Job: Lecturer in African Arts, U of East Anglia, 04/06

Lecturer in the Arts of Africa

Applications are invited for a full-time lectureship/research post in the Sainsbury Research Unit, School of World Art Studies and Museology, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

Applicants should have a doctorate in anthropology, art history, archaeology or a related subject. They should have fieldwork experience, strong interests in visual arts, a good record of original research in the arts of Africa (preferable sub-Saharan) and capacity to provide research-led instruction. Expertise in museum anthropology and/or anthropological theory and material culture studies is desirable. Primary responsibilities include: co-teaching an MA course, supervising graduate students, limited undergraduate teaching and integral participation in significant research projects, preferably externally funded.

Salary is expected to be on Lecturer A/B scale, £24352- £36959 (scale effective from 01.08.05). The appointment is full-time and of indefinite length. The Lecturer should be available to start on 1st September 2006.

Application deadline is 20 April 2006. It is anticipated that interviews will take place in late May 2006. Further particulars will be available shortly. Meanwhile, for further information contact Lynne Humphreys, Sainsbury Research Unit Administrator, email: l.humphreys@uea.ac.uk; telephone number +44 (0)1603 3005.

Sainsbury Research Unit website:
http://www.uea.ac.uk/art/sru

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