Heather Professorship of Music

The Faculty of Music and Wadham College intend to appoint to the Heather Professorship of Music with effect from 1 October 2025. The Heather Professor is the senior academic in the Faculty of Music, taking a leadership role in the research, teaching and administration of the Faculty and is closely involved in its strategic development. The Music Faculty will be moving into its brand-new home in the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities with, among other things, its 500-seat concert hall and ‘black box’ experimental music space. The new Heather Professor will be expected to take the lead in developing the exciting opportunities this space will offer for innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration.

We are seeking a scholar of the highest international standing with an outstanding record of research and publication in any area of musical scholarship (which may also include composition where this creative work is demonstrably research-led) and the academic stature and intellectual drive to help shape the study of music at the University Oxford for the next generation.

You should have the ability to teach, guide and inspire students at all levels, and will play a central role in graduate teaching. You will provide research leadership for the Faculty, as well as having the ability to attract research funding and manage funded projects. You will also have a proven ability and readiness to undertake senior administrative duties and to play a role in the formation of academic strategy.

If you would like to discuss this post, please contact Professor Jonathan Cross on jonathan.cross@chch.ox.ac.uk. All enquiries will be treated in strict confidence and will not form part of the selection decision.

The closing date for applications is 12:00 UK time on Monday 9 September 2024.

Interviews are expected to be held on 29 and 30 October 2024.

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