Sessional Lecturer EAS387H1 - Images and Ideas in Chinese Art
Date Posted: 06/10/2024
Req ID: 37761
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Dept of East Asian Studies
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Description:
Course number and title: Sessional Lecturer EAS387H1F - Images and Ideas in Chinese Art
Course Description: Making use of the Royal Ontario Museum’s excellent Chinese art collection, this object-based and oriented seminar encourages exploration of the ideas and practices behind works of Chinese art. We examine art and artifacts in relation to their social environment and historical contexts, paying close attention to such issues as political practices, power and authority, identity, gender, and materiality. Other relevant topics include patronage, audience, religious quests, and literati culture. Depending on special Chinese exhibitions of the year at the ROM, the course may incorporate case studies of relevant exhibition content.
Estimated course enrolment: 45 students
Estimated TA support: No
Class schedule: Mondays 5 pm - 7 pm
Sessional dates of appointment: September 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Salary:
Sessional Lecturer I - $9,457.90 (including 4% vacation pay);
Sessional Lecturer I - Long Term - $9,930.79 (including 6% vacation pay);
Sessional Lecturer II - $10,121.77 (including 6% vacation pay);
Sessional Lecturer II - Long Term - $10,326.62 (including 6% vacation pay) ;
Sessional Lecturer III - $10,362.76 (including 6% vacation pay);
Sessional Lecturer III - Long Term - $10,570.02 (including 6% vacation pay)
Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.
Minimum qualifications: Completed PhD in an area related to the course required with significant graduate work and ongoing academic development in the field.
Preferred qualifications: University-level teaching experience is preferred with evidence of superior teaching evaluations.
Description of duties: Preparing lesson plans and lectures; delivering lectures; developing and administering grading, course assignments, tests, and exams; and providing scheduled office hours for academic counselling of students.
Application instructions:
Applicants must submit a detailed letter of application, an updated curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching in the relevant area, including student evaluations if available, and the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 application form located here: https://uoft.me/CUPE-3902-Unit-3-Application-Form, by email with the subject line “Sessional Lecturer Application” to: eas.undergrad@utoronto.ca
Following the closing date of the posting, selected applicants may be asked to submit an abridged syllabus. Applicants will have up to one week to submit the outline. (NOTE: In this case, the abridged syllabus remains the property of the applicant).
Closing Date: 07/02/2024, 11:59PM EDT
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This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.
It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.
Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.
Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.
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