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Wednesday, 26 December 2012

VACANCY: Assistant Professor in International Relations with expertise on Middle-East politics

Job Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences - Assistant Professor in International Relations with expertise on Middle-East politics

Location	Amsterdam
Function types	Professors, associate professors, assistant professors and lecturers
Scientific fields	Behaviour and Society
Hours	38.0 hours per week
Salary	€ 3195 - € 4970
Education	Doctorate
Job number	12-253
Translations	en

Job description

Developing, conducting, and supervising high quality academic research on the international and transnational relations of the Middle East;
Teaching general and specialist courses in Political Science, more in particular International Relations at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels, and involvement in post-graduate supervision;
(Participation in) the acquisition of external research funding;
Contributing to the research programme of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research and to the development of the field through scholarly publications and participation in national and international research networks and educational initiatives.

Requirements

A completed doctoral thesis in Political Science or other relevant field in the social sciences;
An ongoing programme of research and publications, focused on internationally ranked, ‘peer reviewed’ journals and/or books published by internationally recognized academic presses;
Broad general knowledge in International Relations;
Ability to help lead to student exchange programmes, such as the University's Zeytun programme;
Mastery of appropriate social science research methods (qualitative and/or quantitative);
Ability to provide excellent and inspiring teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, in English as well as (eventually) Dutch;
Strong passive and adequate active knowledge of Dutch, or the ability and willingness to acquire such within a period of three years;
The basic qualification at Dutch universities in higher education (Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs; BKO) certificate, or a willingness to acquire such.

Conditions of employment

Depending on experience, pay will be based on assistant professor scale 1 or 2 (i.e. a gross monthly salary ranging from a minimum of €3195 to a maximum of € 4970 for full-time work, based on the January 2009 salary scale). Holiday pay is 8% of the gross annual salary, while the year-end bonus is 8.3% of the gross annual salary. According to our employment policies, you will be offered a temporary contract for three years, with conditions for tenured position thereafter agreed upon appointment.
Under exceptional circumstances the Department will also consider appointment at the Associate Professor level.

Organisation

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 around 9,000 students in numerous Bachelor's and Master's programs 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 1,200 employees at the Faculty, which resides in a number of buildings in the centre of Amsterdam.

Additional information

Additional information about the vacancy may be obtained from:

Prof. Dr. Brian Burgoon

More information about employer University of Amsterdam (UvA) on AcademicTransfer. Direct link to this job opening: www.academictransfer.com/16782

Found here: http://www.academictransfer.com/employer/UVA/vacancy/16782/lang/en/

Thursday, 8 November 2012

VACANCY Assistant Professor in International Relations with expertise on Middle-East politics

Job description

Developing, conducting, and supervising high quality academic research on the international and transnational relations of the Middle East;
Teaching general and specialist courses in Political Science, more in particular International Relations at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels, and involvement in post-graduate supervision;
(Participation in) the acquisition of external research funding;
Contributing to the research programme of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research and to the development of the field through scholarly publications and participation in national and international research networks and educational initiatives.

Requirements

A completed doctoral thesis in Political Science or other relevant field in the social sciences;
An ongoing programme of research and publications, focused on internationally ranked, ‘peer reviewed’ journals and/or books published by internationally recognized academic presses;
Broad general knowledge in International Relations;
Mastery of appropriate social science research methods (qualitative and/or quantitative);
Ability to provide excellent and inspiring teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, in English as well as (eventually) Dutch;
Strong passive and adequate active knowledge of Dutch, or the ability and willingness to acquire such within a period of three years;
The basic qualification at Dutch universities in higher education (Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs; BKO) certificate, or a willingness to acquire such.

Conditions of employment

Organisation

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Additional information

Additional information about the vacancy may be obtained from:

Prof. Dr. Brian Burgoon

More information about employer University of Amsterdam (UvA) on AcademicTransfer. Direct link to this job opening: www.academictransfer.com/16145

Bron: http://www.academictransfer.com/employer/UVA/vacancy/16145/lang/en/

Friday, 5 October 2012

VACANCY: Assistant Professor Politics of the USSR and its Successor States

Job Faculty of Humanities - Assistant Professor Politics of the USSR and its Successor States

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Assistant Professor Politics of the USSR and its Successor States

Specifications - (explanation)

Location	Amsterdam
Function types	Professors, associate professors, assistant professors and lecturers
Scientific fields	Language and Culture
Hours	28.5 hours per week
Salary	€ 3195 - € 4970
Education	Doctorate
Job number	12-217
Translations	en

Apply for this job within 27 days

Job description

The Faculty of Humanities invites applications for an Assistant Professor Politics of the USSR and its Successor States.
The candidate has a doctorate in her/his specialty, or is in the final process of getting a doctorate; and she or he has an excellent record of academic publications and of teaching at university level that is commensurate to her/his current career stage.
The candidate should be able to teach courses related to her or his specialty, on BA and MA levels, but she/he should also be able to broadly contribute to the general teaching program of our Eastern European studies program, and of the European Studies Section as a whole. She or he should also be ready to take over some administrative tasks for the Section, and to contribute to the supervision of BA, MA and PhD students.

