Assistant Professor in Global Media Histories - Amsterdam, Nederland - Universiteit van Amsterdam

Universiteit van Amsterdam

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Amsterdam, Nederland

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Geplaatst door:

Daan Van den Berg

werver van beBee

Beschrijving

Assistant Professor in Global Media Histories

Faculteit/Dienst:

Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen
Opleidingsniveau:Gepromoveerd
Functie type:Wetenschappelijk Personeel
Sluitingsdatum:17 May 2024
Vacaturenummer:12918- In the context of the sector plan for the Humanities titled Language and Culture, the faculty currently has a vacant Assistant Professor position with a specialization in Global Media Histories supported by an interest in storytelling and/or multilingualism.

What are you going to do?

You will provide education in a dynamic context with ample opportunities for the development of innovative teaching methods. Your research will be part of the Amsterdam School of Historical Studies (ASH), one of the five research schools of the Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR). You will also be expected to participate in a facultywide interdisciplinary team focused on strengthening the position of language and culture in the Faculty of Humanities.
As an Assistant Professor in Global Media Histories, you will contribute to the relevant BA and MA programmes in the Media Studies Department with your research and teaching expertise in global media histories as well as your strong grounding in postcolonial/decolonial approaches, preferably extending to the contemporary legacy of colonial media histories. Further research interests in the practices of storytelling through audiovisual language and/or multilingualism connect this position to crossfaculty research on the theme of Language and Culture. A research focus on African, South Asian or South American contexts is especially welcome.

Tasks and responsibilities:

- designing and conducting independent research on global media histories from a decolonial, multilingual and/or storytelling perspective, resulting in academic publications in peer-reviewed international journals and/or books;
- actively pursuing external funding for research, notably funding from research councils, national as well as European;
- actively contributing to and developing national and international research networks and other forms of cooperation;
- actively contributing to the research activities of ASH, in particular to one of its research groups such as Modern History; Kazan, Cairo, Cordoba; Digital History; and/or contributing to new initiatives on colonial/decolonial histories;
- actively contributing with your research to the faculty-wide interdisciplinary team in Language and Culture;
- developing, coordinating and teaching courses in both Dutch and English, in the Bachelor and Master programmes;
- supervising Bachelor and Master theses and tutoring students; co-supervising PhD theses;
- actively contributing to the development and improvement of the broader teaching programmes in the department;
- taking part in committees and working groups, and carrying out departmental administrative tasks as directed.
What do you have to offer?

You are a dynamic and ambitious researcher with a strong profile, demonstrable by international publications and an international academic network. Your publications show broad knowledge of
the history of film and media studies; expertise in the history, language and culture of a particular area of global media; and a strong affinity with postcolonial and/or decolonial approaches to film and media studies. Your research matches the profile of the Amsterdam School of Historical Studies.
You are an experienced teacher and are able to develop and provide courses within the curriculum of the Media Studies Department. Proven flexibility in teaching on topics beyond your own research focus is important, as is a willingness to work in interdisciplinary teams of teachers and the ability to offer inspiring lectures and tutorials in the BA, MA and minor programmes that connect to a wide range of students.

Your experience and profile:

- a PhD in media studies, media history or a related field with a relevant research focus;
- an international academic network in the research area concerned;
- research output commensurate with the level of the position;
- be an active and ambitious researcher with a strong publication record;
- demonstrable ability and ambition to obtain external research grants;
- have broad and relevant teaching experience at BA and MA level;
- have experience with digital and audio-visual teaching facilities and affinity with IT in university teaching;
- be experienced in valorisation and practice-based education and/or research;
- be a good team player and versatile at all levels, capable of multidisciplinary co-operation;
- have excellent organisational experience and skills;
- be in possession of a University Teaching Qualification (UTQ). If you have not attained a UTQ you are required to start with the UTQ track upon commencement of your employment contract and obtain the certificate within three years of employment;
- have good command of Dutch and English. If you do not speak Dutch, an