidates are encouraged to provide details of how their lived experiences inform their work.

Working at TMU

At the intersection of mind and action, Toronto Metropolitan University is on a transformative path to become Canada’s leading comprehensive innovation university. At TMU, we believe that equity, diversity and inclusion are integral to this path; our current Academic Plan outlines each as core values and we work to embed them in all that we do.

We invite you to explore the range of benefits and supports available to faculty, including access to our diverse faculty and staff networks.

How to Apply and Deadline

A full description of the position is available on the Faculty Recruitment Portal.

Applicants must submit their application online through the portal by clicking on “Start Application Process” to begin. Applications, consisting of the following, must be received by March 29, 2024. The position will remain open until filled:

  • a letter of application;
  • a curriculum vitae;
  • a statement of research interests;
  • a teaching dossier and results of teaching evaluations; and
  • names and contact information of three individuals who may be contacted for references.
  • a one-page statement on past, current and/or planned contributions to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) such as, but not limited to: research/ teaching that incorporates a focus on underrepresented groups; inclusive pedagogies; public engagement activities that reach out to marginalized communities; mentoring students from underrepresented groups.

Please note that all qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, applications from Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority, in accordance with Canadian immigration regulations.

Contacts

Any confidential inquiries about the opportunity can be directed to Blake Fitzpatrick, the Department Hiring Committee Chair at: bfitzpatrick@torontomu.ca.

 

Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) – Film Production

The Faculty of Media, Art, & Performance at the University of Regina invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Film Production (Department of Film) commencing July 1, 2024.

Applicants must hold an MFA in Film/Media Production, possess university or college teaching experience in film production, and have an active creative research practice with expertise in dramatic filmmaking and animation. The successful candidate will teach various undergraduate and graduate courses in any combination of dramatic film, animation, darkroom photography, audio production, and screenwriting. Service to the Department, as well as to Faculty and university-wide committees, is also expected.

The University of Regina is located in the heart of a vibrant and increasingly diverse, mid-sized city in the centre of the beautiful Canadian prairies on Treaty 4 Territory with a presence in Treaty 6, the territories of the Nêhiyawak, Anihšināpēk, Dakota, Lakota, and Nakoda peoples, and the traditional homeland of the Métis/Michif Nation.

The Department of Film at the University of Regina is the only university between Western Ontario and Vancouver to offer a BFA in Film Production. We also offer MFA and MA programs and BA and BA Honours degrees in Film Studies. The Department of Film is dedicated to teaching film in an interdisciplinary environment within the Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance.

The University has a student population 16,000+ and is home to 10 faculties, including many academic departments and program areas. These units have established national and international reputations for excellence and innovative programs leading to bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees. The University has three federated colleges: First Nations University of Canada, Campion College, and Luther College. Our colleges bring further excellence and diversity to the educational experiences we offer.

With a faculty complement of 35 full-time professors, including some of the most celebrated contemporary artists in the country, the Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance enjoys a long-standing reputation as one of Western Canada’s foremost environments for artistic research at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Emphasizing the importance of studio production and theory, we offer BA, BFA, BMus, MMus, MA, MFA, and an Interdisciplinary Studies PhD in Media and Artistic Practices. MAP has numerous international partnership universities, with many innovative mobility initiatives for faculty and students in Mexico City and the UK, among other locations. MAP is now home to a new Canada Research Chair in Socially Engaged Theatre (Tier II) and the SaskPower Chair in Cultural Heritage.

Please apply for this position at: https://urcareers.uregina.ca/postings/14851

The deadline for all application documents is March 21, 2024

Further information about the Department of Film and Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance can be found at http://www.uregina.ca/mediaartperformance

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. We value diversity in the workplace.

 

CALL FOR PAPERS
SYNOPTIQUE ISSUE 11.1
“TEACHING MEDIA ARCHIVES”

Synoptique is inviting submissions for a special issue entitled “Teaching Media Archives.” This special issue will explore strategies to activate student interest in archives and media preservation, bridging a gap between film and media education and the archival profession. These strategies may be those that teachers and archivists have implemented or merely envisioned, and can encompass curricular or extracurricular courses, programs, initiatives, or activities. We welcome academic articles as well as annotated syllabi, informal reflections on teaching, interviews, roundtable discussions, and more.