Tasks

Teaching and developing teaching activities both as part of and outside the European Studies-programme;
(co-)supervising Bachelor's and Master's theses;
independently conducting research in the area mentioned, resulting in contributions to leading international publications;
if possible co-supervising PhD candidates;
making a contribution to raising contract and indirect funding.

Requirements

Relevant PhD degree, or in the final process of obtaining one;
experience in research and excellent research skills, evidenced by publications in renowned international journals or in book form;
teaching experience at university level (preferably BA and MA level) and demonstrable didactic abilities and/or training, evidenced by an educational portfolio;
experience with digital and audio-visual equipment; affinity with ICT in academic education;
team spirit and capable of functioning at all levels of more than one study programme;
willingness to develop in a multidisciplinary capacity in order to be able to participate in multiple areas of the Faculty's curriculum;
organisational experience and skills;
thorough knowledge of Dutch and English; non-native Dutch speakers must achieve fluency in Dutch within two years.

Conditions of employment

The appointment will be on a temporary basis for a period of two years with a two-year extension after satisfactory performance. There will be no permanent position for this position. Gross monthly salary will range from €3,195 (scale 11) to €4,970 (scale 12), based on a full-time appointment (38 hours a week).

Organisation

Faculty of Humanities

The Faculty of Humanities provides education and conducts research with a strongly international profile in a large number of disciplines in the field of language and culture. Located in the heart of Amsterdam, the Faculty maintains close ties with many cultural institutes in the capital city. There are over 1,000 employees affiliated with the Faculty, which has about 8,000 students.

Additional information

Further information about this vacancy may be obtained from:

professor dr. M. Kemper

For more information about the research areas, please see:
ich.uva.nl/research/research-programmes
For more information on the BA and MA-programmes, please see:
www.uva.nl/disciplines/regiostudies/onderwijs (at the moment available only in Dutch)

More information about employer University of Amsterdam (UvA) on AcademicTransfer. Direct link to this job opening: www.academictransfer.com/15743

Sunday, 11 December 2011

Ph.D. fellowship: Society and Politics of Contemporary China

Ph.D. fellowship: Society and Politics of Contemporary China (11-247)

Faculty of Humanities

Institute for Area Studies

Ph.D. fellowship: Society and Politics of Contemporary China
(38 hours a week)
Vacancy number: 11-247

The Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), is committed to the integration of disciplinary and regional-historical perspectives. LIAS has as its aim the advancement of teaching and research of Area Studies at Leiden University and in the wider academic community. LIAS comprises the Schools of Asian Studies (SAS) and Middle Eastern Studies (SMES). Area specializations in SAS include Chinese, Japanese, Korean, South & Southeast Asian and Tibetan Studies. LIAS staff have disciplinary expertise across the humanities and the social sciences.

Starting September 2012 (or earlier if the candidate is available) LIAS has available one full-time, four-year Ph.D. position in the University’s profile area “Asian Modernities and Traditions” (AMT) on an aspect of the society or politics of contemporary China. The fellowship is funded by the Leiden University Executive Board on the appointment of Professor Frank Pieke as Chair of Modern China Studies.

Description of profile area:

AMT is one of the 11 profile areas of Leiden University that transcend the boundaries between specialist fields. AMT is coordinated by the Faculty of Humanities and the Leiden Institute for Area Studies, but is fully interdisciplinary in focus. AMT’s aim is to raise the visibility and strength of Asian studies in the University, where “Asia” includes all of East, Central, South and Southeast Asia. AMT builds on the long history of Leiden University in research and teaching on Asian traditions, especially in the fields of religious studies, anthropology, philology, law and literature, to explore the debates, disagreements, disjunctures and conflicts that prevail in Asia in the modern age. The global prominence of East Asia and the rapidly developing economies of South and Southeast Asia render Asia a key case for the study of the fashioning of modernities in everyday life, state practices and the global arena. AMT focuses on five themes:

Asia in the international system looks at global Asia, where the emergence of India and China as regional hegemons is reconfiguring issues of security and conflict
Power and limits of the Asian state focuses on the transformation of and challenges posed to the state in Asia
Asian debates on history and modernity explores Asia’s role in shaping the meaning of rationalism, nationalism, secularism, equality, justice and rights
New and old diversities in Asia looks at how Asia’s new modernities are being forged from the meeting of peoples, cultures, life-styles and ideologies
Production and flow of modern Asian cultures encompasses the movement of practices, styles, objects, fashions, media and the like that have come to exemplify the modern in particular places

Tasks:

The Ph.D. fellow is expected to conduct research leading to a Ph.D. thesis under the supervision of Professor Pieke on a topic that includes, but is not limited to, administrative reform, public policy, state-society relations, international or domestic migration, ethnicity, gender, kinship, ritual, religion, life styles, social structure and social stratification, consumption and popular culture, poverty and poverty alleviation. The project will have to be firmly embedded in a relevant discipline in the social sciences or humanities, such as anthropology, political science, sociology, history or sinology. Research ought to have a strong fieldwork component and should include the use of modern spoken and written Chinese.

