[Tlc] TLC-positions

[justinm at ucr.edu]

FYI. See four positions below.
Thanks,
justin

1)
Director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University is seeking a Director of its
Center for Southeast Asian Studies.  The position is at a
senior rank, either full professor or senior associate
professor (with promotion to full professor anticipated in the
near future).

Qualifications: Ph.D. in a Southeast Asian field; discipline
open.  Candidates must possess dynamic leadership and people
skills; administrative experience preferred. Applicants should
have a comprehensive and clear vision for the maintenance and
enhancement of the center’s excellence and reputation within
 Northern Illinois University, the nation, and the world.
Candidates must have experience in successful grant writing
and must be able to work in the multi-disciplinary environment
of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies across departments
and in cooperation with various NIU units such as Center for
Burma Studies, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and
International Programming.

Duties:   The Director, in collaboration with the Assistant
Director, Center Staff and Center Associates,:
- should be a person of vision who possesses leadership
qualities that will advance the excellence and reputation of
the Center locally, nationally and internationally;
- represents the Center at occasional scholarly conferences
and oversees weekly Center forums;
- is responsible for promoting and encouraging Southeast Asian
studies, including the recruitment of undergraduate minors as
well as graduate students seeking degrees related to Southeast
Asian topics;
- creatively seeks external grants for Center programs,
projects and activities;
- oversees the writing and submission of Department of
Education, Title VI grant proposals as well as coordinating
and implementing associated projects that assist in
maintaining the Center’s National Resource Center status;
- oversees the daily management of the Center, including the
direction of its website, the preparation of budgets,
allocation of the budget and presentations of annual reports,
assessments and expenditure summaries;
- oversees the Center’s publications program, with the
assistance of an editor and a publications committee;
- promotes and enhances the University Libraries Donn V. Hart
Southeast Asia collection;
- teaches one course per semester in his/her home department,
preferably related to Southeast Asian studies;
- will be involved in fund raising, improving contacts with
alumni, and promoting the visibility of the Center.

The Center.  The Center for Southeast Asian Studies was
established in 1963 at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.
Located 65 miles west of Chicago, Northern Illinois University
is a comprehensive undergraduate and graduate university with
approximately 25,000 students. NIU is included in the
Doctoral/Research Universities-Extensive category of the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and is a
member of the National Association of State Universities and
Land-Grant Colleges. The center is a unit within the College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the director reports to the
dean of the college.

A federally funded National Resource Center since 1997, the
Center for Southeast Asian Studies provides leadership, focus,
and coordination for Southeast Asian studies at the
university. It also provides outreach and K-16 teacher
training for communities throughout northern Illinois.  One of
its most unique resources is SEAsite, a comprehensive and
varied set of interactive learning resources for studying
Southeast Asian languages, literatures and cultures on the
world wide web.  SEAsite was developed by faculty and students
and accessible from the center’s home page
(www.cseas.niu.edu). The Donn V. Hart Southeast Asia
Collection in the NIU library maintains strong collections on
Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand. The
Center has 27 Faculty Associates who teach and research
primarily about Southeast Asia with expertise in Burma,
Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Vietnam, and East Timor (http://www.cseas.niu.edu/index.htm).

Application Process:  Candidates must send their statement of
interest, curriculum vitae, and three letters of
recommendation to Kenton Clymer, Search Committee Chair.
Electronic submissions are preferred and must be sent to:
<SEASDirSrch at niu.edu>.  Applications may also be submitted to
Kenton Clymer, Chair of the Search Committee, College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Northern Illinois University,
DeKalb, IL 60115.  Review of complete applications will begin
on 15 February 2008 and will continue until the position is
filled.  AA/EEO Institution.
___________________________________________________

(2)
Curator, Department of Pacific Arts (Indonesia, Malaysia,
Philippines)
Yale University Art Gallery

Web announcement: http://www.yale.edu/seas/curator.post.htm

The Yale University Art Gallery seeks a Curator to create a
new Department of Pacific Arts.

The collection of Pacific Arts for which this department will
be established is a new promised gift from one of the world's
most renowned private collectors of this area. It consists of
indigenous sculpture, masks, and architectural ornaments
primarily from the islands of Southeast Asia as well as
textiles from Indonesia. The curator, who will hold an endowed
position, will have the opportunity to create a department
under the aegis of the department of Asian art and to design
and mount a permanent installation in a large designated
gallery, as a part of the Art Gallery's ambitious project of
renovation and expansion.

Qualifications: Ph.D. in Art History, anthropology, or a
related humanities discipline and eight years museum
curatorial experience or equivalent combination of
education/experience, including a record of publications and
professional achievements, including exhibit organization.
Successful record of major exhibitions, publications,
acquisitions, and donor stewardship. Comprehensive and
specialized knowledge of art history appropriate to the
collection, with strengths in the sculpture and textiles of
Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

Application: For more information and immediate consideration,
please apply online at
http://www.yale.edu/hronline/stars/application/. The STARS req
ID for this position is 2818BR. Please be sure to reference
source code XXXXX when applying for this position.
___________________________________________________

(3)
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Dance Studies
UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures

The Department of World Arts and Cultures at UCLA invites
applications for a tenure-track open rank position in dance
studies focused on the study of dance in global perspective.
The applicant's research should examine dance or body-based
performance in relation to theories of globalization,
transnationalism and transmigratory studies which address
identity, gender, race, ethnicity, and nationality. The
department is interested in redefining the relationship
between movement practice and dance scholarship and the ways
we conceive of movement/body-based practice within varied
cultural frameworks.

