The Department of Art History and PhD Program in Visual Studies at the University of California, Irvine, invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the art and archaeology of the ancient and/or medieval world. Area of specialty and exact time period are open within these broad  parameters, but the Current faculty have expressed interest in scholars whose research deals with transregional and transcultural problems in the art and  archaeology of the following areas: ancient Egypt (including Dynastic, Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt); East Africa (including Nubia, Aksum and medieval  Ethiopia); ancient Mesopotamia, Anatolia and the Levant; the Mediterranean in the first millennia BCE/CE; pre-Islamic Central Asia (including Gandhara); the  Indian Ocean littoral; and the ancient Americas. We do not expect candidates to have expertise in all periods or areas but are looking for a colleague whose  work lies at the intersection of art history and archaeology, who can collaboratively build on the Department’s current faculty and programmatic strengths in  the ancient/medieval world (currently ancient Persia, Byzantium, later South Asia, and Islam).

Candidates whose work contributes to the study of the political and ethical implications of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, empire, and class, as well as the interdisciplinary field of environmental studies, are particularly encouraged to apply and will find theoretical interlocutors both in the Department and in campus programs, such as UCI’s Critical Theory Emphasis. We are especially interested in candidates who are engaged in archaeological fieldwork and have interests in involving students in their current or future projects (for which there is departmental support). In addition to its undergraduate and 4+1 MA programs in Art History, the department administers UCI’s interdisciplinary Archaeology Minor. Department faculty train doctoral students through Art History’s interdisciplinary PhD Program in Visual Studies. Applicants should demonstrate potential for excellence in scholarship and teaching and be able to teach a range of courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels as well as direct MA theses and PhD dissertations.

Applicants must have a PhD in art history, archaeology or related interdisciplinary program completed before the appointment begins (July 1, 2023).