Position
Associate Professor/Professor in African Arts, Media, and/or Cultural Studies
Tenure Track - July 2027
The African Studies Center is delighted to share the call for applications for a full-time endowed Associate Professor / Professor – position in African Arts, Media, and/or Cultural Studies. This position is endowed through a generous donation from Richard Rooney and supported by the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto.
The Centre for Comparative Literature and the African Studies Centre in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in African Arts, Media and/or Cultural Studies. This will be a joint appointment between the Centre for Comparative Literature (51%) and the African Studies Centre (49%). The appointment will be at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2027. The successful candidate will be eligible to be named the New College Professor in African Studies for a three-year term, which will be renewable following a favourable review.
Position: Associate Professor / Professor – African Arts, Media, and/or Cultural Studies
Appointment: Full-time, tenure stream
Joint Appointment: Centre for Comparative Literature (51%) and African Studies Centre (49%)
Anticipated Start Date: July 1, 2027
Application Deadline: January 18, 2027, at 11:59 PM ET
Location: University of Toronto, St. George Campus, Toronto
For full position details and application instructions, please visit: https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Associate-Professor-Professor-African-Arts%2C-Media-andor-Cultural-Studies-ON/607790017/
