Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art

Department

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Job Description

Position Introduction:

The Department of Art at Vassar College invites applications for a one-year part-time position, to begin in the Fall of 2026, in Art History, with a specialization in the art and architecture of the Ancient Mediterranean world between the 3rd millennium BCE and 300 CE.  We are particularly interested in candidates whose main field of research covers one or more of the following regions and periods: Bronze-Age Aegean civilizations; Egypt (the Dynastic, Ptolemaic, and/or Roman periods); Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and the Levant in the Bronze and Iron Ages; Classical Greece and Rome, and the Etruscan civilization. We encourage applications from scholars whose research and pedagogy embrace intersectional, interdisciplinary, and / or interregional approaches. 

Job Description:

This is an academic year position (benefits eligible). It entails teaching an intermediate-level course, an advanced seminar on a specialized topic in the ancient world, and contributing lectures and discussion sections in the team-taught art history survey course (the equivalent of 4 one-credit courses per year). The candidate will have the opportunity to implement the ancient art collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center in their teaching.

Application Materials:

• Cover Letter & CV

• Teaching Statement

• Writing Sample

• Contact information for three references

• Other: sample syllabi, if available

How to Apply:

Applications should be addressed to Tobias Armborst and submitted online at: https://vassar.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Vassar-External. A PhD is required and must be in hand by time of appointment. Please contact Tobias Armborst at toarmborst@vassar.edu with any questions. Review of applicant materials will begin on March 31, 2026 and will continue until the position has been filled. There is no guarantee that applications received after March 31, 2026 will be reviewed.

Pay Transparency Disclosure:

The annual salary for this position is $62,000 (USD). When extending an offer of employment, Vassar College considers factors such as (but not limited to) the candidate’s education/training, work experience, internal peer equity, as well as market and organizational considerations. This salary range represents the College’s good faith and reasonable estimate at the time of posting.