Assistant Professor of Changing Narratives of

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Amsterdam, Nederland Universiteit van Amsterdam Voltijd

Assistant Professor of Changing Narratives of Language

**Faculteit/Dienst**:Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen**Opleidingsniveau**:Gepromoveerd**Functie type**:Wetenschappelijk Personeel**Sluitingsdatum**:24 May 2024**Vacaturenummer**:12956- In the context of the sector plan for the Humanities titled ‘Tradition in transition’, the Faculty currently has a vacant Assistant Professor position as part of the research theme Languages and Cultures. Within this research theme the focus is on strengthening the modern foreign language, by increasing the number of students whose programmes include language and culture components, while also enhancing the flow of students to teacher training for additional modern languages in secondary education. For this position, we are looking for a motivated researcher and an accomplished teacher who has the ambition to develop an agenda for the changing narratives of language, the stories people tell about their languages and how these stories change in response to disruptions like forced and voluntary migration and the digital revolution. Your will examine the role of language in imagination and the human ability to make sense of the world through narratives of a personal, political, artistic or mythical kind, with a clear historical focus on how these narratives change over time.**What are you going to do?**
- You will provide education in a dynamic context with ample opportunities for the development of innovative teaching methods. You will become part of the department of Modern Foreign Languages and Cultures (MVTC), and your research will be part of the Amsterdam School of Historical Studies (ASH), one of the five research schools of the Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR).-
**Tasks and responsibilities**
- Design and conducting independent research on the narratives about language and how they change over time in response to disruptive events that result in unequal relationships between languages, resulting in academic publications in peer-reviewed international journals and/or books;
- Participate actively to the research activities of ASH;
- Pursuing external funding for research, notably funding from research councils, both national as well as European;
- Contributing to the development of national and international research networks and other forms of cooperation;
- Contribute to the interdisciplinary collaboration of the sector plan research theme Languages and Cultures.
- Develop, coordinate and teach courses across MVTC on the narratives of languages, as well as courses in the foreign language(s) in which you specialise, as well as teaching in Dutch and/or English in the BA and MA programmes;
- Supervise BA and MA theses and tutoring students; co-supervising PhD theses;
- Contribute to the courses that investigate how languages and cultures make sense of their position in the changing world through narratives old and new;
- Take part in committees and working groups and carrying out departmental administrative tasks as directed.

**What do you have to offer?**
- You are a dynamic and motivated researcher with a strong profile, demonstrated by international publications and an international academic network. Your publications show broad knowledge of **narratives about the role of language and culture in changing societies, with a clear historical foundation**, and familiarity with contexts such as diaspora or the colonial impact on languages and decolonial responses, within the context of the impact of artificial intelligence on the human understanding of language. Your research matches the profile of the ASH.- You are able to develop and provide modules on narrative across languages and cultures, while also contribute to the teaching of literature and culture modules in a specific foreign language (other than English) in the department and in courses that cut across individual languages and/or the programme in cultural analysis. Proven flexibility in teaching on topics beyond your own research focus is important, a willingness to work in interdisciplinary teams of teachers and the ability to offer inspiring lectures and tutorials in the BA, MA and minor programmes that aspire to a wide range of students.-
**Your experience and profile**- A PhD in the literature, literary history and culture of a specific language community with a research focus that profiles languages other than English and Dutch;
- Research output commensurate with the level of the position;
- Demonstrable ability and intention to obtain external research grants;
- Broad and relevant teaching experience at BA and MA level;
- Experience with digital and audio-visual teaching facilities and affinity with IT in university teaching;
- Good team player and versatile at all levels, capable of multidisciplinary co-operation;
- Relevant organisational experience and skills;
- Excellent command of at least one foreign specialisation language;
- Command of Dutch and English. If you do not

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