JOB: The New School, Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Assistant Professor

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The New School’s College of Performing Arts, including the Mannes School of Music, School of Jazz and Contemporary Music and School of Drama seeks a faculty member to begin as a postdoctoral scholar for two years, followed by appointment to a position as Assistant Professor (tenure-track). https://careers.newschool.edu/postings/20195

The expected start date is 1 July 2022.

The New School’s College of Performing Arts seeks a scholar and/or creative practitioner who centers the examination of race in musicology, ethnomusicology and/or music history. The successful candidate’s research and creative practice will critically examine the construction, impact and effects of race representations in music and the performing arts, and the implications of a broader inclusion (or lack thereof) of diverse voices in creation, performance, distribution, theory, history and performing arts organizational structures. Their research program can focus on established, new and/or emerging styles/genres, be centered on local and/or global issues, and may be interdisciplinary and cross-genre in its nature.

The successful candidate will develop new humanities-based research focused on their interests and participate in ongoing research programs and shared expertise with faculty in The College of Performing Arts and its three schools and other colleges within The New School, as well as with other university and external colleagues.

This position is part of the new Mellon Initiative for Inclusive Faculty Excellence at The New School, started in AY 2021-22 when the first cohort of four Mellon Postdocs was hired. In AY 2022-23 an additional four new Mellon Postdocs will be hired across the University. The goals of the initiative are to integrate a cohort of recent PhDs into the academic community at The New School by providing support, mentorship and participation in the Mellon Transformative Seminar, an interdisciplinary seminar bringing together members of the community representing diverse scholarship across The New School. The appointment begins with a two-year postdoctoral fellowship during which time faculty will develop robust research projects and professional networks, with the option to teach one course in their home department.

After the two-year period, faculty will move directly into a tenure-track position (in this case as an Assistant Professor of Musicology). As Assistant Professor, they will teach five courses (or their equivalent) per year in an area of their expertise.