Part-time lecturer in Critical Heritage Studies of Asia and Europe Leiden University - Leiden — AcademicTransfer

Part-time lecturer in Critical Heritage Studies of Asia and Europe Leiden University - Leiden — AcademicTransfer

Job description

• Teaching, thesis supervision, contributions to curriculum development;
• Administrative duties;
• External representation.

Operating
in the MA program in Asian Studies, the lecturer will develop and teach
minimally one full-semester course on critical approaches to heritage
in Asia and Europe, and conduct thesis supervision. In addition, s/he
will undertake administrative, organizational duties related to a
cultural heritage concentration within the program.

These duties
will be anchored in the IIAS, and include building and maintaining
collaborative relations with partner institutions in Asia that offer
complementary coursework to the heritage courses offered at Leiden
University. The heritage concentration in the MA program is inspired and
supported by the IIAS Asian Heritages research cluster, which explores
the contested character of all representations of culture, the plurality
of notions of heritage in Asian and European contexts, and the way
distinct and conflicting values of indigenous, local communities and
official state discourses are negotiated in terms of historical, ethnic,
religious, social, economic, and political values. The lecturer’s work
will be informed by the question of what kinds of heritage are produced
and/or preserved, by whom, and for whom.

Requirements

• A PhD degree in a relevant field (applicants near completion of the degree will be considered);
• Commitment to high-quality teaching practice;
• Affinity with critical heritage studies, and knowledge of one or several areas in Asia;
• An excellent command of English;
• Museum experience is an advantage;
• Competence in one or several Asian languages is an advantage;
• Fieldwork experience is an advantage;
• Upon
  appointment, depending on experience and formal qualifications to date,
  the instructor may be required to enter a nationally standardized
  tertiary teaching skills certification trajectory (BKO or Basis
  Kwalificatie Onderwijs), successful completion of which is a condition
  for extensions.

Conditions of employment

Initial
appointment will be fixed-term from August 2015 through July 2017. The
possibility of extensions will be considered during the academic year
2016-2017, depending on program development.

Salary range from
€ 997,20 to € 1.365,30 per month (0.3 fte salary), pay scale 11 in
accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities).
Candidates from outside the Netherlands may be eligible for a
substantial tax break. Depending on qualifications, the lecturer may
start at the appropriate step in scale 10 until s/he fully meets the
requirements for scale 11 as specified by the Faculty of Humanities,
particularly with regard to teaching skills certification and the number
of years of relevant work experience.

Leiden University offers an
attractive benefits package with additional holiday (8%) and
end-of-year bonuses (8.3 %), training and career development and
sabbatical leave. Our individual choices model gives you some freedom to
assemble your own set of terms and conditions. Candidates from outside
the Netherlands may be eligible for a substantial tax break.

Organisation

Leiden University

Leiden
is a typical university city, hosting the oldest university in the
Netherlands (1575). The University permeates the local surroundings;
University premises are scattered throughout the city, and the students
who live and study in Leiden give the city its relaxed yet vibrant
atmosphere.

Leiden University is one of Europe's foremost research
universities. This prominent position gives our graduates a leading
edge in applying for academic posts and for functions outside academia.

Department

Faculty of Humanities, International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS)

The lecturer will hold a position in the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS).
The LIAS is committed to the integration of disciplinary and
regional-historical perspectives, on a solid foundation of excellent
language skills, and comprises a School of Asian Studies and a School of
Middle-Eastern Studies. Current staff in Asian Studies have expertise
in the fields of Anthropology, Archeology, Art & Visual Studies,
Development Studies, Economics, Film Studies, History, International
Relations, Language Pedagogy, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Material
Culture Studies, Media Studies, Performance Studies, Philology,
Philosophy, Political Studies, Religious Studies, and Sociology.

The Leiden-based International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS)
is a research and exchange platform acting as a global mediator,
bringing together academic and non-academic institutes in Asia and other
parts of the world, including cultural, social and policy
organizations. It advances the multidisciplinary and comparative study
of Asia, and actively promotes national and international co-operations
through a multifaceted range of activities. The local research
environment includes an excellent library, and is enhanced by several
other Asia-focused institutions.