The proliferation of dozens of streaming sites has made all of film history seem easily within reach. Further, digitized access to archival materials through projects like the Media History Digital Library means students can undertake archival research without ever setting foot into a physical archive or speaking to an archivist. In context with these changes, how can the behind-the-scenes work of media preservation be made more visible? How can we raise awareness of the practices and politics that determine which media artifacts are preserved and made available and which are not—whose histories are documented and whose are forgotten? How are instructors responding to these needs and collaborating with archivists to bring students into the archive, and the archive into the classroom?

While there has been significant interest in archival education as of late—evidenced not least by a recent special issue of Synoptique on the institutionalization of media archival graduate programs—less attention has been paid to the practical realities of pedagogy and instruction. What actually happens in the classroom? How do you “teach media archives”? We want to address this gap by devoting this special issue to exploring how we might envision media archival education today, sometimes with limited or no access to physical archives, and always balancing hands-on learning and practice with theory and history.

We invite scholars of all levels and disciplines who engage with media archives (defined broadly) and pedagogy (defined broadly) to contribute traditional peer-reviewed articles as well as alternative formats–including creative work, personal reflections, thought pieces, interviews, roundtable discussions or debates, annotated syllabi or assignments, and more. Suggested topics may include, but are not limited to:

  • working with archival media as primary research documents, as creative source material, and as heritage artifacts
  • the materiality of media and technological obsolescence
  • the politics of the “canon”
  • community archiving and counter-archives
  • debates about naming—who gets to call themselves archives or archivists?
  • media-archival education and social justice
  • interventions into archival theory and/or practice
  • student-led preservation and/or programming initiatives
  • the preservation of student films
  • internships, fellowships, assistantships, etc.
  • pursuing the archival profession without access to archives, preservation, or conservation classes
  • the personal DVD or home media collection as archive and the role of physical media in pedagogy
  • archival education at the intersection of film and media studies, art history, archaeology, library and information science, museum studies, and more
  • the value of an MLIS or other professional degree
  • the impact and effects of COVID-19 on media archives’ past, present, and future
  • making archival instruction—and the archival profession—accessible and inclusive to students from historically underrepresented groups, whether based on class, disability, ethnicity, gender, race, sexuality, or other socioeconomic factors

Reviews of relevant recent books, films, conferences, or other events are also welcome. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions regarding your submission ideas.

Essays submitted for peer review should be approximately 5,500-7,500 words. Submissions for the non-reviewed section should be approximately 1,500-3,500 words. Reviews should be approximately 2,000 words. All submissions must conform to Chicago author-date style (17th ed.). Video essays submitted for peer review are also accepted. All images must be accompanied by photo credits and captions.

Creative works and interventions in the form of digital video, still imagery, or other multimedia forms will be hosted or embedded on the Synoptique website, and/or otherwise linked to in the PDF version of the journal.

Submissions may be written in either French or English.

Please submit completed essays or works to the journal editors (editor@synoptique.ca) and copy the issue guest editors, Hugo Ljungbäck (hugo@ljungback.se) and Christian Balistreri (christianbalistreri14@gmail.com), by March 15, 2024. We will send notifications of acceptance by April 15, 2024.

 

CFP: Michelle Yeoh: Everything and Everywhere on Global Screens

Edited by: Lisa Funnell, Wayne King Tung Wong, and Dorothy Wai Sim Lau

Michelle Yeoh is a global popular culture icon whose career spans eras, genres, mediums, and entertainment/media systems. From her rise to transnational stardom performing her own stunts the golden era of Hong Kong action cinema to her crossover projects in well-known Hollywood/American blockbusters, Michelle Yeoh’s career has been defined by passion, hard work, and resilience as she has navigated the many barriers – social, political, cultural, financial – that have historically delimited Asian women on international screens. Her perseverance, craft, and expanding star power led to her casting in Everything, Everywhere, All at Once (2022) and she made history as the first Asian woman to win the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in the film. As she enters into her early 60s, she is seeing no shortage of roles and opportunities, and she continues to headline these projects while opening doors for other Asian women to follow in her footsteps.

