Dear colleagues
The University of Antwerp is = offering a
position as tenure track Assistant Professor
with a strong research = profile in the field of Media and Visual Studies.
Please note that this includes Film = Studies.
For more details, see below = or:
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Please forward this message to potential = candidates.
Thank you and best regards, =
Philippe Meers
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Philippe Meers (PhD)
Associate Professor
Visual Culture Research Group =
Department of Communication = Studies
University of = Antwerp
Sint-Jacobstraat = 2
BE-2000 = Antwerp
tel: = **/32/3/275.55.85
fax: = **/32/3/275.57.87
e-mail: <3D.htm>(philippe.meers /at/ ua.ac.be)=
website: = <3D.htm>http://www.ua.ac.be/visuelec= ultuur
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University of Antwerp
Media and Visual = Studies vacancy
Tenure Track = Assistant Professor with a strong research = profile
The University of Antwerp is a = knowledge
centre with more than 3.600 co-workers that
performs ground-breaking and innovative research
of international standing. The university takes
= special care to ensure optimum support and
supervision of students, and pays = constant
attention to educational innovation. The
university is an autonomous pluralistic
institution that is committed to the enhancement
of an open, democratic and multicultural
society, and it pursues an equal = opportunities policy.
As part of its dynamic research policy and =
using the additional possibility that is offered
by the Flemish Government through = the
resources of the Special Research Fund (BOF), t
he university is seeking = to fill, at the
faculty of Social and Political Science, a full
time = vacancy (m/f) in one of the 3 possible domains as mentioned below: =
Research Professor = (tenure track BOF)
Media and Visual = studies
OR Multi-level governance OR Study of social
problems (on a micro, meso and macro level) =
Job description : =
? The assignment consists of lecturing
duties, scientific research and = service to
society. During a period, limited to five years
(duration of the = temporary appointment in
tenure track), scientific research will be the main = activity
? The candidate is expected to expand
the scientific research in one of = domains as mentioned above
? The candidate is expected to acquire
external funding (national and international)
and to supervise doctoral students =
? The candidate will be assigned
limited lecturing duties and is expected = to
offer limited scientific service.
Profile and = requirements :
? The candidate holds a doctoral degree
, obtained after October 1, 2003 =
? The candidate has an international
scientific CV and has, considering = the
trajectory of his postdoctoral career,
qualitatively outstanding = academic
achievements in the broader field according to the domain involved =
? The scientific and educational
qualities of the candidate comply with = the
requirements as stipulated by the university?s policy (see mission statement)
? The candidate has strong social and
communicative skills, can work in a = team and
is able, in the medium term, to lead a research group. =
We offer : =
a full-time position as a lecturer in a =
temporary appointment in the tenure track for a
term of five years. This position = will lead to
an immediate permanent appointment as a senior
lecturer if the performance is assessed
favourably on the basis of previously fixed and
publicly announced evaluation criteria. A brief
description of the = research domain can be found here.
The expected date of appointment is as soon = as
possible, the earliest as of May 1, 2010 .
Interested ? =
Please fill out the mandatory application =
form, by December 21, 2009 at the latest . = The
application form has to be completed with a
detailed research proposal = for the next five
years and a report of your previous activities
of scientific = research (both documents in ca.
5,000 words). All documents have to be submitted = in English.
More information about the application form =
can be obtained from Ellen Huijer, +32 (0)3 265
31 49, (ellen.huijer /at/ ua.ac.be). =
Further information can be obtained from: =
? regarding the profile and the = description of
duties: Prof. dr. Ria Janvier, dean of the
faculty of Social and = Political Science, +32
(0)3 265 57 24, (ria.janvier /at/ ua.ac.be) =
? regarding the special research = status: Dr.
E. Spruyt, Head of the Research Department, tel:
+32 (0)3 265 30 12, (eric.spruyt /at/ ua.ac.be)
? regarding the terms of the = appointment: Ms.
Greet Dielis, HR co-ordinator for academic
personnel, tel: +32 (0)3 265 = 31 53), (greet.dielis /at/ ua.ac.be)
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