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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Visual and Material Cultures

Employer
NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY
Location
Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne (GB)
Salary
£35,844 - £51,034
Closing date
23 Feb 2020

Job Details

The Visual and Material Culture Group is located in the Department of Arts.

City Campus, Newcastle

We are seeking to appoint a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer who will play an active role in the vibrant and interdisciplinary research culture of the Faculty. The Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences offers a range of undergraduate modules and courses in Art and Design History exploring Contextual Issues and Theory for practitioners of art and design, as a core part of their curriculum. The team also delivers Postgraduate Taught programmes, including Creative and Cultural Industries Management.

You will contribute to delivering the Faculty’s strategic priorities, which include the integration of excellent teaching, high quality research, emerging business and regional engagement development activities within an academic context. The role holder will be responsible for the development, organisation and delivery of curriculum content, within undergraduate and postgraduate programmes of the Department. The role holder will also contribute to research activities, delivering appropriate research ‘outputs’ (internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour), income generation and ‘impact’ appropriate to career stage and as agreed by the Department Research leadership team.

You should have a PhD in a related discipline to Visual and Material Cultures. Current research areas within the team relate to cultural production from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day across Europe, Japan, Australia and North America, and focus on such subjects as activist aesthetics; architectural history; communities and participation; cultural organisations and institutions; documentary photography; feminist politics in art; history of art and design education; international cultural exchange; Japanese-European fashion exchange; (multi)cultural heritage; northern cultural landscapes; and sound art. You should be able to demonstrate an active and robust research record supported by publications. You should also have appropriate teaching experience in higher education with an ability to teach historical and theoretical content flexibly across a range of courses. The Team currently teaches students in Fine Art, Fashion, Graphic Design, 3D Product Design, Industrial and Interior Design, and Creative and Cultural Industries Management.

For an informal discussion about the post contact:  Dr Solomon Lennox, Head of Department, solomon.lennox@northumbria.ac.uk

To apply for this vacancy please click 'Apply Now', and submit a Covering Letter and your CV, including a full list of publications where relevant and any documents specifically requested in the Role Description and Person Specification, such as a sample of written work or journal article.

Northumbria University takes pride in, and values, the quality and diversity of our staff. We welcome applications from all members of the community. The University holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award in recognition of our commitment to improving employment practices for the advancement of gender equality and is a member of the Euraxess network, which delivers information and support to professional researchers.

Please note this vacancy will close on 23/02/2020

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Company info
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NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY
Telephone
+(44)0192274567
Location
ELLISON PLACE
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
TYNE AND WEAR
NE1 8ST
United Kingdom

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