Responsibilities of the position will include active pursuit
of research, publication and/or creative work; graduate and
undergraduate teaching and mentoring students from diverse
backgrounds; and service in the Department of World Arts and
Cultures and university-wide. The successful candidate will
contribute to the undergraduate and graduate curricula in
dance studies, and will participate in the interdisciplinary,
comparative, and theoretical dialogues that define the
intellectual vitality of the Department of World Arts and
Cultures.
Specific courses the candidate should be able to teach may
include the following: at the undergraduate level, World Dance
Histories, Topics in Dance Studies, courses on the history of
specific body-based arts practices, and courses that analyze
in cross-cultural perspective the meanings of concepts such as
choreography, improvisation, and technique; at the graduate
level, The Body, and Theories of Performance, as well as
courses of the candidate's design.

Qualifications: The position is open to scholars and
artist-scholars. A Ph.D. is required. Experience in teaching
in a university setting, demonstrated ability to mentor and
challenge students of diverse backgrounds, collegiality,
openness to new ideas, and demonstrated intellectual and
administrative leadership are desirable. We invite
applications from candidates who are interested in connecting
with other fields and disciplines and are strongly committed
to scholarly research. Theoretical and geographical interests
are open.

Rank/Salary: Level of appointment and salary will be
determined by the candidate's qualifications and professional
experience.

Application: Applicants must apply online at
http://www.wac.ucla.edu/. Requirements include a CV; 150- to
250-word narrative bio and a statement providing context for
the applicant's research and teaching interests; sample
publication and/or documentation of creative work; and three
letters of reference. Hard copies of supplemental materials
that cannot be uploaded should be sent directly to:
Chair, Dance Studies Search Committee; Ref. # 0430-0708-01
UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures
Box 951608
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1608

Deadline: Application period begins Friday January 4, 2008,
closing on Friday February 29, 2008, with all supplemental
materials that cannot be uploaded to be received at the
address above by March 7, 2008. On-line applications will be
accepted starting January 7, 2008.

UCLA welcomes and encourages diversity and seeks to recruit
and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our
commitment to serve the people of California, to maintain the
excellence of the University, and to offer our students richly
varied disciplines, perspectives, and ways of knowing and
learning. The University of California, Los Angeles is an
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Proof of U.S.
citizenship or eligibility for U.S. employment will be
required prior to employment (Immigration Reform and Control
Act of 1986).
_________________________________________________________

(4)
UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Culture, Performance,
and Globalization

The Department of World Arts and Cultures at UCLA invites
applications from scholars and scholar-artists for a
tenure-track open-rank position focused on culture,
performance, and
globalization. The applicant's scholarly or artistic research
might focus on the migration of aesthetic practices; borders
and border crossing; mestizaje and creolization; cultural
action in political contexts; the role of culture in
environmental movements; and new approaches to ethnographic
inquiry and research methods, all with the intention of
critiquing theories and practices of globalization and the arts.

Responsibilities of the position include active pursuit of a
program of research, publication, and creative work; graduate
and undergraduate teaching, including mentoring students from
diverse backgrounds; service to the department and university;
and leadership within the Culture and Performance degree
program. Successful candidates will be expected to contribute
energetically to the interdisciplinary and intercultural
theoretical dialogues that define the intellectual vitality of
the Department of World Arts and Cultures. Possible courses to
be taught include Intro to World Arts and Cultures; World
Arts, Local Lives; Art as Social/Moral Action; Culture: An
Introduction; Theories of Performance; and Ethnographic
Methods, as well as courses of the candidate's own devising.

Qualifications: Ph.D., M.F.A., or other terminal degree
preferred. We especially invite applications from candidates
who are interested in connecting with fields and disciplines
outside their own. Theoretical and geographical interests are
open, although candidates whose international engagements
include Latin America or the Black Atlantic are strongly
encouraged to apply. International experience and commitments
are essential. Demonstrated ability to mentor and challenge
students of diverse backgrounds, and administrative leadership
skills and experience are desirable.

Rank/Salary: Level of appointment and salary will be
determined by the candidate's qualifications and professional
experience.

Application: Applicants must apply online at
http://www.wac.ucla.edu/. Requirements include a CV;
150-250-word narrative bio and a statement providing context
for the applicant's research and teaching interests; sample
publication and/or documentation of creative work; and three
letters of reference. Hard copies of supplemental materials
that cannot be uploaded should be sent directly to:
Chair, CPG Search Committee; Ref. # 0430-0708-02
UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures
Box 951608
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1608

Deadline: Application period begins Friday January 4, 2008,
closing on Friday, February 29, 2008, with all supplemental
materials that cannot be uploaded to be received at the
address above by March 7, 2008. On-line applications will be
accepted starting January 7, 2008.

UCLA welcomes and encourages diversity and seeks to recruit
and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our
commitment to serve the people of California, to maintain the
excellence of the University, and to offer our students richly
varied disciplines, perspectives, and ways of knowing and
learning. The University of California, Los Angeles is an
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Proof of U.S.
citizenship or eligibility for U.S. employment will be
required prior to employment (Immigration Reform and Control
Act of 1986).

______________
Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
2617 Humanities Building
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu