Associate Professor in Cultural Studies

The Department of Culture and Language, Faculty of the Humanities, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, invites applications for a full-time tenured associate professorship in Cultural Studies. Application deadline: December 2 2024 by 23.59 CET
The Department of Culture and Language, Faculty of the Humanities, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, invites applications for a full-time tenured associate professorship in Cultural Studies.

The successful candidate will be expected to advance the field of critical cultural studies and cultural communication, and to develop externally funded research projects and research-based teaching in key subjects within the MA-program in Culture and Communication (Kultur og Formidling). This includes, for example, our mandatory courses in cultural communication, cultural politics, and cultural studies theories and analysis along with our courses in cultural analytical methods. The MA-program is Danish, but non-Danish faculty are allowed to teach in English until they have reached the necessary level of Danish (see below).

The Department of Culture and Language is home for appr. 200 employees, covering a wide range of subjects and research interests, including American Studies, Audiologopaedia, Business Language, Classical Studies, Communication, Comparative Literature, Culture, Danish, English, German, History, Middle East Studies and the Study of Religion. Our faculty is committed to interdisciplinary research and teaching, encouraging students to explore the intersections of language, culture, and society. They are actively involved in various research centres, groups, and networks, contributing to cutting-edge projects and publications.

The department's Cultural Studies researchers have a strong critical profile. This includes externally funded projects within feminist science and technology studies, cultural politics, critical cultural heritage studies, and research on technological developments, body politics, and forms of medicalization. We seek a candidate who, in their own scholarly efforts, can complement our existing work.

Experience in developing interdisciplinary courses and research projects will be considered an advantage for the successful candidate.

The International Staff Office (ISO) at SDU provides a variety of services for new employees, guests and people who consider applying for a job at the University of Southern Denmark. International staff in tenured positions will be offered Danish language training in connection with the employment and are expected to achieve Danish language competences at CEFR B2-level within 5 years from being appointed.

The Department of Culture and Language is located at the university's campus in Odense - a vibrant city with 180.000 inhabitants on the island of Funen with a rich cultural life and only 1½ hour away from the Danish capital, Copenhagen.

The University is signatory of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA). We wish our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.

For further information, please contact Head of Department Per Krogh Hansen at [email protected]

Application, salary and conditions of employment, etc.
The successful applicant will be employed in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations), Cirkulære om overenskomst for Akademikere i staten 2021 (the document only exists in Danish).

If the successful applicant has not documented teaching experience corresponding to assistant professor level, the applicant will be employed on trial for the first 18 months.

The following needs to be included in the application:

• Cover letter
• CV
• Exam certificates/diplomas (MA and PhD degree)
• Complete list of publications indicating the publications attached
• Outline of future research, including thoughts on dissemination, societal impact, and funding
• Teaching portfolio (please see below)
• Up to 6 of the most relevant publications (published as well as accepted and forthcoming work) since 2015. Please attach one pdf-file for each publication. For any publication with a co-author, a co-author statement must be submitted as part of the pdf file.
• References are welcomed, but not mandatory. Both written recommendations and a list of relevant contact persons is accepted.

Application and all appendices must be in Danish, English or one of the Scandinavian languages. Please always include a copy of original diploma/certificates. We only accept files in pdf-format no more than 10 MB per file. In case you have more than one file per field you need to combine the pdf-files into a single file, as each field handles only one file. We do not accept zip-files, jpg or other image files. All pdf-files must be unlocked and allow binding and may not be password protected.

Applicants for an associate professorship at the Faculty of Humanities are requested to submit a teaching portfolio with the application as documentation for teaching experience as well as supervision qualifications. Please read more here.

Applications will be assessed by an assessment committee and the applicant will receive the part of the evaluation that concerns him/her. The assessment report will subsequently be forwarded to the Head of Department who will assemble an appointments committee. An interview may form part of the overall assessment of the applicants' qualifications.

The committee may request additional information, and if so, it is the responsibility of the applicant to provide the necessary material.

If the application does not meet the requirements mentioned above, the Faculty of Humanities may reject your application without further notice. Applications received after the deadline will neither be considered nor evaluated.

Shortlisting and tests may be used in the assessment process. Please note that only a shortlisted applicant will receive an assessment. Here you can read more about shortlisting at SDU.

Applications should be sent electronically via the link "apply online" and the Faculty expects applicants to read the information "How to apply" before applying.

We recommend that as an international applicant you take the time to visit Working in Denmark where you will find information and facts about moving to, working and living in Denmark, as well as the International Staff Office at SDU.

Relevant information:

• The University of Southern Denmark
• The Department of Culture and Language
• The MA-program in Culture and Communication (in Danish)
• International Staff Office (SO), SDU
• The city of Odense

Application deadline: December 2 2024 by 23.59 CET

Preferred starting date: June 1 2025

Placering: Odense, Denmark