Aarhus University, Department of Culture and Society

Associate Professorship in the Use of History at Aarhus University

At the Department of Culture and Society, the study programme committee for History and Classical Studies invites applications for the position of associate professor in the use of history.  The associate professorship begins on 1 July 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter.


The position
We are seeking a dedicated person who will contribute to Aarhus University's core activities in the areas of teaching, research, talent development and knowledge exchange.  The associate professorship involves research and teaching in the use of history in the 20th and 21st centuries. The use of history is concerned the public understanding and use of the past in different media and contexts. Applicants must therefore be able to document research qualifications at an international level within this field. The successful applicant must be prepared to teach the use of history at all levels of the programme in history, and must also be willing to teach within the broader field of cultural history. The applicant must also be willing to teach in the auxiliary theoretical and methodological subjects of the history programme. The study of the use of history is part of a broader research field that also includes historiography, cultural heritage management, cultural memory and identity politics. The associate professor will be expected to collaborate with colleagues and actively contribute to developing the initiatives of Aarhus University within one or more of these fields.
For more information about the position, please contact Associate Professor Claus Møller Jørgensen at tel. +45 87 16 22 18 e-mail hiscj@hum.au.dk.

Qualifications

• Applicants for the associate professorship must document completion of a PhD in history or the equivalent.
• Applicants must also document
• an internationally oriented research and publication profile
• participation in national and international research networks
• experience with or interest in communication and knowledge exchange
• extensive teaching experience, including experience with innovative teaching methods, such as involvement of students, IT-based courses and teaching development
• experience with interdisciplinary collaboration as well as interdisciplinary research and teaching
• experience in supervising student projects and an interest in researcher talent development.

The applicant is expected to contribute actively to the department’s academic environment, including collaboration with other relevant academic programmes. Participation in the daily life of the programme is a high priority, and we emphasise the importance of good working relationships, both among colleagues and to our students.

If the successful applicant is not fluent in Danish, he or she will be expected to learn Danish within a period of approximately two years.
For more information about the application and the employment procedure, please contact HR partner Louise Søndergaard, tel. +45 40 48 43 69, email: ls@hum.au.dk.

The Programme
Researchers and PhD students in the History Programme at Aarhus University are concerned with history in its many forms, with a primary focus on political history, cultural history and social history. Special research emphasis is placed on the history of Denmark and Europe from antiquity to the present day. The individual research projects are often delimited to historical periods and geographical areas, but they are characterized by working across traditional chronological and geographical dividing lines. The researchers participate in both national and international research environments. For a more detailed description of the programme, please see this web page.


The Department Of Culture and Society
The focus of the Department of Culture and Society, to which the Anthropology Programme belongs, is the interplay of culture and society in time and space:

• from the traditional disciplines of the humanities and theology to applied social research
• from antiquity to the issues facing contemporary societies
• from familiar Danish cultural forms to other - and very different - worlds
• from local questions to global challenges.

The department's goal is to produce compelling research with international resonance and visibility, as well as to offer high-quality undergraduate and post-graduate study programmes. The department is closely linked to society, both in Denmark and abroad, and contributes to social innovation, research communication and further and continuing education.
For a more detailed description of the programme, please see this web page.


The Faculty of Arts
The Faculty of Arts is the result of a merger between three former main academic areas: the Faculty of Humanities, the Faculty of Theology and the Danish School of Education. Arts brings together humanistic, theological and pedagogical knowledge in order to strengthen Aarhus University in the areas of research, talent development, knowledge exchange and education. For more information, please see this web page. 

Formalities

• The Faculty of Humanities refers to the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Danish Universities under the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.
• Appointment shall be in accordance with the collective labour agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations.
• Further information on qualification requirements and job content may be found in the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Danish Universities.
• Further information on application and relevant enclosures may be found in the Guidelines for applicants for academic positions.
• Teaching portfolio, degree certificate (copy), curriculum vitae, complete list of publications and verified information on previous teaching experience must be submitted with the application.
• When you submit your application, please upload a maximum of eight samples of your scholarly output.

All interested are urged to apply irrespective of personal background.

Deadline
All applications must be made online and received by 15 March 2013.

Please apply online here
(http://www.au.dk/en/job/hum/academicpositions/)

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