Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature and Culture (1.0 fte)

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26/02/23

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The gross salary - depending on previous qualifications and experience  - ranges between €3,974 and €6,181 (scale 11/12 according to the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities) per month for a full-time employment. Salaries are supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8% and a year-end bonus of 8.3% per year and a considerable number of holidays.

Descripción 

We offer a temporary position (1.0 FTE) for one year in an international working environment. After positive evaluation, this can be turned into a permanent position. The allocation is permanently set to 40% research and 60% teaching. Within the 60% for teaching, there is 10% free space that will not be scheduled. 

The start date is August 1st or as soon as possible thereafter.

The vacancy is part of a broad recruitment campaign in which the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Utrecht is looking for more than 40 talented and passionate assistant professors, who, based on their subject matter expertise, want to contribute to strengthening our interdisciplinary education and its connection with urgent social themes.

The Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University invites applications for a full-time Assistant Professor specializing in Spanish and Latin American Literature and Culture with an interest in and experience with digital textual scholarship and a preferred focus on the textual, material and contextual dimensions of the edition, transnational circulation and reception of literary texts in (historical/contemporary) global cultural markets.

We seek a scholar with a broad and transnational vision of the field. We have a preference for scholars whose research and teaching prioritize (historical/contemporary) cultural transfers and transnational networks resulting from different forms of mobility to and from Spain/Latin America. We welcome candidates with an interest in one or more of these related fields: transnational networks, cultural transfers, mobility, border studies, global studies, migration, diaspora or refugee studies. We favor teaching and research interests that challenge established boundaries, periods, and regions within the field of Spanish and Latin American Literature and Culture.

The Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University is looking for assistant professors who find it interesting and challenging to teach and conduct research within more than one disciplinary and institutional context. In our opinion, such a cross-boundary perspective is most successful and satisfying when working from a specialisation. We are therefore looking for colleagues who unite a subject specialisation with a discipline-transcending perspective and who can give shape to multi-, inter- or transdisciplinary team teaching and team science from a specific subject expertise within and between the broad domains of Philosophy and Religious Studies/History and Art History/Media and Cultural Studies/Languages, Literature and Communication (or who want to develop further in this).

The Faculty of Humanities of Utrecht University deploys the extra resources from the Administrative Agreement (Bestuursakkoord) in such a way that they are beneficial for team collaboration and the sustainability of humanities research.

Requisitos 

Experience or interest in computational and/or data-driven perspectives on Language, Literature and Communication will be considered an advantage.

We are looking for colleagues who;

  • have teaching and research expertise in the domain of Spanish and Latin American literature and culture;
  • hold a PhD in Spanish and Latin American literature and culture or related field/the PhD must be in hand by the start dat;
  • are proficient, at a native or near-native level, in Spanish and English;
  • have an approach to teaching that affirms diversity and is inclusive for students at different ability levels and from different backgrounds
  • have a vision on, and perhaps experience with, ways to link that domain in teaching and/or research with other knowledge domains, based on an articulated teaching and research philosophy (multi-, inter- or transdisciplinarity)
  • have an open attitude and are able to switch easily within multidisciplinary and interprofessional teams
  • are interested in team teaching and team science to address social issues.

Candidates are expected to be able to teach in Spanish, Dutch and English. International candidates will be helped to acquire Dutch language skills  in the first two years of their appointment.

All our assistant professors have obtained the Dutch University Teaching Qualification (UTQ, in Dutch: Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs, BKO). The BKO is recognized by all 14 Dutch universities. Candidates who do not yet have a BKO or an international equivalent will receive support to obtain this qualification in the first two years of their appointment.

(Personal) leadership and responsibility are part of your job. That is why you recognise yourself in the following core values that are central to the Faculty of Humanities: professionalism, transparency, responsibility, connection and safety. These core values apply to everyone and we uphold these values in our work and in our communication with each other and to others.

Candidates with affinity, experience and/or appealing research and educational plans in the field of the following social issues are particularly invited to respond:

  • Human artificial intelligence - Responsible design and use of AI applications, digitisation and technology;
  • Cultural heritage and identity - Material and intangible heritage;
  • Languages and cultures - Language variation, literacy and inclusion in the digital society - Multilingualism, transculturality and second language acquisition in education and organisations; and
  • (in collaboration with the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance) Prosperity, participation and citizenship in a digital world - Communication, information and social inequality.

Cómo solicitar 

Everyone deserves to feel at home at our university. We therefore welcome staff from a wide variety of backgrounds and perspectives, regardless of race, skin colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, origin, disability, neurodiversity or age.

If you recognise yourself in this profile, we would like to invite you to apply. Please send us your application details via the application button on this page. Your application details consist of:

  • cover letter;
  • CV and publication list;
  • concise research plan showing alignment with the research profile of the department/team (max. 400 words).
  • concise teaching plan, articulating your ideas and any questions about the development of your teaching over the next few years (max. 400 words).

Observaciones 

Would you like to know more about this position? Then contact Professor Helena Houvenaghel, at e.m.h.houvenaghel@uu.nl.

Are you an international applicant? Our International Service Desk can answer your questions about living in the Netherlands as international staff.