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About the Role

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.

Responsibilities

• Sustain and lead innovative and independent research.
• Maintain an outstanding, competitive, and externally funded research program.
• Assigned a teaching and service load.

Requirements

• PhD degree with disciplinary or interdisciplinary backgrounds in African Studies, Comparative Literature or a related area.
• Clearly demonstrated record of excellence in research and teaching.
• Africanist candidates with lived experience on the continent.
• Research and teaching interests that complement and enhance the existing strengths in the Centre for Comparative Literature and the African Studies Centre.
• Work firmly situated within African Studies, with expertise in African Arts, Media and/or Cultural Studies.
• Work engages multiple linguistic traditions across the region(s) studied.
• Research may address artistic and cultural production, heritage, representation, media, visual and material cultures across different temporalities.
• Scholarship examining both the historical evolution and contemporary significance of African cultural forms, practices, and media.
• Research within the scope and regional focus of Western, Central or Southern Africa is particularly welcome.
• Established international reputation.
• Evidence of research excellence, as demonstrated by a record of sustained high-impact contributions and publications in top-ranked and field-relevant journals.
• Submitted research statement.
• Presentations at significant conferences.
• Awards and accolades.
• Other noteworthy activities that contribute to the visibility and prominence of the discipline.
• Strong endorsements from referees.
• Evidence of excellence in teaching demonstrated through teaching accomplishments, the teaching dossier, and strong letters of reference.

Skills

• African Arts
• African Media
• African Cultural Studies

Location

• St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Work Type

• Full-time
• Tenure Stream

Experience Level

• Associate Professor
• Professor

Education Level

• PhD

Salary/Compensations

• Exceeds $200,000 CAD per annum

About the Company

• The Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto offers M.A. and Ph.D. programs of study in every major area from classical to contemporary literatures with particular emphasis on literary theory and criticism. The Centre, founded by Northrop Frye in 1969, is unique in North America in design, purpose and practice. Each student has an individualized curriculum whose aim is to provide thorough preparation in literary traditions and a rigorous study of different theoretical approaches.
• The African Studies Centre fosters a vibrant intellectual, social and cultural hub of academic excellence with a shared ethos and commitment to public scholarship, social justice, global citizenship, engaged scholarship and a praxis of inclusivity, epistemic diversity, and reflexive community engagement.

Equal Opportunity

• Equity, diversity and inclusion are essential to academic excellence as articulated in University of Toronto’s Statement on Equity, Diversity and Excellence. We seek candidates who share these values and who demonstrate throughout the application materials their commitment and efforts to advance equity, diversity, inclusion, and the promotion of a respectful and collegial learning and working environment.
• The University of Toronto has adopted the AAU Principles on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Academia, including the requirement that applicants release personnel information from prior employers regarding sexual misconduct.