[AMS-announce] JOB: Asst. Professor, Ethnomusicology, University of Minnesota

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*University of Minnesota *
*College of Liberal Arts*
*School of Music*
*Faculty Position in Ethnomusicology*

The University of Minnesota, located in Minneapolis-St. Paul, is a major research university of 60,000 students and nearly 2,500 faculty. With the completion of the new Regis Center for Art, the University’s West Bank Arts Quarter came into existence, placing the disciplines of music, art, dance, and theater within one block of each other in a unique physical and collaborative environment.

The School of Music, part of the College of Liberal Arts, serves more than 550 majors in degree programs from bachelor’s to doctorate. The School of Music is located in one of America's most vibrant music learning laboratories, with the Twin Cities offering outstanding music performance opportunities by the Minnesota Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Opera, Plymouth Music Series, Minnesota Chorale, Walker Art Center, Guthrie Theatre, Rose Ensemble, Lyra Consort, as well as many others. Please visit the School of Music website at: <http://mail.google.com/a/ams-net.org/http://www.music.umn.edu>http://www.music.umn.edu. 

Position: Full-time, nine-month position in ethnomusicology at the rank of assistant professor, tenure track.

Responsibilities: Maintain a research program of professional distinction. Teach undergraduate and graduate courses (including seminars) to be arranged according to the candidate’s expertise and the curricular needs of the School of Music. Advise students and supervise theses and dissertations. The normal teaching assignment is two courses per semester, together with advising, committee, and service responsibilities.

Salary: Competitive, depending on the qualifications of the candidate.

Required Qualifications: The Ph.D. in ethnomusicology (or in music, musicology, anthropology, or a related field, with an emphasis in ethnomusicology) is required and must be in hand by the start of the appointment. All specializations within ethnomusicology will be considered. The School seeks a candidate of intellectual and musical breadth who can augment the strengths of departmental colleagues and has the potential to develop a national/international reputation in the field of musicology.

Preferred Qualifications: A developing publication and research record, as well as a record of successful teaching experience are preferred. Candidates will be reviewed according to the overall quality of their scholarly work, expertise in the field, evidence of commitment to teaching and skills as a teacher, and strength of recommendations.

Application Instructions: Applications must be submitted electronically at the University of Minnesota's Employment website: <http://mail.google.com/a/ams-net.org/http://employment.umn.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=76542>http://employment.umn.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=76542
In addition to your electronic application, please send three recent letters of recommendation, offprints or photocopies of recent or forthcoming publications (lacking these, a representative chapter from the dissertation). For articles published in journals available electronically via /JSTOR/, Project Muse, or one of the university press subscription websites, please send the relevant web address rather than hard copies to:

Ethnomusicology Search
University of Minnesota
School of Music
200 Ferguson Hall
2106 Fourth Street South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

The postmark deadline for application materials is December 15, 2008.

/The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer. / 
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