[Air-L] Job opening: Associate Professor in New Media and Digital Culture

[Anne Helmond]

*Associate Professor in New Media and Digital Culture*

*Faculty of Humanities - Department of Media Studies*

*University of Amsterdam*

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

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/ascaand
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 <p.p.r.w.pisters at uva.nl>, 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:

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