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[ecrea] lecturer positions at the University of Amsterdam, New Media team

Sun Dec 09 18:34:14 GMT 2018




the Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam is hiring 3-4 part-time lecturers with expertise in digital media. See https://www.academictransfer.com/en/51453/lecturer-in-new-media-and-digital-culture/

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Lecturer in New Media and Digital Culture
Lecturer in New Media and Digital Culture
Published 	Deadline 	Location
6 Dec 	31 Dec 	Amsterdam

Job description

The Faculty of Humanities offers the opportunity of a lectureship for recent graduates. You will have the opportunity to teach in a dynamic academic environment in which new didactic methods are developed and where you will receive support for further career development. The Media and Information and New Media programs are taught in English.

As a lecturer in New Media and Digital Culture you will be teaching in a dynamic context in which new educational methods are being developed. You will be supervised closely during your appointment. Additional didactical training can also be part of the appointment. Based on the candidate's educational portfolio, previously acquired competences will be taken into consideration.

Our ideal candidate has considerable knowledge of the study of New Media and Digital Culture in the humanities, especially in the areas of digital methods and critical internet culture. He or she will also have demonstrable affinity with the areas of media arts, media history, media theory and social media critique. Up-to-date Internet skills are essential, as is current knowledge of digital culture as evidenced by active participation in online culture. Practical experience in working analytically with online platforms (e.g., Wikipedia, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube) and web-based applications (e.g., wikis) is highly desirable.

The new media and digital culture team is part of the Media Studies department and concerns itself with research strategies for the critical study of Internet culture. As lecturer you will teach on both the bachelor's and master's degree levels, in courses concerned with such topics as data journalism, media theory, new media practice, new media research methods, media history as well as contemporary themes in digital culture. You may also teach more general courses in Media Studies on BA level, in the program of Media and Information and are expected to supervise both BA and MA theses. Ideally, candidates also have research interests and academic ambitions in new media and digital culture.
Requirements

As a succesful candidate for the position you are expected to meet the following requirements:

    a relevant PhD degree, or working on a PhD (close to defending);
the capacity to work in multi-disciplinary teams of information designers, programmers and new media analysts, evidenced by e.g. leading a project at a Digital Methods Summer or Winter School; several years of teaching experience at the university level, on BA and MA level in more than one programme of study in the humanities; demonstrable didactic abilities and/or training, evidenced by an educational portfolio;
    experience in working in digital learning environments;
    immediately employable in teaching New Media subjects at all levels;
    organisational experience and skills;
    reliable team worker;
thorough knowledge of English; non-native Dutch speakers are requested to achieve competency in Dutch within two years.

Research skills are preferred.
Conditions of employment

There will be three to four positions from 15,2 to 19 hours a week each (0,4 to 0,5 fte), depending on the number of applicants. The appointment will be on a temporary basis for a period of one and a half years (starting 1 February 2019 until 1 August 2020). The gross monthly salary will range from €2,640 (scale 10) to €4,852 (scale 11), based on a full-time appointment (38 hours a week) in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities.
Employer
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.

http://www.uva.nl/en/home
Department
Faculty of Humanities

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, history, and culture. Located in the heart of Amsterdam, the Faculty maintains close ties with many cultural institutions in the capital city. Almost 1,000 employees are affiliated with the Faculty, which has about 8,000 students. The Faculty of Humanities consists of eight departments.

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 for the digital age and how it came into being.

http://www.uva.nl/en/faculties/faculteit-der-geesteswetenschappen/faculty-of-humanities.html?origin=1cnbpyIQQACPTlEmA0qX3g
Additional information

For further details, you may contact:

    Prof Rens Bod

Your application should include a full academic CV and letter of motivation. Please submit your complete application no later than 31 December 2018 using this link. Only complete applications received through the link provided will be taken into consideration.

Candidates are expected to be available for an interview from 2 to 4 January 2019.

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