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KU Leuven is an autonomous university. It was founded in 1425. It was born of and has grown within the Catholic tradition.
Besök arbetsgivarsidanKU Leuven is an autonomous university. It was founded in 1425. It was born of and has grown within the Catholic tradition.
Besök arbetsgivarsidanUnprecedented and accelerating change characterize the global scene, whether it concerns the climate or the persistent, and growing, inequalities. Even though humankind has never been more prosperous, social and political turmoil challenges humans to build for themselves a better future. Despite these bleak and gloomy prospects, creativity and resilience, and the ability to collaborate, innovate, and design, continue to amaze us.
The Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology welcomes submissions for a new professorship in social and cultural anthropology in the Faculty of Social Sciences at KU Leuven. KU Leuven represents a leading academic institution in Europe that is the largest university in Belgium in terms of research funding and expenditure. The university’s mission is to provide excellence in academic education and research and to offer a distinguished service to society. Owing to KU Leuven’s cutting-edge research, KU Leuven is a charter member of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) and is consistently ranked among the top 10 universities in Europe.
Within KU Leuven, the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology conducts state of the art anthropological research on questions as varied as urbanity, superdiversity, religion, mobility etc. The research projects are organized around three thematic clusters: making, living and moving around the world (MaLiMo). Our department is committed to long-term ethnographic research to gain an in-depth understanding of how individuals and groups organize their lives, relate to pasts, and prefigure futures; to the highest ethical standards of our discipline; and to Open Science. While several staff members hold a long-standing expertise on Africa, the current appointment of an anthropologist of Asia (any regional specialty) fits in a strategy to expand the regional focus of our department.
The Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology organizes the Master in Social and Cultural Anthropology in English and Dutch and an Advanced Master in Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies (CADES). Your teaching will contain several courses (up to four courses), including introductory and methodological courses in general anthropology at a Bachelor and, mainly, at a Master level, and courses in your theoretical and regional fields of expertise. You supervise students working on their master thesis and PhD students. Your teaching is expected to meet the KU Leuven standards regarding academic program level and orientation and to be in keeping with the educational vision of KU Leuven. Commitment to the quality of education as a whole is expected.
You provide scientific, societal and internal services. This is reflected, among other things, in a constructive contribution to education and research, as part of the department’s collective projects (e.g. through participation in meetings, teacher days, information sessions, recruitment activities, exchange programs; and later on taking on the coordination of the research unit, and other leadership positions such as head of department), and service to the larger academic community (e.g., service to academic associations such as WAU, EASA or AAA, and journals (reviews), education (e.g., participation in program committee meetings), and faculty (e.g., participation in faculty council). Your research also entails a public dimension as you are actively disseminating your research to the wider public and/or are involved in various forms of community engagements in your field and/or outside.
KU Leuven strives for an inclusive, respectful and socially safe environment. We embrace diversity among individuals and groups as an asset. Open dialogue and differences in perspective are essential for an ambitious research and educational environment. In our commitment to equal opportunity, we recognize the consequences of historical inequalities. We do not accept any form of discrimination based on, but not limited to, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, ethnic or national background, skin colour, religious and philosophical diversity, neurodivergence, employment disability, health, or socioeconomic status. For questions about accessibility or support offered, we are happy to assist you at this email address.
KU Leuven is an autonomous university. It was founded in 1425. It was born of and has grown within the Catholic tradition.
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