09 Sep 2015

École Des Arts Visuels Et Médiatiques Recruitement

ARTISTIC PRACTICE : INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO PHOTOGRAPHY
Detailed description of the position

Regular tenure-track position of professor (salary and rank commensurate with experience) in visual and media arts for an artist who has an internationally recognized interdisciplinary practice in photography.

The candidate will have an excellent knowledge of the theoretical, historical, technical, social and critical issues associated with the development and use of photography in contemporary art. The candidate will have mastered photography's analogical and digital technologies. The candidate's practice must exhibit a vision of photography that is in dialogue with other visual and media art forms. A versatility in the candidate's practice and teaching will be considered to be a major asset. The successful candidate will be expected to teach at introductory levels in relation to photography's fundamentals. The candidate should demonstrate a capacity to develop relationships with the other disciplines that are taught in the École des arts visuels et médiatiques.

The candidate's application must provide evidence of:

* artistic production and professional activities in the field of contemporary art;

* college or university teaching experience, or a pertinent equivalent of that experience;

* a capacity to teach at undergraduate and graduate levels and to participate in activities that promote the university's visibility as well as an ability to develop new programs or orientations;

* a capacity to direct students at the Masters and PhD levels.

* a capacity for team work;

* a capacity to assume administrative duties and program direction; o a capacity to develop research projects.


Academic prerequisites :

A masters degree in the discipline or related discipline, a minimum of four years pertinent professional experience and a competence that is recognized in the milieu, in the discipline or a related discipline. Please note that the Université de Québec à Montréal is a francophone university. The candidate's spoken and written French should be proficient at the time of hire.

Note: L'UQAM strongly values diversity within its community. By virtue of the SPUQ- UQAM collective agreement in the case of equivalent qualifications, priority of appointment will be given to Aboriginal people, visible minorities, people with disabilities, and women. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.

SALARY: According to the terms of the SPUQUQAM agreement.

Please note that the Université du Québec à Montréal is a French-speaking university and consequently the position is in French. The successful candidate will have a good command of French at the time of the hire.

Application guidelines are available here.

http://eavm.uqam.ca/17-babillard/344-poste-prof-photo.html