In the context of the sector plan for the Humanities titled 'Tradition in transition' and the faculty's profile, the
Amsterdam School of Historical Studies currently has a vacant Assistant Professor position as part of the research theme Cultural Heritage and Identity. Within this research theme the focus is on material and immaterial heritage, including digital Humanities, and on cultural heritage and societal changes.
Amsterdam School of Historical Studies is one of the five Research Schools within the
Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research.
What are you going to do?In the context of the
Sectorplan Investments in the Humanities, the University of Amsterdam intends to grow its teaching and research in cultural heritage and societal change. We are looking for a colleague who will teach and conduct research on contemporary religious cultures and the ways in which questions of heritage and identity inform new spiritual movements. You will provide education in a dynamic context of Religious Studies with ample opportunities for the development of innovative teaching methods. Your research will be part of the
Amsterdam School of Historical Studies, one of the five research schools of the Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research. It brings together more than 200 academics from Amsterdam's Faculty of Humanities, who participate in ca. 25 research groups. You will join and actively participate in a research community that combines historical research, humanities and social science-based approaches to the study of Religion both in Europe and in other world regions.
Tasks and responsibilities:
- Designing and conducting independent research on the importance of religion in a contemporary globalized society. This includes secularization processes, the rise of new religious movements and spiritual transformations, and of religious cultures as form of cultural heritage.
- 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 interdisciplinary research activities of the Amsterdam School for Historical Studies;
- developing, coordinating and teaching courses in the Bachelor and Master programmes of Religious Studies;
- flexibility in teaching, including the ability and willingness to offer core courses in Religious Studies on topics beyond the own specialisms.
- supervising Bachelor and Master theses and tutoring students; co-supervising PhD theses;
- actively contributing to the development and improvement of the broader teaching programmes in the department;
- taking part in committees and working groups, and carrying out departmental administrative tasks as directed;
- actively contributing to the interdisciplinary collaboration of the sector plan research theme Cultural Heritage and Identity.