Associate Professorship in the Art of the Americas with a Tutorial Fellowship at Worcester College

We are looking to appoint an Associate Professor with research and teaching expertise in the Art of the Americas (North and/or South) after 1500. The appointee will bring together students and scholars working across the University, including in its libraries and collections, through a consideration of the visual and material cultures of the Americas that expands Art History's traditional geographic, material and methodological boundaries.

This position provides exciting opportunities for the postholder, who will conduct advanced research and build research networks within and beyond Oxford; give lectures, classes, and tutorials; supervise, support and examine students at the undergraduate and graduate levels; play an important part in the academic life of Worcester College; and take on leadership and administrative roles in the Department of History of Art and, as required, in the History Faculty and College.

The new postholder would ensure that the History of Art first-year (Prelims) syllabus would incorporate aspects of the Art of the Americas into its core courses. Aspects of the Art of the Americas would also be integrated into the advanced undergraduate core course 'Approaches to the History of Art' and into the required Master's (MSt) course 'Issues in Art History.' The postholder would be expected to contribute to and take the lead in core courses at both undergraduate and graduate level.

The appointee would be expected to develop new advanced undergraduate options on the Art of the Americas (North and/or South), some of which could also be offered to History undergraduates. The appointee would devise as well a new MSt option that would attract high-quality home and international students, some of whom will continue to the DPhil. The postholder would be expected to supervise BA extended essays and theses in the History of Art Department and History Faculty, as well as supervise MSt and DPhil dissertations.

We welcome applications from candidates at all post-doctoral career stages, including at professorial level. We are committed to creating a diverse academic workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We particularly encourage applications from women, people with disabilities, and Black, Asian, and minority ethnic candidates.

The appointee will be a member of the Department of History of Art, the Faculty of History, and a tutorial fellow and member of the Governing Body of Worcester College.

The post is tenable from 1 October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The deadline for applications is 12 noon (UK time) on Wednesday 5th February 2025.  Interviews are expected to take place on 26th February 2025 in Oxford.

The University of Oxford uses the grade of Associate Professor for most of its senior academic appointments. Associate Professors are eligible for consideration through regular recognition of distinction exercises for award of the title of full Professor.  In exceptional cases, the title of full Professor may be awarded on appointment.

Queries about the post should be addressed to Prof. Alastair Wright (email: alastair.wright@hoa.ox.ac.uk), who is a member of the Department of History of Art, but is not on the selection committee, or Phillipa Tarver (email: academic.administrator@worc.ox.ac.uk) who will be able assist with college queries.

All enquiries will be treated in strict confidence; they will not form part of the selection decision.

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