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Thanks very much,<BR>
Anne<BR>
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The Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Calgary invites applications for a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Creative Practice & New Technologies. The purpose of this Chair is to catalyze collaborative research in the fields of Fine Arts, Design, and Science. <BR>
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The University of Calgary celebrates "creativity and innovation in the arts" as a flagship area of excellence. To ensure its future growth and success, the University has initiated a number of strategies including: the provision of new faculty positions; development of new undergraduate and graduate programs; and a renewal of support for research and teaching in existing programs.<BR>
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The successful candidate will interact with colleagues in the area of creative practice and new technologies, and will add top-level research and teaching capacity in the Faculty’s NBC Universal Canada Multimedia Lab, and/or the new digitally-supported performance laboratory which will open in 2007. <BR>
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While it is expected that the Chair will have artistic and research interests in interdisciplinary and technology-informed contexts, the area of specific disciplinary focus is open. For instance, studio arts, media arts, digital arts, sound or movement would be considered important and relevant areas of study in the ongoing exploration and development of identity in an increasingly technological world. <BR>
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Within the Faculty of Fine Arts, the Chair has the opportunity to support and develop research / creation in the context of individual and collective artistic interactions with a technological environment. This could include the development and delivery of an expanded digital media program and participation in new and existing projects, ranging from theatre design to electroacoustic composition, from 3D modeling to work with time-based media.<BR>
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The Chair will also contribute to a new research initiative housed in the Department of Computer Science, bringing together arts and science research in the domain of interactive technologies. This interdisciplinary initiative will develop and create projects exploring the aesthetic in digital interactions around three themes: interactive visualization, embodied interaction, and transferability.<BR>
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The appointment may be at the Assistant or Associate Professor rank; all applicants must be within ten years of award of her/his PhD. Applicants are to be emerging leaders in their field, developing national and international scholarly presence, to have an excellent teaching and graduate supervision record, to have experience with externally-funded programs, and a commitment to cross-/interdisciplinary and collaborative research. The position comes with the opportunity for funding through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI).<BR>
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All CRC positions are subject to review and final approval by the CRC Secretariat. Candidates should send their applications, including <I>curriculum vitae</I>, statement of research objectives, five-year research plan, and contact information for three eminent referees to:<BR>
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Dr. Ann E. Calvert<BR>
Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts<BR>
University of Calgary<BR>
CHD 100, 2500 University Drive NW<BR>
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4<BR>
CANADA<BR>
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The University will short list candidates as soon as possible after January 31, 2007, but will review and consider applications until the position is filled.<BR>
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All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. The University of Calgary respects, appreciates, and encourages diversity. To see all University of Calgary academic positions, please visit <I>www.ucalgary.ca/hr/career <a href="http://www.ucalgary.ca/hr/career"><http://www.ucalgary.ca/hr/career></a> </I>.<BR>
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<I>The Faculty of Fine Arts is home to a new digital multimedia lab funded by NBC Universal Canada, and is participating in the development of a Centre for Interactive Technologies in conjunction with the Faculty of Science’s Department of Computer Science. We expect the CRC appointee to contribute to the growth and development of these new institutional resources. <BR>
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The Faculty of Fine Arts is a mainstay of Calgary’s artistic life. As a well-established arts education centre, the Faculty has responded to the community’s needs in ways only a research university can do. Its creations are the plays, paintings, sculptures, songs, and dances that enliven and enrich our city. Its talents and expertise – players, artists, directors, teachers, historians, curators – are embodied in the city’s arts institutions: our museums, performing companies, galleries, schools, and theatres are staffed and managed with the more than 3,800 graduates of Fine Arts.<BR>
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The Faculty provides programs and leadership to educate students from all around the world in the practice, history, creation and pedagogy of the arts. We are known as the epicentre of new artistic work in Calgary, and as the region’s key source for contact with artists and experts around the world of the arts.<BR>
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