Postdoctoral Researcher #1 Makebelief

7 maanden geleden

Amsterdam, Nederland Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Voltijd

**Location**:Amsterdam Amsterdam

**Max hours per week**:27,00

**Max salary**:5.929

**Duration of agreement**:36 maanden

The ERC project MAKEBELIEF: The Religious Politics of Theme Parks investigates how in the 21st century, immersive media are mobilized to ‘imagineer’ religion, heritage and national identity. In order to do so, the project provides a comparative analysis of religious theme parks in the Netherlands, China, Turkey and the United States. The Meertens Institute offers a position within this project for a Postdoctoral Reseacher (0.7 fte, three years).

**What you will be doing**

You will work as postdoctoral researcher in an interdisciplinary team of researchers. Your research will focus on the use of immersive media to imagineer religion, heritage and national identity in Turkey. You will engage in sustained ethnographic fieldwork in Turkey as well as particpate in collaborative research endeavours with other team members. You will be able to co-supervise PhD students and assist in management tasks in the project.

**What you will be contributing**
- you will participate in a research team that engages in ethnographic fieldwork in theme parks across the globe
- you will do research within the scope of the project MAKEBELIEF, focussing on religion, heritage and national identity and the use of immersive media in Turkey. One of the case studies mentioned in the proposal is the miniature park Miniatürk in Istanbul, but you are invited to add case studies or sites to your research.
- you have a PhD in Religious Studies, Anthropology, Media Studies, Cultural Studies or another relevant discipline.
- You have a working proficiency of English and preferably Turkish
- The project is based in Amsterdam, remote work is a possibility, but you are expected to be able to be present in Amsterdam at least every month.

**What we are offering**

You will be working the Meertens Institute, a research institute of the Humanities Cluster of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences. The Meertens Institute studies how collective identities are constructed, and how these processes are shaped through embodiment and cognition. In both societal and academic debates on these topics the Meertens Institute aims to play a leading role.

During the project you will be able to further develop your research interests and receive further training in working in interdisciplinary research teams. You will consolidate your expertise in contemporary challenges involving religion, heritage and polarisation as well as the importance of media.

**Application procedure**

Please submit a CV, cover letter that includes a motivation on why you want to work on this project and a 1-page research statement in which you outline how you foresee your contribution to the project, both in terms of our own research as well as how your research and expertise would contribute to the project in its entirety.

**Your workplace**

Our offices are located in a historical building in downtown Amsterdam. Researchers work together in projects and a shared office space and can choose to spend part of their time at home.

**For more information**

Please contact: Dr. Ernst van den Hemel, principal investigator of MAKEBELIEF and senior researcher at the Meertens Institute / NL Lab.

**About Meertens**
The Meertens Institute, together with the International Institute of Social History and the Huygens ING, is part of the KNAW Humanities Cluster. This is a partnership in which research in the humanities (history, ethnology, literature, linguistics) is carried out using advanced methods, in which computer science plays an important role.

The Meertens Institute is a national institute for research and documentation of the Dutch language and culture, and language and culture in the Netherlands. It consists of the research groups Ethnology and Variational Linguistics, both of which hold leading positions in international research on everyday language and culture.

**Terms of employment**
Depending on education and experience the minimum salary is 4.332 and the maximum salary is 5.929 gross per month for a full-time appointment (scale 11 cao Nederlandse Universiteiten/KNAW). This is exclusive of 8% vacation allowance, 8.3% year-end bonus, travel allowance, internet allowance, home working allowance and pension accrual with ABP.

The KNAW offers its staff an excellent package of secondary benefits. A package that meets the different needs of employees depending on their stage of life, lifestyle or career ambitions. For example, by working an extra two hours a week, it is possible to increase the number of days off from 29 to 41 days a year (with full-time employment).

For a complete overview of the terms of employment, please refer to the web page: werken bij de KNAW.

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