The Faculty of Humanities has a vacancy for an Associate professor in Media Studies. 

The ideal candidate will have an outstanding teaching and research profile in one of the subfields of Media Studies, including but not limited to the areas mentioned above. The candidate will be able to teach introductory courses in one of our BA programs (Media & Culture or Media & Information), as well as more specialized courses at the MA level. The candidate's research will be situated within the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, which is dedicated to the comparative and interdisciplinary study of contemporary culture (in all its forms and expressions) from a broad humanities perspective. The candidate's research vision should preferably connect to one or more of ASCA's research constellations (Mediality, Arts & Aesthetics, Globalization and Migration, Identities, Cultural & Social Critique), and to the university-wide Global Digital Cultures Research Priority Area, with possible foci including but not limited to regional and local media cultures, media & migration, international media production cultures, global and local fan and user communities, or materialities of global media.

• PhD in the field of Media Studies or other relevant field;
• outstanding experience in research and outstanding research skills, evidenced by publications in international, refereed academic journals and academic books;
• experience with writing research projects through government funding bodies, non-governmental foundations and/or the private sector;
• proven affinity with interdisciplinary research within and beyond the humanities;
• at least twelve years of teaching experience at various levels of university education; demonstrable didactic abilities and/or training, evidenced by a teaching portfolio;
• experience in an academic position where research and teaching are combined on a senior level;
• experience with new methods of teaching (especially the use of digital technology and electronic learning environments); sound knowledge of ICT developments in the field;
• willingness to develop in an interdisciplinary capacity in order to be able to participate in multiple areas of the Faculty's curriculum;
• capable of functioning at all levels in more than one programme of study;
• experience in supervising PhD research;
• proven leadership qualities; experience in administration, organisation and coordination of university education and research; must be prepared to take on administrative roles;
• enthusiasm, an interdisciplinary attitude, a strong team spirit and the ability to motivate team members;
• flexibility, readiness to participate in interdisciplinary cooperation and multidisciplinary development;
• thorough knowledge of Dutch and English; non-native Dutch speakers must achieve an active and passive command of Dutch within two years.

Fixed-term contract: two years.

The contract will be for 38 hours a week. The initial contract will be two years. Depending on teaching evaluations and professional assessment, tenure will be granted after two years. The gross monthly salary will range from €5,039 (scale 13) to €6,738 (scale 14), based on a full-time contract (38 hours a week). The Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (Cao) is applicable. 

University of Amsterdam

With over 5,000 employees, 30,000 students and a budget of more than 600 million euros, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is an intellectual hub within the Netherlands. Teaching and research at the UvA are conducted within seven faculties: Humanities, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Economics and Business, Law, Science, Medicine and Dentistry. Housed on four city campuses in or near the heart of Amsterdam, where disciplines come together and interact, the faculties have close links with thousands of researchers and hundreds of institutions at home and abroad.  

The UvA’s students and employees are independent thinkers, competent rebels who dare to question dogmas and aren’t satisfied with easy answers and standard solutions. To work at the UvA is to work in an independent, creative, innovative and international climate characterised by an open atmosphere and a genuine engagement with the city of Amsterdam and society.

Faculty of Humanities – Department of Media Studies

The Faculty of Humanities provides education and conducts research with a strongly international profile in a large number of disciplines in the field of language and culture. Located in the heart of Amsterdam, the Faculty maintains close ties with many cultural institutes in the capital city. Employees focus on interdisciplinary collaboration, are verifiably broadly deployable and are prepared to be deployed in several teaching programmes.

The Faculty offers associate professors the opportunity to collaborate with leading researchers at research institutes that - partly as a result of their multidisciplinary approach - are world-renowned. Moreover, you will be teaching in a dynamic context in which new educational methods are being developed.

Together with other new associate and assistant professors you will participate in a comprehensive introductory programme. Additional didactical training is also part of the contract. Based on the candidate's educational portfolio, previously acquired competences will be taken into consideration.

The Media Studies department of the Faculty of Humanities offers both depth and diversity in its approaches to the study of media, with a wide range of academic offerings and research interests. It is the largest department of Media Studies in the Netherlands and is consistently highly ranked in international rankings. Our fields of expertise include Film studies, Cross-media culture, New Media and Digital Culture, Information studies, Digital humanities, Journalism, Archival Studies, Globalisation Studies, and Digital Heritage.