Assistant Professor in Black, Indigenous and Critical Race Studies in Arts and Culture

23 Feb 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

University of Amsterdam (UvA)

Research Field

Cultural studies

Researcher Profile

Leading Researcher (R4)
Established Researcher (R3)

Country

Netherlands

Application Deadline

3 Apr 2024 - 21:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Not Applicable

Hours Per Week

38.0

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

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

No

Offer Description

In the context of the sector plan for the Humanities titled ‘Tradition in transition’, the Faculty of Humanities currently has a vacant Assistant Professor position as part of the sector research initiative on Cultural Heritage and Identity. Within this research theme the focus is on material and immaterial heritage, and on cultural heritage and societal changes.

The Assistant Professor in Black, Indigenous and Critical Race Studies in Arts and Culture will work in the Department of Arts and Culture, which runs the procedure as well. Their research will be part of the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA), one of the five research schools of the Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research .

The Department of Arts and Culture is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome employees who contribute to the diversity of our faculty through their unique backgrounds and perspectives.

What are you going to do?
You will provide education in a dynamic context with ample opportunities for the development of innovative teaching methods. You will develop and provide modules within the broad fields of Black, Indigenous and Critical Race Studies across varied programmes offered within Cultural Studies, one of the capacity groups of the Department of Arts and Culture. You will contribute to teaching at BA and MA levels, and in time supervise doctoral candidates.

Cultural Studies has recently (September 2023) launched a new BA programme in Global Arts, Culture and Politics (GAPC). You will design, develop and coordinate courses across all three years of this programme, which includes four majors – Culture and Social Justice, Reimagining Sustainability, Art and Media, and the Human and AI. Your teaching will centre on critical race theories, indigenous theories, black studies and various other subjects within these majors, connecting undergraduate education in arts and culture with national, transnational, and global debates. You will work with an interdisciplinary team of teachers to offer inspiring lectures and seminars to a diverse cohort of students. At the Masters level, you may also be asked to contribute courses to one or more of our programmes (Heritage & Memory Studies; Museum Studies; Art, Culture and Politics). You will also supervise BA and MA theses and work placements across these programmes.

Within ASCA you will collaborate with emerging and established scholars to develop a variety of research activities across themes of aesthetics&politics, post- and decoloniality, artistic research, and pluriversal ontologies. Research at ASCA is organised around five constellations: Art and Aesthetics, Cultural and Social Critique, Globalization and Migration, Identities, and Mediality. Your research will contribute to one or more of these, and to the recently launched Research Priority Area Decolonial Futures . You will also contribute to conversations and collaborations within the sector research theme Cultural Heritage and Identity.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Designing and conducting independent research in the fields of Black, Indigenous and Critical Race Studies in Arts and Culture, resulting in academic publications in peer-reviewed international journals and/or books but also other kinds of output, such as exhibitions, artistic practice, public programs and other valorisation activities;
• 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 ASCA;
• Developing, coordinating and teaching courses in the Bachelor programme Global Arts, Culture and Politics as well as the Master programmes of the department;
• Supervising Bachelor and Master theses and tutoring students; co-supervising PhD theses;
• Actively contributing to the development and improvement of the broader teaching offer of the faculty;
• Taking part in committees and working groups, and carrying out departmental administrative tasks as needed;
• Actively contributing to the interdisciplinary collaborations within the sector research initiative on Cultural Heritage and Identity.

Requirements
Specific Requirements

You are a dynamic and ambitious researcher with a strong profile, demonstrable by international publications and an international scholarly network. Race as colonial heritage is a central category of analysis in your work. Your publications show broad, transnational knowledge of theories in Black, Indigenous and critical race studies, and currents debates on aesthetics and politics, as well as the capacity to mobilize this knowledge creatively to analyse global developments in the arts and culture fields and connect them to major political phenomena. You have a strong investment in challenging traditional epistemologies and disciplinary boundaries. Experience with critical and/or creative research methodologies, e.g., experimental ethnography and visual culture methods, is a plus.

Important is proven flexibility in teaching on topics beyond your own research focus, 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 aspire to a wide range of global students.

Your research matches the profile of ASCA. You have an interest in contributing to debates on colonial heritage in and beyond the university.

Your experience and profile
Candidates need to have the following qualifications:

• A PhD in the arts, humanities or social sciences with a research focus on Black Studies, Critical Race Theory, Indigenous Theory or a related topic;
• An international academic network in the research areas concerned;
• Research output commensurate with the level of the position;
• An active and ambitious researcher with a strong publication record;
• Demonstrable ability and ambition to obtain external research grants;
• Broad and relevant teaching experience at BA and MA level;
• Experience with digital and audio-visual teaching facilities and affinity with IT in university teaching;
• Experience in valorisation and practice-based education and/or research;
• Good team player and versatile at all levels, capable of multidisciplinary co-operation;
• Excellent organisational experience and skills;
• 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;
• Good command of Dutch and English. If you do not speak Dutch, an active and passive command must be acquired within the first two years of the employment and the state examination for Dutch as a Second Language programme II must be passed.

Additional Information
Benefits

We offer a temporary employment contract of a maximum of 18 months with a probationary period of two months. Upon a satisfactory evaluation a permanent employment is possible. If you already have an employment contract with the UvA, we offer permanent employment upon a satisfactory evaluation following a temporary employment contract of a maximum of 12 months. The employment is for 38 hours per week. The preferred starting date is 01 August 2024

Your salary, depending on relevant experience on commencement of the employment contract, ranges between € 4.332 (scale 11) to € 6.737 (scale 12) gross per month on the basis of a full working week of 38 hours. This sum does not include the 8% holiday allowance and the 8,3% year-end allowance. Favourable tax agreements may apply to applicants moving from abroad. The Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities is applicable.

What else do we offer?

• the opportunity to collaborate in interdisciplinary teams;
• excellent opportunities for study and personal development;
• attaining the University Teaching Qualification (UTQ);
• the opportunity to participate in the Dutch as a Second Language programme II;
• a position in which taking initiative and providing input are greatly appreciated;
• an inspiring, warm and international academic work environment in the heart of Amsterdam;
• an enthusiastic, inspiring and professional academic team.

Selection process

If you feel the profile fits you, and you are interested in the job, we look forward to receiving your application. You can apply online via the link below. We will accept applications until 03 April 2024.

Your application should include the following information:

• a cover letter and detailed CV, including a list of publications;
• the names and email addresses of two references who can provide letters of recommendation.

Please submit the required information in 1 pdf by uploading it in the required field ‘CV’.

The first round of interviews will be held in the course of April 2024. A trial lecture may be part of the application process.

Additional comments

If you have any questions about the position or the department, please contact during office hours:

Prof. Chiara de Cesari
Professor of Heritage, Memory and Cultural Studies

Chair of Cultural Studies

[email protected]

Website for additional job details

https://www.academictransfer.com/338143/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Faculty of Humanities

Country

Netherlands

City

Amsterdam

Postal Code

1012CX

Street

Kloveniersburgwal 48

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://www.academictransfer.com/en/338143/assistant-professor-in-black-indigen…

Contact

City

Amsterdam

Website

http://www.uva.nl/

Street

Spui 21

Postal Code

1012 WX

STATUS: EXPIRED