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Job Utrecht University, Faculty of Humanities - Postdoc Digital Media and Migration (0,8 fte)

Postdoc Digital Media and Migration (0,8 fte)

Job description

We are currently looking for a postdoctoral researcher to participate in the Wired Up program. Wired Up is an international, interdisciplinary collaborative project between the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Social Sciences. Vanderbilt University, USA, is also taking part in the project. The project is funded by Utrecht University, through the prestigious High Potential Programme. Wired Up researches how new digital media practices, in particular the Internet, impact on the lives, identities, learning and socialization of migrant youth.

The project focuses on:

• identity construction and global representations
• development of new learning strategies and socialization patterns
• new forms of digital literacy and youth networks
• For more information about Wired Up visit http://www.uu.nl/wiredup/

Along with this postdoc another postdoctoral researcher will be appointed at the Faculty of Social Sciences to work within the Wired Up project. See advertisement no.: 691005, shortcode www.academictransfer.com/3277

Job description
In Wired Up we are researching the impact of new digital applications on the construction of identity of young Dutch migrants in a transnational setting. We are investigating in particular how diasporic communities are constructed and sustained through the analysis of youth networks, specific patterns of consumption and modes of self-presentation online as well as how new patterns of learning arise from these youth networks.

The postdoc is expected to do comparative analysis of the data collected in the wired up team by also combining different approaches across disciplines from the humanities and social science.

The project will draw from the field of (digital) media studies, postcolonial theories, gender and cultural studies along with anthropology, education, migration, youth and literacy studies, also depending on the specific expertise the post-doc will bring into the team. 

Your tasks will be to:

• combine several disciplinary perspectives for the analysis of transnationalism, media, youth and migration;
• develop a comparative framework in order to analyse the data sets collected in the wired up project;
• write conceptual or empirical papers based on these analyses; 
• submit 4 publications in international peer-reviewed journals by the end of the two years; 
• present results at national and international conferences;
• coordinate the organization of a final conference;
• support the editorial work for a final monograph.

Requirements

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic researcher with a PhD in a relevant field, either in the Humanities or Social Science with a preference for knowledge and/or experience in the following fields: media studies (in particular new digital media), gender and ethnic studies, youth studies, education and new literacies, multicultural studies and migration studies.

The candidate should have:

• a substantial publication record in the relevant field;
• consolidated experience with conducting independent research;
• an affinity with interdisciplinary research;
• mastering of the relevant theoretical backgrounds and methodological tools;
• capability of synthesizing analysis from both the humanities and the social sciences;
• a willingness to work in an international, interdisciplinary team;
• experience with a diversity of internet applications;
• excellent communication, organizational and networking skills;
• a good command of the Dutch language, excellent writing skills in English; a knowledge of Spanish, Moroccan Arabic or Berber would be an advantage.

Conditions of employment

We offer a postdoctoral position (0,8 fte) for the period of 2 years, starting April 1, 2010.

The gross salary will range between € 2,977.- and € 4,374.- per month on a full-time basis depending on experience and qualifications. The salary is supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8% and an end-of-year bonus of 8,3% per year.

Conditions are based on the Collective Labour Agreement of the Dutch Universities. See our website on terms of employment.

 

Contract type

Temporary

Organisation

Utrecht University, Faculty of Humanities

Utrecht University is one of the largest and most prominent centers for research and education. With almost 7,000 students and close to 900 staff, the Faculty of Humanities offers a stimulating, dynamic working environment. Our educational and research programmes focus on language, culture, history, the arts, literature, media, philosophy and theology, from the Ancient World to the present. Key areas are interdisciplinary work and international cooperation, excellent quality of research and education, and the use of new media. Research takes place in four institutes:

• Research institute for History and Culture (OGC);
• Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS (UiL OTS);
• ZENO (Leiden-Utrecht research institute for philosophy);
• Research Institute for Theology and Religious Studies (INTEGON).

The Utrecht University Graduate School of Humanities guarantees the high quality of education for research master’s and PhD students.

Department

Research Institute for History and Culture

The Research Institute for History and Culture (OGC) performs and stimulates original research in the fields of history and culture that offers added value to the academic world and to the world at large. The priority in the institute's multifaceted research lies in the field of Western history and culture, from classical antiquity up to the present day, examined in a global context. More than 200 researchers currently work at the OGC, in ten research programmes: Ancient History and Classical Civilization Art History, Cultural History, Economic and Social History, Gender Studies, International and Political History, Media and Performance Studies, Medieval Culture, Musicology, Textual Culture.

Additional information

Additional information about the project and this position can be obtained by sending an email to Sandra Ponzanesi, e-mail: s.ponzanesi@uu.nl or by phone 31 (0) 30 253 7844.

 The Postdoc will be hosted at the Research Institute for History and Culture.

More information about the Gender Graduate Programme where the postdoc will be integrated can be found at: www.genderstudies.nl   

 

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