Plaza de profesor en Antropología Cultural y Sociocultural – Universidad de Lausana

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JOB DESCRIPTION / CONDITIONS

Full Professor

Cultural and Social Anthropology

Field of specialisation : Cultural and Social Anthropology

Full-time post

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:

The post of full professor corresponds to the highest level at the University of Lausanne and therefore the candidate should have a particularly extensive academic dossier.

The candidate holds a Ph.D. in anthropology or equivalent.

He/she must have academic teaching experience in the field of cultural and social anthropology as well as good knowledge of the fundamental theories and history of cultural and social anthropology. He/she should be able to share teaching responsibilities with other colleagues.

He/she can attest to recognised scientific research competence in the cultural and social anthropology domain. He/she has an excellent and extensive academic dossier demonstrating recognised publications and empirical practice in the field of cultural and social anthropology.

TEACHING (45%)

Courses and seminars equivalent to 6 hours per week (bachelor and master levels)

– one bachelor level course in cultural and social anthropology (2hr/weekly, 56hr)

– one bachelor level seminar cultural and social anthropology (2hr/weekly, 56hr)

– teaching cultural and social anthropology at the master level (2hr/weekly, 56hr)

The incumbent will also be responsible for the supervision of bachelor projects, master and doctoral theses in cultural and social anthropology.

RESEARCH (45%)

The candidate is expected to develop his/her own research in the field of cultural and social anthropology. He/she must be capable of working in a team and integrating into one of the existing research groups in the Cultural and Social Anthropology Laboratory. The candidate should take responsibility for creating new research projects and/or coordinating various activities already in place (PhD workshops, organisation of “Research Day”, conferences, publication coordination, etc.)

The successful candidate will provide an impetus to the development and recognition of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences as a leading research and teaching center in Switzerland and internationally.

He/she will participate in the promotion of externally funded research studies, in particular those funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).

ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS (10%)

In accordance with the legal system and the requirements of the collegial structure, the successful candidate agrees to assume administrative tasks from the Institute, the Faculty, the University and its associated bodies.

An inter-university master project is currently under discussion for the French speaking part of

Switzerland; the incumbent will be called on to follow up on its evolution.

CONTEXT AND INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION

This post is affiliated with the Institute of Social Sciences, Faculty of Political and Social

Sciences of the University of Lausanne.

SALARY

From 163,564 to 195,046 Swiss francs according to the 2013 scale for a Full Professor

Starting date: 1 August 2014 or mutually agreed upon date

Interested candidates are kindly requested to submit via email a letter of application, curriculum vitae, copies of degrees, a list of publications and the five most significant

publications in pdf format to : rhssp@unil.ch.

Only applications received in the above manner will be considered.

For further information, contact Prof. Dominique Joye (Dominique.Joye@unil.ch)

Closing date: 31 October 2013

Concerned about promoting equal employment opportunities among its staff members, the University encourages female applicants.