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From: Vikki Duncan <vduncan@uci.edu> Date: Mon Aug 26, 2002 9:45:57 PM US/Eastern To: air-l-owner@aoir.org Subject: Assistant Professorship at the University of California, Irvine

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE

The Program in Film Studies at the University of California, Irvine, invites applications and nominations for a position at the level of beginning Assistant Professor beginning July 1, 2003. Film Studies is an undergraduate major in the School of Humanities. The position includes participation in our Ph.D. Program in Visual Studies administered jointly by Film Studies and Art History. Visit our web-site at <http://www.humanities.uci.edu/visualstudies/>.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Beginning Assistant Professor with specialization in new media technologies, such as digital imaging, internet, web, and virtual reality.  Emphases on the relation between new media and issues of sexuality, race, and visuality (cinematic, televisual, photographic) are especially welcome.  A new media specialist would be responsible for teaching undergraduate core courses on New Technologies and Visuality and Media Theory, and for developing other courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, which would expand the program's current coverage of film and televisual media to include the technological reconfigurations of production, distribution, and reception of mediated images and new interfaces.  The new media specialist should have training in histories of technology (optical, telephonic, electronic) and theories of technology and new media.  Applicants should have a Ph. D. in an appropriate discipline. APPLICATIONS: Statement of current research, writing or publication sample, teaching interests, curriculum vitae, two sample course syllabi, and three letters of reference.

Send materials to: University of California, Irvine Professor Akira Lippit Chair, Search Committee Program in Film Studies HIB 235 Irvine, CA 92697-2435

SEARCH COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Anne Friedberg, Victoria Johnson, David Joselit, Felicidad Lim, Akira Lippit, Mark Poster, Fatimah Tobing Rony, John Carlos Rowe

UC-Irvine is located in the Southern California region, approximately halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, and offers easy access to diverse museums, archives, and research collections. The campus is home to the Humanities Film and Video Center, a state-of-the-art theater showcasing innovative film and video programs. The School of Humanities boasts the internationally recognized Critical Theory Institute and UCI is also the host campus to the University of California system-wide Humanities Research Institute.

Further inquiries may be addressed to Professor Lippit by e-mail at <alippit@uci.edu>.

Proof of US citizenship or eligibility for US employment will be required prior to employment (Immigration Reform Act of 1986). APPLICATION DEADLINE:  NOVEMBER 15, 2002

UCI IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE THROUGH DIVERSITY.

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Management Services Officer Program in Film Studies 235 Humanities Instructional Building University of California, Irvine Irvine, Ca  92697-2435

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