Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer (Georgette Chen Fellowship) - Geylang

Job Description

Housed in NUS College, the Creative Practice Programme attends to the creative interests and needs of the student population in University Town and is committed to further collaboration with other NUS departments such as the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, NUS Museum, and Centre for the Arts on creative programming and events, ensuring continuity and synergies within NUS.

Aligned with NUS's mission to educate and transform, and our commitment to develop a vibrant community of students who possess creative skills and thinking, NUS College invites applications for the Georgette Chen Fellowship, a full-time non-tenure educator track teaching position (one-year contract), renewable for a total of up to 2 years.

The fellowship is supported by the Georgette Chen Trust, named after one of Singapore's, most famous painters of the 20th century. Chen was a pioneer of modern Singaporean art and the Nanyang style of art in the region, as well as a respected art educator for 27 years and a Cultural Medallion recipient.

• Design and teach 2 courses across the academic year.
• Support part of the Impact Experience programme (2-year capstone).
• Participate in the transfer of knowledge within the university community, either through presentations, workshops, and/or lectures.
• Propose, embark, and complete a research and practice-based work that will be published/exhibited in the College by the end of the academic year.

• Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent qualification in the arts or any arts-related discipline at the point of application.
• At least two years of teaching experience in higher education, with evidence of expertise in the teaching of the arts or arts-related disciplines.
• A strong and active portfolio that demonstrates expertise in the arts, preferably visual (arts) studies, filmmaking, photography, curatorial arts, hybrid art forms.

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Job requisition ID: 27953