Tasks of the Ph.D. will include:

Conducting original research on a relevant topic
Writing a Ph.D. dissertation
Submitting research results for publication in peer-reviewed academic journals
Presenting papers at (international) conferences
Designing and teaching at least two undergraduate courses, normally one in the third and one in the fourth year of the appointment
Organizing and participating in seminars and conferences of the AMT profile area

Requirements:

A Masters or equivalent degree in a relevant field
Research knowledge of modern Chinese
Fluency in English (spoken and written)
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team

We offer:

The position of Ph.D. fellow is temporary for maximally four years of full-time appointment, and with an initial nine-month probationary period. The salary is determined in accordance with the current scales as set out in the collective labor agreement for the Dutch universities (CAO): min. € 2.042,- max. € 2.612,- gross per month, with additional holiday and end-of-year bonuses.

Information:

For further information about the position please contact Professor Frank Pieke phone number +31-71-5272216 , email f.n.pieke@hum.leidenuniv.nl. A full overview of the AMT profile area is available athttp://www.research.leiden.edu/research-profiles/amt/.

Applications:

Applications have to be submitted in English and have to include:

cover letter stating your motivation for the position
research proposal of maximally 2,500 words
curriculum vitae
copies of your academic transcripts (or Dutch cijferlijst),
a writing sample (such as a part of the MA thesis) of maximally 8,000 words
three letters of reference to be sent directly by the referee

Please send your application electronically, indicating the vacancy number, before thedeadline of 15 January 2012 to:

vacatureslias@hum.leidenuniv.nl

All application materials should be send in pdf format.

An interview may be part of the selection procedure.

Publication date: November 21st, 2011

Introduction of the ‘European Blue Card’

As from 19 June 2011 the Netherlands has a new purpose of stay: the European Blue Card. The European Blue Card is a separate purpose of stay in addition to the existing National Highly Skilled Migrant Programme. The EU Blue Card Council Directive is intended for highly skilled foreign nationals who do not have EU, EEA or Swiss nationality, and who wish to work in one of the member states of the EU. The Directive is also meant to make it easier to settle in another EU member state. A residence permit will always be required in that other member state, however. To obtain this residence permit the employee must comply with the conditions applicable in that member state.

The conditions for residence in the Netherlands as an EU Blue Card holder are stricter than those for residence as a Highly Skilled Migrant. The employee must have a contract for highly qualified employment for at least one year, earning at least EUR 60,000 gross (in 2011). The employee must have completed a course of higher education lasting at least three years. The employee must prove this by having his diploma assessed by Nuffic. For a regulated profession, a competent authority will take decisions about the admission to that profession.

Advantages
One of the advantages of the EU Blue Card is that it is easier for an EU Blue Card holder and his family members to settle in another EU member state at a later date. After eighteen months foreign nationals who have an EU Blue Card are exempted from the provisional residence permit (MVV) requirement, if they want to work in another EU member State. In this second member state the employee must submit an application for a residence permit as a holder of an EU Blue Card. Each member state may implement the directive in slightly different ways. If someone holds a Blue Card in the Netherlands, this does not mean that the requirements are also met in other member states.

Another advantage is that after having stayed lawfully with the EU Blue Card holder in the Netherlands for two years, the family members may apply for a residence permit for ‘continued residence’. For other purposes of stay this is only possible after having stayed lawfully in the Netherlands for three years. The family members must have resided legally and continuously within the territory of an EU member state for at least five years, however. An employee who has stayed legally in the Netherlands as an EU Blue Card holder for two years may apply for the status of ‘long-term resident as a non-EU member country national’. He must have resided legally and continuously within EU territory for five years and must comply with the other conditions for this purpose of stay.

Highly skilled migrants from outside of the EU

A highly skilled migrant is a migrant who comes to the Netherlands to be employed, and has a gross annual income of at least €47,565, or €34,881 if he/she is under thirty. This income requirement does not apply if the employee enters service for certain functions in an educational or research institution. For information on the specific functions to which this clause applies, you can inquire at the IND office for labour and highly skilled migrants. When a foreign national has been granted residence in the Netherlands as a highly skilled migrant, the employer of the highly skilled migrant is not required to be in possession of a work permit for that foreign national.

Professional soccer players, ministers of religion, teachers of religion and prostitutes are not eligible for a residency as highly skilled migrant.

Important!
The amounts stated above will be indexed every year as of 1 January.