Two new openings at the University of Amsterdam

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
 
The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) is the largest
educational and research institution in the social sciences in the
Netherlands. The Faculty serves 7,500 students in numerous Bachelor's
and Master's programmes in Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology,
Communication Science, Psychology, Social Geography, Planning and
International Development Studies, and Educational Sciences. The
academic staff is employed in education as well as research. There are
over 1,100 employees at the Faculty, which resides in a number of
buildings in the centre of Amsterdam.
 
The teaching of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology takes
place within the Amsterdam Institute for Education in Social Sciences
(Amsterdams Instituut voor Maatschappijwetenschap, AIM) and within the
International School for Humanities and Social Sciences (ISHSS). Its
research takes place within the Amsterdam School for Social Science
Research (ASSR).
In teaching, the Anthropology program, apart from a thorough
introduction in Anthropological Theories and Methods, offer the
possibilities of specializing in the Anthropology and Sociology of
Asia, the Anthropology of Europe, Medical Anthropology, the
Anthropology of Sexuality, Gender and the Body, and the Anthropology
of Religion.
 
Two assistant professors of Anthropology and/or Non-Western Sociology
38 hours per week, or 1.0 fte
 
The new assistant professors are expected to spend 60% of their time
on education and 40% of their time on research.
 
Duties
- reinforcing the broad profile of Anthropology and Non-Western
Sociology in Amsterdam
- developing, performing and supervising anthropological and/or
sociological research at a high academic level
- provide general, specialist and methodological education in the
Bachelor's and Master's programmes of the Anthropology and Non-Western
Sociology departments and (assist in) supervising graduate students
- obtaining, or helping to obtain, external funding for research development
- actively contributing to the development of the discipline in
national and international context by publishing and participating in
national and international research networks and educational initiatives
 
Profile
- completed doctoral thesis in the field of the social sciences
- publications in international "peer reviewed" periodicals and/or in
books published by internationally recognised presses
- broad knowledge in the field of General Anthropology and/or
Non-Western Sociology
- specialist expertise in a field related to one of the ASSR's
research clusters
- thorough mastery of qualitative and/or quantitative methods and
techniques of social-scientific research
- capable to teach and motivate students at both basic and advanced levels
- in a fairly short term: perfect passive, and adequate active
knowledge of Dutch.
 
More information
For more information about this position, please contact the Head of
the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Dr.  Peter van Rooden (
p.t.vanrooden@uva.nl )
Information about the department's research can be found on the
website: http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/assr/index.html
Information about the department's education can be found on the
website: http://www.student.uva.nl/ca/actueel.cfm 
 
Appointment
 
Depending on qualifications and experience, between 3129 and 4868
Euros gross per month (UD 1/2)
 
Application
 
Send applications within three weeks of the date of this opening to C.
Garofalo, Office Manager, Sociology and Anthropology Department,
Oudezijdsachterburgwal 185, 1012 DK Amsterdam (
socasecretariaat@fmg.uva.nl)