Hello,

Could you kindly post and circulate the following job posting/ position
vacancy.

Kindest regards,

Karla Livingston
Senior Collections Technician - Textiles & Costume Section 
Department World Cultures
Royal Ontario Museum
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Job Posting/Position Vacancy - Associate Curator of Textiles and
Costume of the Eastern Hemisphere (Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe),
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada

The Royal Ontario Museum is Canada’s pre-eminent international museum
and houses important collections in World Cultures and Natural History
(www.rom.on.ca). The ROM is pleased to invite applications for the
position of Associate Curator of Textiles and Costume of the Eastern
Hemisphere (Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe). This is a tenure-track
entry-level position comparable to an Assistant Professor position at a
university. 

The successful applicant will join the Textile and Costume section of
the ROM’s Department of World Cultures. They will oversee a collection
of approx. 12,000 works with particular strengths in Chinese Qing
dynasty court costume, textiles and costume of the Islamic world
(including an important collection of mediaeval tiraz), Indian chintz,
and Eastern European regional dress. They will be expected to: undertake
an active program of research that leads to publication and presentation
of work in peer-reviewed scholarly outlets and to seek external grant
funding for that research; develop a dynamic program of collection-based
scholarship through acquisitions, permanent and temporary exhibits,
publications, new media and public programs; participate in museum
service and community outreach. The applicant is required to be actively
engaged with the academic community and should qualify to teach in
undergraduate and graduate programmes at university level. 
Qualifications: Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Art History, Cultural
Anthropology, or a related field at the time of appointment; a strong
programme of research in some aspect of Eastern Hemisphere textiles and
costume; the ability to conduct primary research in the relevant
language(s); and be qualified for cross-appointment to the University of
Toronto. 

Salary and rank are commensurate with experience as stipulated in the
Collective Agreement between the ROM and ROM Curatorial Association and
the successful candidate is eligible for promotional progression through
curatorial ranks to Senior Curator. 

Applications for the position will be accepted until October 19, 2007.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and
permanent residents will be given priority. Applicants should provide a
letter of interest detailing their research interests and projects, a
curriculum vita, a published/scholarly writing sample, and should
arrange to have three confidential letters of recommendation sent on
their behalf. 

Forward all to: 
The Royal Ontario Museum, Linda Knox, Human Resources Department, 100
Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C6 Fax #(416) 586-5827 

Salary and rank are commensurate with experience as stipulated in the
Collective Agreement between the ROM and ROM Curatorial Association and
the successful candidate is eligible for promotional progression through
curatorial ranks to Senior Curator. 

Applications for the position will be accepted until October 12, 2007.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and
permanent residents will be given priority. Applicants should provide a
letter of interest detailing their research interests and projects, a
curriculum vita, a published/scholarly writing sample, and should
arrange to have three confidential letters of recommendation sent on
their behalf. 

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