Amherst Postdoctoral Fellowship in Russian Art

https://jobs.amherst.edu/view/opportunity/id/644

Mellon-Keiter Postdoctoral Fellowship in Russian Art
Amherst College
Department of Russian

Amherst¹s Robert E. Keiter 1957 Fund for Postdoctoral Fellows, with
matching funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, supports
exceptionally promising young scholars for two years of half-time teaching
(one course each semester) and half-time research at the College. As part
of the Keiter Fellowship program, Amherst will appoint a postdoctoral
fellow as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Russian Art for the academic
years 2014-16. This Keiter Postdoctoral Fellowship is a full-time salaried
appointment that is open only to those who will have completed all
requirements for the Ph.D. by September 2014 and who have not already held
a regular faculty appointment.

We invite applications from candidates whose work concerns Russian art
history and visual culture in Russia. The ideal candidate will have both
training in art history and broad knowledge of Russian language and
culture. The Fellow will teach courses in English in the context of the
Russian Department¹s curriculum. For both teaching and research, the
Fellow should expect to draw on the Whitney Collection of Russian Art at
Amherst¹s Mead Art Museum and the collection of artists¹ books at the
Amherst Center for Russian Culture.

Applicants should submit electronically a cover letter, a curriculum vitae
(to include a description of courses taught), one writing sample not to
exceed thirty pages and one sample syllabus for a course appropriate for
our department. Two letters of recommendation should be sent directly by
email attachment to Elizabeth Damon, Academic Department Coordinator,
[email protected]. Review of applications will begin on March 1, 2014,
and continue until the position is filled.

Amherst has taken a leadership role among highly selective liberal arts
colleges and universities in successfully diversifying the racial,
socio-economic, and geographic profile of its student body. The College is
similarly committed to enriching its educational experience and its
culture through the diversity of its faculty, administration and staff.


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