University of Melbourne – Hugh Ramsay Chair of Australian Art History

School of Culture & Communication

Faculty of Arts

Salary: $181,308 p.a.plus 17% superannuation

The Hugh Ramsay Chair of Australian Art History is a professorship within the Faculty of Arts and the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne.

This position has been created by a visionary endowment from Faculty of Arts alumna Patricia Fullerton, the grand-niece of the Australian artist Hugh Ramsay (1877-1906); now memorialised in this important, endowed chair that will be based in the University’s Art History Program.

The School is seeking to appoint a leading scholar in the area of Australian art history, with expertise and significant publications in the field of Australian art history, Australian Indigenous art, or Australian art curatorship. As the Hugh Ramsay Chair of Australian Art History, you will be expected to offer teaching to undergraduate and post graduate students in the Faculty and to offer doctoral supervision in their area of expertise. You will be expected to have the capacity to foster innovative, collaborative or interdisciplinary research in the Program or more widely. You will also play a leadership role in linking the Program to the wider arts community, including the key galleries and museums and fostering public engagement.

The appointee will report to the Head of School, School of Culture and Communication. This exciting role is available on a full-time, continuing basis.

PLEASE DO NOT apply via the University website. The School of Culture & Communication is working in association with The Insight Group, global executive search partners. Applications should be emailed only to applications@insightgroup.com.au, quoting the position number 0040904.

Contact for enquiries: Dr Leslie Kilmartin, Principal, The Insight Group, Tel +61 3 9654 3288

Email lkilmartin@insightgroup.com.au

Close date:  29 Jun 2016

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