[ecrea] Assistant, associate or full professor "Film Studies and Visual Culture” (University of Antwerp)

The University of Antwerp is seeking to fill the following full time 
vacancy (m/f) at the Department of Communication Studies of the Faculty 
of Political and Social Sciences:





Assistant, Associate or Full Professor of

Film Studies and Visual Culture

(ref. 2011ZAPFDCWEX101)





Job Description:

    * The assignment consists of teaching in the domain of Film Studies 
and Visual Culture, including at least four of the following courses at 
MA level: Visual Aesthetics and Analysis; Visual Narratology and 
Adaptation; Modern and Contemporary Film Movements; Visual Arts; 
Photography and Intermediality; Scriptwriting Seminar; Film 
Historiography Seminar.

·        The candidate is expected to further develop research in the 
domain of Film Studies and Visual Culture

·        The candidate is expected to acquire and manage research funding

·        The candidate is expected to supervise a substantial portion of 
MA dissertations

·        The candidate is capable of teaching in English

·        Foreign candidates are expected to teach in Dutch after a 
transition period of (maximum) three years, during which teaching can be 
conducted in English

·        The candidate will in time become responsible for the 
scientific coordination of the program

·        The candidate will represent the faculty, department and peers 
in boards and committees

Profile

    * The candidate holds a doctoral degree and has relevant research 
and teaching experience in the domain of Film Studies and Visual Culture

    * The scientific and educational qualities of the candidate comply 
with the requirements as stipulated by the university’s policy ( 
http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=.ENGLISH&n=42709   and 
http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=.ENGLISH&n=25481)
    * The candidate has (potential) leadership skills
    * The candidate is quality-oriented, conscientious , creative and 
can work in a team



We offer

    * Either a full-time position as an assistant professor, entailing 
a temporary appointment in the tenure track for a period of five years. 
This position will lead to a permanent appointment as associate 
professor, if the performance is assessed favorably (on the basis of 
previously established and communicated criteria)

    * Or a full-time position as a associate or full professor, 
generally entailing a permanent appointment. In the case of a first 
appointment to the corps of academic personnel (ZAP), the university 
board may proceed to a temporary appointment for a period not exceeding 
three years. This position will lead to a permanent appointment if the 
performance is assessed favorably.
    * The expected date of appointment is October 1, 2012.





Interested?

    * Please fill out the mandatory online application form at the 
latest on January, 20th, 2012.
    * Please add to your application form: 1) a motivation for your 
candidacy (maximum 1 page); 2) a detailed research proposal (maximum 3 
pages); 3) your view on education and on teaching innovations in the 
domain (maximum 1 page); and (4) a clear motivation of the courses you 
would be able to teach and your qualifications to do so

    * This additional information, together with a copy of five of your 
most outstanding publications, should be sent to Prof.  Luc Pauwels, 
City Campus ‘De Meerminne’, M.181, St. Jacobstraat 2, 2000 Antwerpen, 
who should also be contacted for further information on the content of 
the job profile and application ( (luc.pauwels /at/ ua.ac.be) ; TEL +32 3 265 
56 84).
    * After a pre-selection of received applications, the selected 
applications will be invited for an interview and a lecture
    * More information about the application form can be obtained from 
Ellen Huijer (tel. ++32 3 265 31 45





_____________________________________

Philippe Meers (PhD)

Associate Professor

Visual Studies and Media Culture Research Group

Department of Communication Studies

University of Antwerp

Sint-Jacobstraat 2

BE-2000 Antwerp

tel: **/32/3/265.55.85

fax: **/32/3/265.57.87

e-mail:    (philippe.meers /at/ ua.ac.be)

website: http://www.ua.ac.be/visuelecultuur

              http://www.ua.ac.be/philippe.meers



              ECREA film studies section

              http://sections.ecrea.eu/FS/

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