The University of Calgary is recruiting for a tenure-track research position in Indigenous Epistemologies: Knowledges, Arts, and Practices as part of the University’s Transdisciplinary Research and Scholarship initiative. The successful candidate will be an artist or artist-scholar who can bring a research-creation approach centered in Indigenous Epistemologies. For the first five years of this tenure-track position, the researcher will have significantly reduced teaching responsibilities and be supported with a generous research stipend. The selection criteria are flexible and include recognition of community-based and professional experience and engagement and will privilege those who express an interest in engaging in a transdisciplinary approach with substantial societal and community engagement. The position will hold shared affiliation with the School of Creative and Performing Arts (Dance, Drama, and Music), the Department of English, the Department of Art and Art History, and the International Indigenous Studies Program. The “home” unit will be determined by the particular expertise of the successful candidate.
The deadline is March 31, 2024 for a July 1 start date.
Questions about the position can be sent to the Director of the School of Creative and Performing Arts, Bruce Barton (scpaDirector@ucalgary.ca).