In light of her extensive and expansive career that spans over 60 films and television shows, this anthology offers the first comprehensive and critical consideration of her entire body of work – exploring both popular and lesser known performances. We are looking for papers on a range of topics including but not limited to:

  • Hong Kong eras – girls with guns, action films, comedies, dramas
  • Transnational Co-productions
  • Crossover films – Bond films, Hollywood/British blockbusters
  • Mythical Films production company
  • Asian American film and performance
  • Marvel
  • US television – Star Trek Discovery, The Brothers Sun
  • animation and video game performances
  • identity and performance
  • transnational stardom and reception
  • barriers – race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, etc.

Please submit a 250 word abstract along with a CV to lisa.m.funnell@gmail.com by March 15, 2024. Please direct any questions or inquiries to this email as well.

 

Job Posting: Wilfrid Laurier, Department of English and Film Studies: TT Professional Teaching Position (PTP) in Film Production

The Department of English and Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo campus, invites applications for a tenure-track Professional Teaching Position (PTP) at the rank of Assistant Professor in Film Production beginning July 01, 2024 (depending on the availability of the candidate), subject to budgetary approval.

The primary expectations of this PTP will be a demonstrated commitment to teaching excellence and educational motivation, along with a demonstrated commitment to service to the University and the academic community, and to scholarly and/or professional activity.

The successful candidate will have a strong record of film production and expertise in digital video editing, 3D animation, and preferably audio production in film, television, video games, or related media. In addition, the candidate will have teaching experience at the post-secondary school level in courses such as digital video editing, 3D animation, and preferably audio production and/or industry experience in digital video editing, 3D animation, and preferably audio production. Expertise in IBPOC, LGBTQ+, or diasporic cinemas is an asset. The successful candidate will teach six courses, over three terms per year, including the production courses FS272: Intro to 3D Animation, FS373: Advanced 3D Animation, FS370: Intro to Video Editing, and FS371: Advanced Video Editing. In addition, it would be an asset if the candidate could teach other existing production courses (i.e., FS275: The Business of Film and FS374: Screenwriting and Directing), develop new courses in film production, and/or teach required Film Studies courses FS101: Film and Narrative, FS102: Film and the Image, FS103: Film and Genre, FS240: Film History to 1950, and FS241: Film History since 1950.

The PTP in Film Production will support the curriculum objectives of the Film Studies (FS) program and enhance our students’ learning experience. The candidate will be an emerging leader in the field, with a vision to make film production at Laurier internationally competitive. The Film Studies Program at Laurier provides students with an excellent grounding in film history, film genres, national cinemas, critical theory, and industry practices. More broadly, the FS program equips students with skills of communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and problem-solving. In these ways, the FS program prepares students for the highly competitive workforce in creative media production, teaching, festival programming, and other forms of outreach. In addition to the skills imparted by the academic study of film, Laurier’s Film Studies program offers courses in production that develop students’ practical skills to prepare them for creative careers and employment in the film and television industry. The PTP appointment will support these objectives and pursue research in pedagogy. In addition to service to the department, faculty, and university, the successful candidate may contribute to the mentorship of students by serving as faculty liaison to student film clubs and festivals, helping to coordinate the annual Undergraduate Film Symposium, and/or assisting in the promotion of the Film Studies program, and of campus film culture in general.

Aligned with Laurier’s Action Plan for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and Indigeneity, the Department of English and Film Studies is strongly committed to the principles of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in our hiring process and consideration of candidates with lived experience. We strongly encourage applications from candidates from diverse and equity-deserving groups to apply.

Wilfrid Laurier University is a leading Canadian university renowned for its learning environment and student-focused educational experience. As a comprehensive university with more than 19,000 students, Laurier has grown rapidly in research intensity while at the same time preserving its well-earned reputation for undergraduate and graduate teaching and learning excellence. With a multi-campus and multi-community culture, Laurier offers students an exceptional range and depth of more than 100 academic programs taught by award-winning lecturers across nine faculties.

