Professorship (m/f/d) for the subject area Anthropology and Cultural Research with a special emphasis on culture in practice and transfer - Public Anthropology

2 Apr 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

University of Bremen

Department

Faculty 9 - Cultural Studies

Research Field

Cultural studies » Other

Researcher Profile

Leading Researcher (R4)

Country

Germany

Application Deadline

29 Apr 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Berlin)

Type of Contract

Permanent

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

40

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Reference Number

P678/24

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Open to unconventional approaches in research and teaching, the University of Bremen has retained its character as a place for closely connecting people and ideas since its foundation in 1971. We combine exceptional performance and innovative potential in a broad spectrum of subjects. As an ambitious research university, we stand for research-based learning approaches and a pronounced interdisciplinary orientation. We actively pursue international scientific cooperation in a spirit of global partnership.

 

Today, around 23,000 people learn, teach, research and work on our international campus. In research and teaching, administration and operations, we are firmly committed to the goals of sustainability, climate justice and climate neutrality. Our Bremen spirit is expressed in the courage to explore new things in cooperation, respect and appreciation for each other. With our study and research profile as well as with our cooperation within the European YUFE network, we assume social responsibility in the region, in Europe and in the world.

 

At the University of Bremen, the Dept. for Anthropology and Cultural Research / Institut für Ethnologie und Kulturwissenschaft (IfEK), at Faculty 9 Cultural Studies has a vacancy for a permanent professorship that should be filled at the earliest possible date:

 

Professorship (m/f/d)

Grade W2

Tenured

 

for the subject area

Anthropology and Cultural Research

with a special emphasis on culture in practice and transfer - Public Anthropology

Reference number: P678/24

 

We are looking for an internationally established scholar with broad teaching and research experience as well as high-quality academic achievements at the domestic and international levels. The professorship represents the field of Public Anthropology in research and teaching in its entirety and it expected to develop it further and to contribute to the faculty’s international profile.

 

The professorship in the area of Cultural Research with a special emphasis on culture in practice and transfer – Public Anthropology - will focus on the practice and reflection of anthropological/cultural studies knowledge in and with diverse publics, as well as on the generation of new publics via methods of collaborative ethnographic knowledge production. As a publicly active form of anthropology and cultural research, the professorship is expected to build up a working focus in the fields of media anthropology and digital cultures and will address at least one of the following research areas: work cultures, cultural politics, STS (Social Studies of Sciences and Technologies), methodological innovation or Environmental Humanities. The professorship will also be expected to work at the interface of academic practice, society and culture via transfer and collaboration. The position is also expected to encourage students to explore a variety of cultural fields and institutions independently while also becoming active in these fields and institutions themselves.

 

The Department of Anthropology and Cultural Research is internationally recognized in research and teaching. The University of Bremen provides an ideal environment for interdisciplinary research and places great value on internal and external cooperation. The appointed person is expected to participate in interdisciplinary research networks, especially in the research platform Worlds of Contradiction (WoC). The candidate will also be expected to participate in or co-lead the newly established interdisciplinary English-language BA program in Environmental Humanities in the Department of Anthropology and Cultural Research.

 

The professorship will teach in the BA-program Cultural Studies and the MA-program Transcultural Studies, and is expected to teach in the interdisciplinary, English-language BA Environmental Humanities program beginning in the winter-term 2025-26.

 

The successful candidate is expected to have the ability to deliver courses both in the German (C1) and English language and display the willingness to participate in the faculty’s self-governing bodies. Mid-level language skills in one of the two teaching languages can be deepened during the first four years. The teaching load is based on the regulations of the state of Bremen and currently amounts to 9 hours weekly.

 

The position holder should have a national and international track record in research in the above-mentioned areas. Competencies with regard to the consideration of gender and diversity dimensions in research and teaching are desirable.

 

In addition to fulfilling the general civil service law requirements for employment, a completed relevant academic university degree in the field of social and cultural anthropology, empirical cultural studies or related subjects is mandatory. A special aptitude for scientific work, proven by a relevant high-ranking doctorate and the habilitation or other outstanding habilitation-equivalent achievements, such as those achieved in the context of a junior professorship, junior research group leadership or other professorships, are required. Pedagogical aptitude and readiness for further training in higher education didactics are expected. The appointment is based on § 18 BremHG and § 116 BremBG. If the general civil service requirements are met, the position will be tenured.

 

The University of Bremen is committed to increasing the number of women in academia. Among others, it has received several awards in the frame of DFG programs on gender equality. Applications from academics with a migration background as well as applications from abroad are expressly welcomed. Priority will be given to applicants with severe disabilities who display the same professional and personal qualifications.

 

The university is distinguished by its needs-oriented career and personnel development offers for academic executives. It supports newly appointed staff with a variety of services such as the Welcome Center, comprehensive childcare services, and the professional integration of partners.

 

For further information, please contact the Dean, Prof. Dr. Dagmar Borchers ([email protected] ) or the Co-Executive Director of IfEK, Prof. Dr. Michi Knecht ([email protected] ).

 

Please send your application with the usual documents (curriculum vitae, publication and teaching record, research profile, copies of certificates) together with three important publications, quoting the above reference number, by April 29th , 2024 to the Dean of FB09 Cultural Studies, Prof. Dr. Dagmar Borchers, Universität Bremen, Postfach 330 440, 28334 Bremen

www.fb9.uni-bremen.de

or as a PDF file by unencrypted electronic mail to: [email protected]

Further information on appointment procedures at the University of Bremen can be found at: http://www.uni-bremen.de/de/berufungsverfahren.html

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Requirements

Research Field

Cultural studies » Other

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Additional Information
Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

University of Bremen

Country

Germany

State/Province

Bremen

City

Bremen

Postal Code

28359

Street

Bibliothekstr. 1

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

City

Bremen

Website

http://www.fb9.uni-bremen.de/en/start.html

Street

Bibliothekstraße 1

Postal Code

28359

STATUS: EXPIRED