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Department of Culture Studies offers a BA and MA programs and hosts a dynamic research group working on the impact of digital technologies on contemporary sociocultural life at all levels and in all domains of society, including art, literature, language, politics, education and health. It focuses on media strategies and creative phenomena in micro and macro public spheres in the digital world, and the management of linguistic and cultural diversity. In the department’s research, online and offline dimensions of sociocultural life are seen as fundamentally intertwined and inseparable. Our Bachelor Online Culture is chosen as the top program in the Netherlands.
The position comprises both a research and a teaching component. The successful candidate will teach and supervise students at all levels in the field of Digital Culture and take part in the continuous development of curricula with other colleagues in the Department of Culture Studies, in particular the BA Online Culture and the MA track Digital Culture Studies. The teaching associated with the position will include courses in digital media and the digitalization of culture and society, including practices of civic engagement in social media; skills in digital methodologies (digital ethnography/discourse analysis), contemporary themes in digital culture and critical media studies.
Qualifications and personal qualities
To be qualified for the position, the applicant must have a doctoral degree in Digital Culture or a relevant field.
Fixed-term contract: track to tenure.
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Research and education at the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences (TSHD) has a unique focus on humans in the context of the globalizing digital society, on the development of artificial intelligence and interactive technologies, on their impact on communication, culture and society, and on moral and existential challenges that arise. The School of Humanities and Digital Sciences consists of four departments: Communication and Cognition, Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence, Culture Studies and Philosophy; several research institutes and a faculty office. Also the University College Tilburg is part of the School. Each year around 275 students commence a Bachelor or (Pre) Master Program. The School has approximately 2000 students and 250 employees.
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