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Assistant Professor - Music since 1900 (Historical Musicology) - Department of M
Inside Higher Ed, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Overview
The Department of Music at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Music since 1900 (Historical Musicology). We seek a scholar whose work is theoretically and methodologically innovative and who engages critically with concepts of history and the archive. We welcome research focusing on music in global and transnational contexts, popular and vernacular music, music and technology, multimedia aesthetics and intermedial arts, modern and contemporary aesthetics and techniques, media and communication theory, and the music industry.
The successful candidate will join a department that studies music and sound as social, aesthetic, medial, and political phenomena that shape and reflect experience, with a commitment to inclusive curricula, creative pedagogy, and a supportive classroom environment.
The Department of Music maintains facilities including Hertz Concert Hall, the Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library, the Center for New Music and Audio Technology, and Morrison Hall, and serves hundreds of students from multiple departments, alumni, and the public. We value scholars who have faced diverse career paths or personal responsibilities and encourage applications from candidates with non-traditional trajectories.
Position location: Berkeley, CA. Salary range: The current salary range for this position is $80,800-$128,700 (9-month academic year salary); off-scale pay components may be offered to meet competitive conditions. Anticipated start: July 1, 2026.
Application Window
Open date: August 24, 2025
Next review date: Wednesday, Oct 15, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Final date: Wednesday, Oct 15, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.
Position Description The Department of Music at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor with expertise in music or sound since 1900. We seek a scholar whose work is theoretically and methodologically innovative and who engages critically with concepts of history and the archive. We encourage applications from scholars whose research focuses on music in global and transnational contexts, popular and vernacular music, music and technology, multimedia aesthetics and intermedial arts, modern and contemporary aesthetics and techniques, media and communication theory, and the music industry.
The successful candidate will join a department that approaches music and sound holistically, as social, aesthetic, medial, and political phenomena that fundamentally shape and reflect experience, and whose members work to support the success of all students through inclusive curricula, creative pedagogy, and a supportive classroom environment.
The department is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual career couples and single parents. We are also interested in candidates who have had non-traditional career paths or who have taken time off for family reasons, or who have achieved excellence in careers outside academia. For information about potential relocation to Berkeley, or career needs of accompanying partners and spouses, please visit: http://ofew.berkeley.edu/new-faculty.
Department: http://music.berkeley.edu/
Qualifications
Basic qualifications
(required at time of application): PhD (or equivalent international degree), or enrolled in PhD or equivalent international degree-granting program at the time of application.
Application Requirements
Cover Letter
– In the cover letter, discuss your accomplishments and future plans in the areas of research, teaching, and service. Include your current research project and future directions. For teaching, discuss your pedagogy and strategies to support student success, including inclusive curriculum, classroom environment, mentoring, and/or assessments. For service, describe contributions you have made or envision making within your institution(s), profession, or community that support the success of students and colleagues, increase outreach, or strengthen community.
Curriculum Vitae
- Your most recently updated CV.
Authorization to Release Information Form
- A reference check will be completed only if you are selected as the candidate to whom the hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer. Download, complete, sign, and upload the Authorization to Release Information form.
Writing Sample
- Writing Sample (not to exceed 12,000 words).
Reference Requirements
3 required (contact information only). Letters of recommendation will be solicited for candidates under serious consideration.
Apply link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05035
Help contact: musichr@berkeley.edu
About UC Berkeley UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in our public mission of research, teaching, and service, consistent with UC Regents Policy 4400 and University of California Academic Personnel policy (APM 210 1-d). These values are embedded in our Principles of Community, which reflect our passion for critical inquiry, debate, discovery and innovation, and our commitment to contributing to a better world. Every member of the UC Berkeley community has a role in sustaining a safe, caring and humane environment in which these values can thrive.
The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. For more information, please refer to the University of California's Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment Policy and the University of California's Anti-Discrimination Policy.
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The successful candidate will join a department that studies music and sound as social, aesthetic, medial, and political phenomena that shape and reflect experience, with a commitment to inclusive curricula, creative pedagogy, and a supportive classroom environment.
The Department of Music maintains facilities including Hertz Concert Hall, the Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library, the Center for New Music and Audio Technology, and Morrison Hall, and serves hundreds of students from multiple departments, alumni, and the public. We value scholars who have faced diverse career paths or personal responsibilities and encourage applications from candidates with non-traditional trajectories.
Position location: Berkeley, CA. Salary range: The current salary range for this position is $80,800-$128,700 (9-month academic year salary); off-scale pay components may be offered to meet competitive conditions. Anticipated start: July 1, 2026.
Application Window
Open date: August 24, 2025
Next review date: Wednesday, Oct 15, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Final date: Wednesday, Oct 15, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.
Position Description The Department of Music at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor with expertise in music or sound since 1900. We seek a scholar whose work is theoretically and methodologically innovative and who engages critically with concepts of history and the archive. We encourage applications from scholars whose research focuses on music in global and transnational contexts, popular and vernacular music, music and technology, multimedia aesthetics and intermedial arts, modern and contemporary aesthetics and techniques, media and communication theory, and the music industry.
The successful candidate will join a department that approaches music and sound holistically, as social, aesthetic, medial, and political phenomena that fundamentally shape and reflect experience, and whose members work to support the success of all students through inclusive curricula, creative pedagogy, and a supportive classroom environment.
The department is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual career couples and single parents. We are also interested in candidates who have had non-traditional career paths or who have taken time off for family reasons, or who have achieved excellence in careers outside academia. For information about potential relocation to Berkeley, or career needs of accompanying partners and spouses, please visit: http://ofew.berkeley.edu/new-faculty.
Department: http://music.berkeley.edu/
Qualifications
Basic qualifications
(required at time of application): PhD (or equivalent international degree), or enrolled in PhD or equivalent international degree-granting program at the time of application.
Application Requirements
Cover Letter
– In the cover letter, discuss your accomplishments and future plans in the areas of research, teaching, and service. Include your current research project and future directions. For teaching, discuss your pedagogy and strategies to support student success, including inclusive curriculum, classroom environment, mentoring, and/or assessments. For service, describe contributions you have made or envision making within your institution(s), profession, or community that support the success of students and colleagues, increase outreach, or strengthen community.
Curriculum Vitae
- Your most recently updated CV.
Authorization to Release Information Form
- A reference check will be completed only if you are selected as the candidate to whom the hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer. Download, complete, sign, and upload the Authorization to Release Information form.
Writing Sample
- Writing Sample (not to exceed 12,000 words).
Reference Requirements
3 required (contact information only). Letters of recommendation will be solicited for candidates under serious consideration.
Apply link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05035
Help contact: musichr@berkeley.edu
About UC Berkeley UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in our public mission of research, teaching, and service, consistent with UC Regents Policy 4400 and University of California Academic Personnel policy (APM 210 1-d). These values are embedded in our Principles of Community, which reflect our passion for critical inquiry, debate, discovery and innovation, and our commitment to contributing to a better world. Every member of the UC Berkeley community has a role in sustaining a safe, caring and humane environment in which these values can thrive.
The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. For more information, please refer to the University of California's Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment Policy and the University of California's Anti-Discrimination Policy.
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