[Commlist] Assistant Professor Gender Studies & Postcolonial Studies (1.0 FTE)

  Assistant Professor Gender Studies & Postcolonial Studies (1.0 FTE)

	

	


*Function*

The Department of Media and Culture Studies (MCW) at Utrecht University 
is looking for a candidate whose research adds to the research programme 
'Doing Gender: Media, Art and Politics', which consists of four strands. 
These are:
1. Cultural Critique;
2. Colonial Legacies-Postcolonial Formations;
3. Crossing/Contesting Boundaries;
4. Critical Epistemologies.


The candidate combines experience in research and teaching in 
transdisciplinary feminist and postcolonial theories, with a special 
focus on activism, the arts and aesthetics in feminist, queer, critical 
race and/or critical whiteness studies.

As a tenured Assistant Professor in Gender Studies & Postcolonial 
Studies you will teach in the programme’s Bachelor's, Master's, and 
Research Master's curricula, with courses such as Introduction to Gender 
Studies (BA), Postcolonial Configurations (BA), Visuality and Technology 
(BA), Feminist Toolbox (MA), Art and Affect (MA), Feminist Research 
Practices (MA), Advanced Introduction to Gender Studies (RMA), Theory 
and Critical Research (RMA), Contemporary Feminist Debates (RMA), 
Gender, Art and Activism (RMA), Issues in Postcoloniality (RMA), The 
Body in Feminist Theory (RMA), as well as tutorials and methodological 
research seminars for PhD candidates.

More information:
https://students.uu.nl/en/hum/gender-studies-minor
https://students.uu.nl/en/hum/postcolonial-studies
https://www.uu.nl/masters/en/gender-studies/courses
https://www.uu.nl/masters/en/gender-studies-research/courses

	

	


*Profile*

For this position we require:

  * experience in teaching at Bachelor's and(Research) Master's level;
  * considerable research output, evidence of which include a finished
    PhD and publications at an internationally recognized level;
  * experience with research applications for external funding;
  * experience in programme coordination;
  * commitment to inclusive education;
  * good communication skills;
  * broad organizational awareness;
  * basic Teaching Qualification (BKO) according to Dutch university
    standards (or to be obtained within two years);
  * fluency in English, preferably close to near-native standard;
  * if the candidate does not have a native command of Dutch s/he is
    expected to obtain NT2-level spoken and written Dutch within two
    years of being appointed.

	

	

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offer

We offer a temporary position (1.0 FTE) for the duration of two years. 
In case of a good performance, an indefinite employment is one of the 
possibilities. The gross salary - depending on previous qualifications 
and experience  - ranges between €3,637 and €5,656 (scale 11/12 
according to the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities) per 
month for a full-time employment. Salaries are supplemented with a 
holiday bonus of 8% and a year-end bonus of 8.3% per year. In addition, 
Utrecht University offers excellent secondary conditions, including an 
attractive retirement scheme, (partly paid) parental leave and flexible 
employment conditions 
<https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/terms-of-employment> (multiple 
choice model). More information about working at Utrecht University 
<https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university> can be 
found here.

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*About the organization*

A better future for everyone. This ambition motivates our scientists in 
executing their leading research and inspiring teaching. At Utrecht 
University <http://www.uu.nl/en/>, the various disciplines collaborate 
intensively towards major societal themes. Our focus is on Dynamics of 
Youth, Institutions for Open Societies, Life Sciences and Sustainability.

The Faculty of Humanities 
<https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/faculty-of-humanities>has around 
6,000 students and 900 staff members. It comprises four knowledge 
domains: Philosophy and Religious Studies, History and Art History, 
Media and Culture Studies, and Languages, Literature and Communication. 
With its research and education in these fields, the Faculty aims to 
contribute to a better understanding of the Netherlands and Europe in a 
rapidly changing social and cultural context. The enthusiastic and 
committed colleagues and the excellent amenities in the historical city 
center of Utrecht, where the Faculty is housed, contribute to an 
inspiring working environment.


The Department of Media and Culture Studies 
<https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/department-of-media-and-culture-studies> 
provides education on and carries out research in the fields of film, 
television, games, new media and digital culture, theatre, dance and 
performance, gender and ethnicity, music and cultural policies. Culture 
is a dynamic mix of artistic, creative and everyday practices with which 
people shape their identities and actions, and within which societal 
structures and institutions take shape. Media (old and new) are crucial 
factors in these processes.

The Graduate Gender Programme (GGeP) is placed in the department of 
Media and Culture Studies. The Gender Studies 
<https://www.uu.nl/en/research/gender-studies> research focuses on 
processes of in- and exclusion and diversity in a broad range of media, 
cultural and artistic practices. Why, where and for whom is particular 
knowledge important? These are the questions that are key to every 
postcolonial and feminist project of the Gender Studies research group. 
Based on a queer, feminist and postcolonial perspective, our researchers 
seek to identify, understand, and rectify socio-cultural processes of 
inclusion and exclusion. By breaking open the relationship between 
self-evidence, truth, and power, the Gender Studies researchers create 
new perspectives on art, culture, knowledge, and society. They study 
issues relating to social justice, equality, and difference at a number 
of levels, from the empirical social to the symbolic, cultural and 
science-critical. By problematizing universalistic claims, they produce 
new knowledge about these issues. The Gender Studies research group is 
further embedded in the Research Institute of Cultural Inquiry (ICON), 
in the faculty of the Humanities and the UU Strategic Theme Institutions 
for an Open Society (IOS), in particular the Hub Gender and Diversity. 
UU Gender Studies also directs the Netherlands Research School of Gender 
Studies (NOG) and is the initiator of the Postcolonial Studies 
Initiative (PCI).


*Additional information*

For more information about this position, please contact: Prof Rosemarie 
Buikema (Scientific Director), via (R.L.Buikema /at/ uu.nl) 
<mailto:(R.L.Buikema /at/ uu.nl)>. For detailed information about research and 
teaching of the UU Gender Studies programme, please consult: the 
graduate gender programme <https://genderstudies.nl/> or The Netherlands 
Research School of Gender Studies. <https://graduategenderstudies.nl/>


*To apply*

Are you interested in joining our department? Please apply online via 
the button below, including:

  * a letter of motivation (detailing how the candidate fulfills the
    requirements of the post as described above);
  * a CV including a full list of publications;
  * certified copies of relevant diplomas;
  * names and contact details of three (academic) referees.

	

	


*Respond before*

05/01/2020

More info: 
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