Call for Applications: Assistant Professor of Medieval and Islamic Art History, George Mason University

The George Mason University Department of History and Art History invites applications for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Medieval and Islamic Art History. Candidates for this position should have an active scholarly agenda in the field of pre-modern Islamic, Medieval European, or Byzantine art history. We especially welcome candidates whose research demonstrates critical engagements with global, transcultural, and trans regional conversations in their discipline. Candidates will have a 2/2 teaching load and will have broad latitude in developing an array of undergraduate and graduate courses. It is expected that the candidate will teach undergraduate courses across geographical areas and chronological periods on arts of the pre-modern Islamic world (Mediterranean, Middle East, or Central Asia), European Medieval, and Byzantine art, as well as Graduate courses in the candidate’s area of expertise.

The department is home to the award-winning Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media and has highly ranked History PhD/MA and Art History MA programs. George Mason is a large public university located in the Washington DC suburbs with one of the most diverse student populations in the nation. Candidates must have completed a Ph.D. by August 2020. Teaching experience in pre-modern Islamic, European Medieval and/or Byzantine art history preferred. Review of applications will begin after November 1, 2019, and will continue until the position is filled. For more information and to apply for position number F6543z, see http://jobs.gmu.edu/