[AMS-announce] JOB: tenure-track, Musicology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

[Announcements for the AMS]

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - HISTORICAL MUSICOLOGY

Proposed Starting Date:  August 16, 2009

Description:  The School of Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seeks historical musicologist with teaching and research specializations in early modern music, ca.1550-1750.  The successful applicant will complement and lend new direction to existing emphases within an interdisciplinary musicology program. 

Duties:  Demonstrating a record of professional excellence through innovative scholarship and publication; contributing to the teaching of a diverse curriculum for majors and non-majors, including topical, genre, and period courses in the area of specialization for undergraduate and graduate majors, and graduate seminars targeting specialized topics and contemporary issues in musicology; mentoring Ph.D. dissertations and D.M.A. theses and serving on committees.

Rank and Salary:  Regular, full-time tenure-track position (pending budgetary approval); salary based on qualifications and experience.

Qualifications:  Ph.D. must be completed by August 16, 2009.  Evidence of scholarly excellence and strong commitment to teaching required.  College-level teaching experience preferred. 

Application:  Qualified applicants should refer to Search #12072 and send a letter of application including email address with current Curriculum Vitae, and have three current reference letters sent to: 

Chair, Historical Musicology Search Committee 
c/o Karl Kramer, Director
School of Music
University of Illinois
1114 West Nevada Street
Urbana, IL 61801
Telephone:  217-244-2676

Please do not send additional materials until requested.

Deadline:  For full consideration, applications must be postmarked by October 31, 2008.

The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer.