Assistant Professor - Toronto, Canada - University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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Toronto, Canada

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Description

Date Posted: 03/22/2024

Closing Date: 04/29/2024, 11:59PM ET

Req ID: 35739

Job Category:
Faculty - Contractually Limited Term Appointment

Faculty/Division:
Faculty of Arts & Science

Department:
St. Michael's College

Campus:
St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The Book & Media Studies program is open to undergraduate students in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto.

The program is an interdisciplinary and historical investigation of the role of printing, visual culture, and various forms of media (including digital and electronic) in cultures and societies past and present.

Subjects and topics covered include manuscript and printing history, advertising, censorship, histories and practices of reading, the development of mass media (radio, television, global telecommunications, social media, and the internet), and AI.

The Book & Media Studies program prepares students for potential graduate work in cultural and political history, in literary study, in cinema studies, and in the Book History and Print Culture and Information and Library Science programs at the University of Toronto.

It also prepares them for potential vocations in journalism, publishing, editing, and communications.

The program is a participant in the Arts & Science Internship Program (ASIP) stream, which is available to students entering their second year of study and enrolled in the Book & Media Studies Major.

Diversity Statement

Accessibility Statement

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members.

Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).

As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.