The Department of Arts and Culture Studies of the Erasmus
University Rotterdam has a vacancy for:

Associate Professor (UHD)

(f/m, 1.0 FTE)

in Cultural Heritage

Cultural heritage, both tangible and non-tangible, reflects the
way we deal with our past. Heritage is a component of a cultural
policy. It embodies an economic and legal entity, functions as a
historical source, as an aesthetic object, serves as a tourist
destination, and is the subject of controversies among nations.
The global presence of heritage does not imply that heritage is
divided equally everywhere or that all groups and people control
their own heritage directly. The identity that individuals, groups
and people derive from their heritage is constantly being defined
differently within a permanent process of appropriations and
exclusions. The dynamic way that culture has been globalised,
visualised, virtualised and presented in the media means that
heritage organisations will have to adapt their definition of
preservation, management and presentation of heritage, and in the
future this will lead to new relationships between heritage
organisations, the public and heritage communities.

Job description:

The successful candidate is expected to:

Research

- Carry out internationally oriented, empirical research that
is publishable in established international refereed journals;
- Contribute actively to the development of the Department's
research
- Expand the Department's national and international research
connections
- Contribute to the generation of additional research funding
from national and international funding agencies and other
organizations
- Supervise PhD students, postdocs and other researchers
- Participate actively in a recognized Dutch research school,
and relevant international scientific associations and networks.

Teaching

- Perform teaching and supervising tasks for the Bachelors and
Masters programmes of the Department Arts and Culture Studies,
combined with teaching tasks for the International Bachelor
Communication and Media (IBCoM) and the Master specialisation
Media, Culture and Society
- Make substantial contributions to the development of the
educational programmes of Arts and Culture Studies
- Make substantial contributions to the expansion of
international exchange opportunities for students of the
bachelors and masters programmes offered by the Faculty.

Service

- Contribute to the management tasks of the Department
- Take an active part in national and international academic
networks and organizations
- Develop and maintain close contacts with organizations and
professionals in the cultural field

Requirements

The successful candidate:
- Has a background in the discipline of history (history, art
history, archaeology, etc.) in a social science or in anthropology.
- Has broad knowledge (also on an international scale) and
experience in the field of cultural heritage that was gained from
academic studies and research, the heritage sector, a government
job or a combination thereof.
- Has an excellent academic track record that emerges - among
other things - from a large number of international peer-reviewed
publications and research projects recruited within the 2nd flow
of funds (NOW, ESF, etc.).
- Has participated in various relevant national and
international heritage projects.
- Has experience in content supervision of junior researchers.
- Has amble teaching experience, also in English. If possible,
the candidate is an assistant professor and has senior
qualifications in teaching.
- Can demonstrate experience with preparing, developing and
maintaining teaching components.

The Faculty of History and Arts comprises of a large number of
disciplines. This means that an associate professor, in addition
to having prominent experience in research and teaching, must
also show interest in bridging the disciplinary bounds between
culture, history, economy, sociology, communication and media
studies.

The associate professor will be integrated into the Arts and
Culture department. Given the social science profile of this
department, the preferred candidate will have an approach that
views cultural heritage as a result of social interaction on a
national and global scale.

Conditions of employment

The contract will initially be running for a period of four years
and is on the basis of tenure track. Talented scholars are offered
the possibility to qualify for full professor during this period of
four years. After three years the fulfilment of one's potential is
evaluated. If one does not meet the requirements to the full the
contract will expire after the period of four years. In case of a
favourable judgment, tenure is offered, followed by promotion to
Full Professor.

The conditions of employment correspond with the Collective Labour
Agreement for Universities in the Netherlands (CAO NU). Salary is
subject to training and experience and corresponds to Scale 13-15
CAO NU, with a minimum of EUR 4,428 gross per month and a maximum
of EUR 6,502 gross per month on a full-time (38 hour per week)
contract. In accordance with the CAO NU a placement in a starting
grade is possible for the maximum duration of two years.

Additional information

Additional information about the vacancies can be obtained from:

Professor M.E. Halbertsma
E-mail: halbertsmafhk.eur.nl <mailto:halbertsmafhk.eur.nl>
Phone: +31 (0) 10 408 2444

Or additional information can be obtained through one of
the following links:

http://www.academictransfer.org/00365-866

About the Erasmus University Rotterdam <http://www.eur.nl/english/>

About the Faculty of History and Arts <http://www.fhk.eur.nl/english/>

About the department of Arts and Culture Studies
<http://www.fhk.eur.nl/english/culturestudies/>

To apply, please send your resume, publication list, a description
of courses taught, (copies of) three key publications, (copies of)
teaching assessments, and the names and contact details of three
referees before May 30, 2009 to:

Erasmus University Rotterdam
FHKW
Dean's office, room L3-45
P.O. Box 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
The Netherlands

Applications by e-mail will not be appreciated!

When applying for this job, always mention the vacancy number:
ATFHKW28042009

An assessment is part of the selection procedure