Associate or Full Professor – Archives and Records Management
- iSchools News
- Oct 16
- 2 min read
Application Deadline: 24 November 2025
The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) invites nominations and applications for a tenure-track faculty position of Associate or Full Professor open rank to join our internationally recognized faculty.
We seek an engaged and energetic colleague with an outstanding record of scholarship in archives and records management (ARM), broadly construed. Successful applicants can investigate any area of ARM, including but not limited to:
Archival functions (e.g. acquisition, appraisal, records management, description, investigation, public outreach)
Archival policy and ethics (e.g. privacy, intellectual property, cultural property, indigenous rights, public records access)
History and standards of the archival profession and memory institutions
Tools and systems for recordkeeping and digital curation (design, development, evaluation)
Cultural memory and issues of representation
Community and participatory archives
International and comparative archivistics
Archival engagement with and among specific populations
Curation of particular documentary forms (e.g. film, social media, rare books)
Archival user communities and user needs
We welcome applicants from a diverse range of disciplines that can contribute to investigation of the issues described above. Regardless of discipline, a successful candidate is one who is passionate about both investigating and advancing the work of memory institutions.
Candidates are required to have an earned PhD with experience in research settings, and provide evidence of research and teaching excellence, and leadership in their area of expertise. Candidates should provide evidence of the competencies needed to teach the assigned course(s) in the ARM Track.
Experience in archival research towards the following:
Advancing goals of collective well-being, shared progress, and sustainability,
Creating opportunities for greater participation and engagement, and
Investigating broader themes of personal and organizational data curation and governance.
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