Assistant Professor in Art History

1 day ago

Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore National University of Singapore Full time

**Posting Start Date**:29/04/2025

**Job Description**:
The Art History Minor is one of the top ranked programme in the field internationally and is housed in the Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS). The Minor and its sister Visual Cultures Minor (Department of Communications and New Media) are articulated with the Visual Arts and Cultures Second Major (Department of English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies) to form the VAC triptych of interdisciplinary programmes working with art institutions including the National Gallery of Singapore and NUS Museum for students interested in the broad field.

NUS College (NUSC) is the honours college of the National University of Singapore. Our focus is a rigorous and stimulating interdisciplinary education designed to help students cultivate the necessary skills to work effectively and creatively across boundaries. Housed in NUS College, the Creative Practice Programme attends to the creative interests and needs of the student population in University Town and is committed to further collaboration with other NUS departments such as the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, NUS Museum, and Centre for the Arts on creative programming and events, ensuring continuity and synergies within NUS.

The fellowship is supported by the Georgette Chen Trust, named after one of Singapore’s most famous painters of the 20th century. Chen was a pioneer of modern Singaporean art and the Nanyang style of art in the region, as well as a respected art educator for 27 years and a Cultural Medallion recipient.
- Reporting Managers:
A/P Wang Jinping (Department of History), A/P David Teh (Convenor, Visual Arts and Cultures, Department of English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies), A/P Daniel PS Goh (Vice Dean, Special Programmes, NUS College)

Duties and Responsibilities:

- Design and teach 3 courses across the academic year: 2 Art History courses and 1 creative course at NUSC;
- Advising creative projects as part of the Impact Experience programme (2-year capstone) at NUSC;
- Participate in organisation of the Impact Festival;
- Participate in the transfer of knowledge within the university community, either through presentations, workshops, and/or lectures.

**Qualifications**
- Qualifications
- At least two years of teaching experience in higher education, with evidence of expertise in the teaching of the arts or arts-related disciplines;
- A strong portfolio that demonstrates expertise in the arts, preferably with an active curatorial practice and experience in international and public programming for the visual arts (including time-based, photo-media and hybrid art forms).

**More Information**

Location: Kent Ridge Campus

Organization: Arts & Social Sciences

Department : History

Employee Referral Eligible: No

Job requisition ID : 28691

**Contact list for further enquiries**

David Teh

Chair, Search Committee

National University of Singapore

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