The Institute of Cultural Anthropology/European Ethnology at the University of Münster (WWU), Germany, is seeking to fill the position of a Senior Lecturer (salary level TV-L E 13, 100%) commencing on 1 March 2023. We are offering a permanent full-time position . Full-time employees are required to teach 8 hours per week during the semester.
Your tasks:
- teaching (8 hrs/week during semester) and administering exams in the BA Cultural and Social Anthropology and the MA Cultural Anthropology
- teaching in the fields of theories of culture and society, historical research, introductory courses, methodology (historical research, introduction to basic skills)
- participation in academic self-administration
- student counselling (in the Institute’s BA and MA programmes)
- coordination of the Institute’s ERASMUS-programme
- organisation of events
- digitisation of teaching (development of new formats)
- administration of the practical training units in our BA and MA programmes and student counselling on practical training
- presentation and communication of the Institute’s BA and MA programmes (Flyer, Web, Social Media)
- organisation of the Institute’s BA and the MA programmes
Our expectations:
- a completed PhD in Cultural Anthropology/European Ethnology/Empirische Kulturwissenschaft or a related discipline (e.g. History, History of Science, Cultural Geography)
- expertise in cultural-historical, historical-anthropological research or the history of knowledge
- experience in historical research with archival sources and/or with museum collections
- first publications
- teaching experience
- excellent English and excellent German speaking and writing skills
In addition, the following skills are desirable:
- experience teaching in English and German
- experience in public anthropology / public history work (Archives, Museums, exhibitions)
- experience with digital humanities (museums, collections, archives, exhibitions, education, social media)
- team-oriented, good communication skills, organisational skills
The University of Münster strongly supports equal opportunity and diversity. We welcome all applicants regardless of sex, nationality, ethnic or social background, religion or worldview, disability, age, sexual orientation or gender identity. We are committed to creating family-friendly working conditions. Part-time options are generally available.
The University of Münster is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to increasing the proportion of women academics. Consequently, we actively encourage applications by women. Female candidates with equivalent qualifications and academic achievements will be preferentially considered within the framework of the legal possibilities.
Are you interested? Then we look forward to receiving your application by 2 December 2022 at:
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität
Institut für Kulturanthropologie/Europäische Ethnologie Geschäftsführende Direktorin
Prof. Dr. Lioba Keller-Drescher
Scharnhorststr. 100
48151 Münster
Applications must be sent with the usual documents (including an overview of your teaching experience) electronically, as a single PDF file, to: kulturanthropologie@uni-muenster.de.
Please note that we cannot consider other file formats.
For any further questions, please contact:
Elisabeth.Timm@uni-muenster.de
Announcement in German:
https://www.uni-muenster.de/Kulturanthropologie/Aktuelles/index.shtml