<nettime-ann> UvA looks for Associate Professor in New Media and Digital Culture

[Geert Lovink <geert@xs4all.nl>]

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http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/werken-bij-de-uva/vacatures/item/12-284.html

Associate Professor in New Media and Digital Culture
Faculty of Humanities - Department of Media Studies

University of Amsterdam

Salary indication
€4,428 to € 5,920 gross per month (based on full-time)

Position
for 30.4 to 38 hours per week

Application closing date
9 December 2012

Vacancy number
12-284


The Media Studies Department invites applications for the position of  
Associate Professor in Media Studies (with a specialization in New  
Media and Digital Culture).

The Media Studies Department is responsible for the following degree  
programs:

A three-year Bachelor and a one-year Master's degree in Media and  
Culture, with tracks in New Media and Digital Culture, Film Studies as  
well as Television and Cross-media Culture.

A three-year Bachelor and a one-year Master's degree in Cultural  
Information Science.

Professional Masters in Journalism and Archival Science (all programs  
1.5 years).

A professional, international Master in Preservation and Presentation  
of the Moving Image (1.5 years)

A two-year Research Master's degree in Media Studies.

Media Studies degree programs serve some 1,500 students. For further  
(Dutch-language) information about Media Studies' faculty, staff and  
teaching programs, please visit www.mediastudies.nl

Faculty's research is organized and coordinated mainly through the  
Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) and the Institute of  
Culture and History (ICG). For further information, visit http://www.hum.uva.nl/asca 
 and http://www.hum.uva.nl/icg

The Media Studies department currently employs just over 60 permanent  
and approximately 30 temporary faculty. Most Media and Culture faculty  
teach in various programs, at varying degree levels, and they are  
active in one or more teaching teams; each teaching team is  
responsible for teaching and curriculum development in various tracks  
and programs. The Media Studies faculty includes experts in film and  
visual culture, television and cross-media culture, new media and  
digital culture, journalism, information studies and archival studies.  
Within the Media and Culture BA and MA programs film, television and  
new media are studied as representational technologies, cultural  
practices, and cultural forms. A variety of disciplinary and  
interdisciplinary approaches to media (e.g. philosophical/aesthetic,  
historical and socio-cultural) are taught in conjunction: the  
interrelated study of the form, content and modality of media is an  
important principle. The professional MA programs combine theory and  
practice to prepare students from various academic backgrounds for  
jobs in media, archives, museums, etc.

The New Media and Digital Culture team, in particular, concerns itself  
with research strategies for the critical study of Internet culture.  
New Media faculty members are recognised experts in the field, and  
actively contribute to contemporary discourses surrounding critical  
media theory, media art and new media research practices and methods,  
with a specialisation in creating online research environments and  
distribution platforms, such as the Masters of Media student research  
blog, and the Digital Methods Initiative's tool suite. Expertise is on  
hand in the areas of media aesthetics, social media, information  
visualisation as well as the emerging area of data science, with a  
focus on online trace analysis. The New Media team also participates  
in a wide variety of international research projects and  
collaborations, in such areas as controversy mapping, ICTs for  
development, search engine and social media critique as well as  
empirical work on internet censorship.

Job Description

The ideal candidate would have expertise in the study of digital media  
in the humanities, and have made contributions to such areas as  
digital humanities, data visualization, Internet studies, digital  
methods, media arts, information aesthetics, social media, media  
history and media theory. Internet skills are essential, as is up-to- 
date knowledge of Internet culture. Proven ability in securing  
research funding is key. Practical experience in working with Web- 
based applications (e.g., blogs and wikis) is desirable. Affinity and  
willingness to work with software for capturing and analysing online  
objects and data are a plus.

New Media and Digital Culture are part of the Media Studies  
Department, which has dedicated areas of study in film, television and  
cross-media, journalism, archival science and information culture. The  
Associate Professor is expected to teach on both the bachelor's and  
master's degree levels, in courses concerned with such topics as  
digital aesthetics, Internet research methods and techniques, media  
archaeology, media theory as well as the politics of code. He or she  
is expected to co-supervise PhD dissertations in New Media and Media  
Studies. Candidates should be considered an expert in the field, and  
also have a new media research agenda.

Requirements

	• A PhD in the field of Media Studies or other relevant field of the  
humanities.
	• At least five years of teaching experience, preferably at various  
levels of university education; an interest in new methods of teaching  
(especially the use of digital technology and electronic learning  
environments).
	• Outstanding research skills, demonstrated by publications in  
international refereed academic journals and academic publishers.
	• Fundraising experience, e.g. acquisition of research projects  
through government agencies, non-governmental foundations or the  
private sector.
	• Experience in supervising PhD research.
	• Proven leadership qualities; experience in administration,  
organisation and coordination of university education and research.
	• Enthusiasm, an interdisciplinary attitude, a strong team spirit and  
the ability to motivate team members.
	• Sound knowledge of ICT developments in the field.
	• Flexibility, readiness to participate in interdisciplinary  
cooperation and multidisciplinary development.
	• Excellent command of both Dutch and English; preferably  
international teaching experience. If Dutch is not the native  
language, an active and passive command should be acquired within two  
years of appointment.
Further Information

For further information, please contact:

	• Professor Patricia Pisters, Chair of the Department of Media Studies
telephone: +31-20-525-2980
Appointment

This is a tenure track appointment for a minimum of 0.8 fte. The  
initial appointment will be two years. Depending on teaching  
evaluations and professional assessment, tenure will be granted after  
two years. Gross monthly salary for a fulltime appointment (38 hours a  
week) will be between € 4,428 (scale 13) and € 5,920 (scale 14).

Job Application

Application letter and CV should be addressed to the Dean of the  
Faculty of Humanities, professor dr. F.P.I.M. van Vree, Spuistraat  
210, 1012 VT Amsterdam. The application deadline is December 9, 2012.  
The top left-hand corner of the envelope should be marked with the  
vacancy number and the words "strictly confidential".

Alternatively, applications may be e-mailed bij clicking Apply Now on  
the online form:

http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/werken-bij-de-uva/vacatures/item/12-284.html

Please indicate the vacancy number in the subject field.
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