Professor in Modern and Contemporary Visual Arts
Professor in Modern and Contemporary Visual Arts (11336) – Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
→ Apply until 24/04/2018 23:59 CET
→ Discipline: Modern and Contemporary Visual Arts
→ 50% Assistant professor tenure track
→ Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
→ Reference number: 201802/LW/ZAP/003
ABOUT GHENT UNIVERSITY
Ghent University is one of the most important education and research institutions in the Low Countries. On a daily basis, over 9,000 staff members and 41,000 students implement its motto “Dare to Think”. Ghent University’s mission statement is characterised by qualitative education, internationally renowned research and a pluralistic social responsibility.
ASSIGNMENT
The Faculty of Arts and Philosophy has a vacancy for a lectureship, starting from 1 October 2018. The post is a part-time position as an assistant professor (tenure track), in the Department of Art History, Musicology and Theatre Studies, with duties including academic teaching, academic research and carrying out academic services in the discipline of Modern and Contemporary Visual Arts.
This position in the rank of assistant professor is a tenure track appointment for a period of 5 years. For the further development of the academic career, please see ‘Appointment information’ below.
Academic education
You lecture various course units in the Art History program, more precisely in the discipline of modern and contemporary visual arts.
You lecture in the post-graduate study program Curatorial Studies, organised by Ghent University and School of Arts (department KASK) en S.M.A.K.
You contribute to the organization of the study programmes of Art History and Curatorial Studies.
Academic Research
You conduct research in Modern and Contemporary Visual Arts.
Academic services
You contribute to the organization and the functioning of the department Art History, Musicology and Theatre Studies and the educational program in Art Studies.
You take part in the internal and external service provision of the department of Art History, Musicology and Theatre Studies.
PROFILE
Experience
You have already conducted excellent academic research in the given discipline, which is clearly reflected in outstanding publications in national and international peer-reviewed books and/or journals.
You are capable of initiating, supervising and acquiring the necessary funding for academic research.
You are didactically skilled to teach university students to develop academic competences.
You can demonstrate to participate in a network of modern and contemporary art scholarship both in academics as in the museum circuit.
You are prepared to study Dutch, in the case of insufficient knowledge of the language at the time of the application.
Recommended are:International mobility, among other things thanks to research stays at institutions external to the one where you acquired your highest academic degree.
Expertise in the museological and curatorial aspects of modern and contemporary art, as in the curatorship of exhibitions.
A focus on research in postwar and contemporary art.
Positively evaluated experience in provided or organized academic lecturing.
Professionalization of education.
Skills / Attitude
You are quality-oriented;
You take initiative;
you are willing to function in a team.
Admission requirements
You are a thesis-based doctorate holder in Art Studies or Art History, or hold a diploma or certificate that is recognised as equivalent (article V.20 Codex Higher Education).
Upon evaluation of a foreign (non-EU) diploma, a certificate of equivalence may still have to be requested at NARIC. If this is the case, we advise you to initiate this recognition procedure as soon as possible. You are required to have the recognition no later than on the date of your appointment.
You have at least two years of postdoctoral experience on 1 October 2018. This term of two years is determined by the date written on the above-mentioned required diploma.
APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
We offer you a temporary appointment in a tenure track system for a term of five years. If positively evaluated by the University Board, the term of office will be transferred into a permanent appointment as an associate professor.
Should you already be a member of the professorial staff or hold an equal post at another university or research institution, you can immediately be appointed as an assistant professor, without prejudice to the possibility of a temporary appointment offered in article V.28 of the Codex of Higher Education.
The recruitment is possible no sooner than 1 October 2018.
OUR OFFER
Ghent University is committed to properly welcoming new professorial staff members and offering them appropriate guidance. The basic teacher training and courses of ‘Dutch’ and ‘English’ for foreign-speaking lecturers are only a few examples of our wide range of training and education opportunities. Furthermore, each Ghent University staff member can count on a number of benefits such as a bike allowance, reimbursement of public transport commuting costs, daycare, a wide range of sports facilities and EcoCheques. A complete overview of all our employee benefits (in Dutch).
Ghent University also invests in welcoming international professorial staff. It offers various housing options, a relocation bonus, the International School for school-aged children (with a discount on the tuition fee), support when registering at the City of Ghent, support with the procedure of family reunification and other administrative matters in connection with moving to Ghent. More information can be found on www.ugent.be/en/living and www.ugent.be/en/staff.
GENDER AND DIVERSITY
Ghent University conducts an equal opportunities policy and encourages everyone to apply. Ghent University also strives for a gender balance. Female applications are thus especially welcomed.
SELECTION PROCEDURE
After the final application date, all received applications will be sent to the faculty assessment committee assembled for this vacancy. This committee will first evaluate the application files. Therefore it will match all elements of the file against the required expertise for the position in terms of education, research and scientific service. Based on this deliberation, relevant candidates will be shortlisted to be invited for further selection (interview, possible presentation or test lecture …). Afterwards, the committee will rank the suitable candidates and present this ranking to the Faculty Board. The advice of the Faculty Board will then be presented to the University Board for approval.
Candidates are asked to further discuss their top 5 most important publications or other academic achievements with the highest impact. Next to academic publications, the candidate is thus also able to show merit of knowledge transfer by academic dissemination, social valorisation, public awareness, seminars or conference presentations. These competences are also taken into account when evaluating the candidates.
The evaluation of the required international mobility is broad and partly takes the gender perspective into account, thus not only considering longer stays abroad by also other forms of internationalisation.
Pregnancy leave, prolonged sick leave, parental leave, filial leave or other forms of absence are taken into account when evaluating the available time for the realisation of academic output.
HOW TO APPLY
Apply online through the e-recruitment system before the application deadline (see above). We do not accept late applications or applications that are not sent through the online system.
Your application must include the following documents:
In the field ‘Cv’: your cover letter and the professorial staff application form (+ all annexes mentioned in the form), and a statement of ca. 1500 words, stating your view on research, education and academic services in the required field, merged into one pdf file.
In the field ‘Cover letter’: your application letter in pdf format
In the field ‘Diploma’: a transcript of your doctoral degree. If you have a foreign diploma in a language other than our national languages (Dutch, French or German) or English, please add a translation in one of the mentioned languages.
In the field ‘Certificate of equivalence’: only for diplomas awarded outside the European Union: certificate of equivalence (NARIC) (if already in you possession)
Note that the maximum file size for each field is 10 MB.
MORE INFORMATION
For further information regarding these vacancy, please contact Professor Francis Maes (francis.maes@UGent.be, +32 09/264 4142, of +32 (0)475-79 40 12). at the faculty of Philosophy and Letters, department of Art History, Musicology and Theatre Studies.