For more information about working at Laurier as well as the Department of English and Film Studies, applicants are encouraged to visit the institution’s web pages:

Department of English and Film Studies

Waterloo Campus

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Qualification—Required:   MFA or PhD in Film Studies, Film/Video Production, or related field (in hand as of July 01, 2024)
  • Qualification—Required: University or college teaching experience in film production, digital video editing, 3D animation, and/or audio production
  • Qualification—Preferred: Expertise in IBPOC, LGBTQ+, or diasporic cinemas

SUBMISSION MATERIALS

  • A cover letter addressing your credentials relative to the minimum and preferred qualifications listed above
  • Curriculum vitae
  • A Teaching portfolio (max 15 pages) that may include teaching philosophy, sample syllabi, student evaluations, teaching awards, or record of pedagogical development A digital portfolio of creative work including at least 1-2 long form or 3-4 short form samples
  • Names and contact information of three references who may be solicited to provide confidential letters of recommendation

HOW TO APPLY:

Electronic submission of applications will be accepted until Monday, March 11, 2024 at 11:59pm. Click the ‘Apply now’ button at the top right corner of this page: Tenure-Track (PTP) Assistant Professor – Film Studies (wlu.ca).

Diversity and creating a culture of inclusion is a key pillar of Wilfrid Laurier University’s Strategic Academic Plan and is one of Laurier’s core values. Laurier is committed to increasing the diversity of faculty and staff and welcomes applications from qualified members of the equity-deserving groups. Indigenous candidates who would like to learn more about equity and inclusive programming at Laurier are welcome to contact the Office of Indigenous Initiatives at indigenous@wlu.ca . Candidates from other equity-deserving groups who would like to learn more about equity and inclusive programming at Laurier are welcomed to contact Equity and Accessibility at equity@wlu.ca

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, as per Canadian immigration laws, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. To comply with the Government of Canada’s reporting requirements, the University is obligated to gather information about applicants’ status as either Permanent Residents of Canada or Canadian citizens. Applicants need not identify their country of origin or current citizenships; however, all applicants must include one of the following statements in their cover letter:

Yes, I am a current citizen or permanent resident of Canada;

No, I am not a current citizen or permanent resident of Canada.

Members of designated groups must self-identify to be considered for employment equity. Candidates may self-identify, in confidence, to Renée Ellis (reellis@wlu.ca), Senior Administrative Officer, Faculty of Arts.  Further information on the equity policy can be found at WLU Equity Policy

Applicants are encouraged to address any career interruptions or special circumstances that may have affected their record of research and teaching, in accordance with SSHRC and NSERC definitions and guidelines. To obtain a copy of this job description in an accessible format, please contact Wilfrid Laurier’s Human Resources Office (hr@wlu.ca).  

The Faculty of Arts wishes to thank all applicants for their interest. All applications shall be reviewed and considered under a set of criteria established by the Department Search Committee and a short list of candidates shall be interviewed. Only those applicants selected for the short list will be contacted.

 

ENGLISH BELOW

Le Département d’histoire de l’art et d’études cinématographiques de l’Université de Montréal sollicite des candidatures pour un poste de professeur ou professeure à temps plein au rang d’adjoint en cultures visuelles coréennes avec une spécialité en études télévisuelles et/ou cinématographiques.

La personne retenue sera appelée à enseigner aux trois cycles, à encadrer des étudiants et des étudiantes aux études supérieures, à poursuivre des activités de recherche, de publication et de rayonnement, ainsi qu’à contribuer aux activités de l’institution.

Rattachée au Département d’histoire de l’art de d’études cinématographiques, la personne retenue exercera la moitié de sa tâche d’enseignement-cours au Centre d’études asiatiques (CETASE) et pourrait être appelée à contribuer à son fonctionnement.

Entrée en fonction: 1er juin 2024
Période d’affichage: Jusqu’au 10 janvier 2024.
Salaire et conditions de travail selon la convention collective du SGPUM.

