[spectre] positions in Delhi School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU

[Ravi Vasudevan]

Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, is one of India's premier 
postgraduate universities. It is currently in the process of setting 
up a new School of Arts and Aesthetics which will offer MA, M Phil 
and PhD programmes in the history and theory of Indian visual and 
performing arts. The School will admit its very first batch of MA 
students in July 2003 and is currently recruiting new faculty in both 
areas of focus.

We would be grateful if you could list or publicize our advertisement 
for faculty recruitment through your website and/or bulletin boards 
or word of mouth. Full details of the advertisement, essential 
qualifications, and a downloadable application form are available 
from the JNU website, www.jnu.ac.in
Only Indian citizens are eligible to apply. The current advertisement 
is for senior level positions - Professor and Associate Professor - 
but candidates with good qualifications at the Assistant Professor 
level could also apply as the University reserves the right to offer 
positions at a lower level than the one applied for.

Positions advertised are:
Two Professors/Associate Professors in Musicology/Dance 
Studies/Cultural Studies/Performance studies

Candidates should have research and post graduate teaching experience 
in the theoretical, historical and historiographical study of these 
subjects. Awareness of contemporary advances in performance studies 
and contemporary theory as well as grounding in traditional (Indian) 
forms is important. In addition to teaching the post will involve 
curriculum development, gathering resources for teaching archives and 
creating an interface between theory and practice.

Two Professors/Associate Professors in Comparative Aesthetics/Ancient 
Indian Sculpture and Architecture/Islamic Art

Candidates should have evidence of scholarship of high level in any 
of the above areas with experience of postgraduate teaching or 
research as evidenced by publications, contribution to educational 
innovation and wide-ranging interdisciplinary approach to research. 
Knowledge of historiography and research methodology is essential.
Details and forms available at www.jnu.ac.in.
The advertisement is at http://www.jnu.ac.in/Etcetera/advt.pdf
and the application form is at http://www.jnu.ac.in/Etcetera/faculty_form.pdf

Applications should reach JNU by 7 July 2003




Ravi Vasudevan
The Sarai Progamme: City/Media/Public Domain

Senior Fellow,
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
29 Rajpur Road, Delhi-110054

Tel. 2394-21190 extension 330
Fax. 2394-3450