Exigences:

  • Doctorat en études de la télévision, du cinéma, ou dans un domaine connexe;
  • Excellent dossier de publication dans le domaine des études télévisuelles et/ou cinématographiques coréennes;
  • Le dossier doit témoigner d’un rayonnement auprès des experts du domaine, par exemple, en contenant des publications en coréen, anglais, et/ou en français;
  • Aptitude démontrée pour offrir un enseignement universitaire de grande qualité;
  • Bonne connaissance de la langue coréenne;
  • Avoir une connaissance suffisante de la langue française ou être déterminé ou déterminée à l’apprendre une fois en poste, par l’entremise du programme de soutien à l’apprentissage de la langue française offert par l’UdeM, en vertu de la Politique linguistique de l’Université de Montréal.

Comment postuler? Voir le document en pièce jointe ici.

The Department of Art History and Film Studies at the Université de Montréal invites applications for a full-time faculty position at the rank of Assistant in Korean Visual Cultures, with a specialty in television and/or film studies.

The successful candidate will be called upon to teach at all three levels, supervise graduate students, pursue research, publication and outreach activities, and contribute to the institution’s activities.

Attached to the Department of Art History and Film Studies, the successful candidate will carry out half of his/her teaching duties at the Centre d’études asiatiques (CETASE), and may be called upon to contribute to its operations.

Start date: June 1, 2024
Posting period: Until January 10, 2024.

Salary and working conditions in accordance with the SGPUM collective agreement.

Requirements:

  • PhD in television studies, film studies, or related field;
  • Excellent publication record in the field of Korean television and/or film studies;
  • The record must demonstrate outreach to experts in the field, for example, by containing publications in Korean, English, and/or French;
  • Demonstrated ability to provide high-quality university teaching;
  • Good knowledge of the Korean language;
  • Have sufficient knowledge of the French language or be determined to learn it once in post, through the French language learning support program offered by UdeM, under the Université de Montréal Language Policy.

How to apply? See attached document here.

 

FMSAC is seeking volunteers to help organize the 2024 FMSAC Virtual Graduate Colloquium. To encourage decentralization, experimental research forms, and curb the increasing costs and environmental impact of travelling across Canada, we’ve opted for a virtual colloquium this year. A virtual colloquium provides an opportunity to experiment and deviate from the standard conference-style presentation format that the Graduate Colloquium has taken over the years with possibilities ranging from roundtables with shorter five-minute papers on a shared topic and/or video essays and other forms of creative inquiry.

The steering committee would be graduate student-directed with mentorship from senior faculty in the field/on the FMSAC executive. This position would entail a commitment of approximately four months, from the drafting and release of the colloquium CFP, through adjudication of submissions, to virtual hosting of a winter colloquium (possibly early March, to be confirmed).

Interested members can e-mail the FMSAC graduate representative Meghan Romano <meghan.mcdonald@mail.utoronto.ca> directly for more information. We hope to have our first meeting in late November, so get in touch as soon as possible.

 

The dates for this conference have been moved to March 21-22, 2024, in order to double-up with this year’s Crossing Borders, a multi-disciplinary student conference.

As a result, the CFP for the Two Days of Canada conference is being circulated once again, with a new deadline for proposals: February 2, 2024.

Call for papers – By February 2, 2024.
Liminal spaces: Two Days of Rural Canada
Seeing Canada though a rural lens; the places in‐between

When considering Canada, most people think of Canadian cities or the wonder of its vast wilderness. We often overlook, sometimes literally, rural Canada, those spaces in‐between. We fly over them and drive through them, but don’t often stop to consider what the people and the places contribute to Canada as a nation. While most of Canada’s landmass is rural, more than 80% of its population is urban, leading to this significant social disconnect.

This conference will consider the world between the cities and the wilderness, those liminal spaces, and the people, culture, politics, and issues of concern within them. We invite scholars from a range of disciplines who are examining life in rural Canada. Topics can include but need not be restricted to the following themes:

  • Immigration in rural Canada
  • Indigenous communities in rural Canada
  • Canada’s rural politics
  • Socializing in rural Canada
  • Health care in rural Canada
  • History of rural spaces in Canada
  • Rural‐urban tensions

We invite individual papers or panel proposals.

For an individual paper proposal, please submit an abstract of your presentation (maximum 250 words) and a one‐page CV identifying institutional affiliation and key scholarly contributions.

For a panel proposal, please provide a brief abstract for each presentation (max 250 words each) and a brief overview of the theme of the panel (max 250 words) along with short biographies of each presenter (also max 250 words). We expect all sessions to be maximum 90 minutes regardless of the number of presenters in a proposed panel.

We welcome and encourage students, so do not be deterred if your CV is yet to be filled with the remarkable contributions you will someday make.

Please send all proposals and inquiries to Dan Malleck, Director, Centre for Canadian Studies through the Centre’s email address: CanadianStudies@brocku.ca by February 2, 2024.

 

Call for Papers: Reorienting the Sublime

McGill University
Department of Art History and Communication Studies
Graduate Student Symposium

Deadline for Submissions: December 29, 2023

“The sublime is something added that expands us, overstrains us, and causes us to be both here, as dejects, and there, as others and sparkling. A divergence, an impossible bounding. Everything missed, joy—fascination” — Julia Kristeva, Powers of Horror.

The Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University is pleased to invite submissions for the Annual Graduate Symposium “Reorienting the Sublime,” to be held on Thursday, April 4 and Friday, April 5, 2024.

The sublime has held a steady yet complex position within the discourse of art history and visual culture, and encourages a consideration of its relationship to media and communication studies. Its perhaps best known form can be traced to Edmund Burke in the 18th century, who defined the sublime through a dual emotional quality of attraction and fear, which Immanuel Kant honed to describe a magnitude of unlimited feeling that humans are unable to possess. Jacques Lacan, who follows from a Freudian notion of the sublime as a positivised or aestheticised counterpart to the uncanny, also suggests that the “sublime object” points us towards that which has the power to de-realise and dematerialize, revealing the contradictions at the center of a law.

As such, the sublime has provided a rife affective terrain for artists to draw from that could elicit awe, power, and a certain delight in transgressing limitation. It has also offered a useful framework to think through the meanings and affects circulating new communication technologies, which are often simultaneously feared and viewed as opportunities for human transcendence. At the same time, the sublime has provided the means to bolster colonial understandings of “taming the unknown” and efforts to seek command of that which appears to be out of order. What can be said of the sublime as revelatory, a call to re-translate or re-visit the foundational systems of meaning which structure the world and our place in it? How might we position the sublime in relation to contemporary politics, culture, and technologies? In what ways do awe, terror, beauty, and overwhelm play into our current objects of research, and how might these aspects of sublimity reorient the objects and approaches within our fields of study?

Following this history of contestation, our symposium seeks to consider the state of the sublime today and how its discourse continues to take shape within the interdisciplinary realms of art history and communication studies. We invite papers from all periods of art history, communication studies, and related disciplines to consider these questions, as well as the following topics as prompts for further thought:

  • Beyond the worldly, transcendence, (dis)embodiment
  • Affect, desire, aversion, horror, tragedy
  • Consumption, glut, excess, control
  • Technological sublime
  • Hyperreality, capitalist/cyber/digital sublime
  • Landscape painting, romanticism, colonial origins and post-colonial critiques
  • Gestalt, Gesamtkunstwerk
  • Historical reconfigurations of Kant, Burke, Hegel, Lacan, etc.
  • Incomprehensibility, inspiration, confusion
  • The non-human, anthropocene, pre-linguistic
  • (Against) the uncanny, the beautiful, the harmonious

The Art History and Communication Studies Graduate Symposium committee invites proposals for fifteen-minute-long paper presentations. Current and recently graduated Masters, Doctoral, and Postdoctoral students from various Humanities fields whose research addresses this year’s theme are encouraged to apply. Applicants should submit an abstract of no more than 300 words with the title of the paper, along with a separate document that includes a 250-word bio, to ahcs.pgss@mail.mcgill.ca by Friday, December 29, 2023. Please include your full name, affiliation, and contact information in your bio. A blind panel will be reviewing all submissions, so please ensure that your name and other identifying marks do not appear in the abstract document.

While we encourage in-person participation at the symposium, we will have limited spots for presentations over Zoom. If you would like to be considered for a virtual presentation, please indicate so in your abstract, in addition to any other accommodations or considerations you would like the committee to know of.

Sincerely,
Sofia Di Gironimo, Marcus Prasad (Co-Chairs), and the AHCS Graduate Symposium Committee
McGill University | Montreal, Quebec