University Professor of African Art History and Visual Cultures

Freie Universität Berlin is seeking a University Professor of African Art History and Visual Cultures. The successful applicant will cover research and teaching in the field of African art history and visual cultures. Salary grade: W 2 or equivalent Reference code: W2KunstAfrikas. Application Deadline: 14.11.2024

Further requirements:

• Outstanding knowledge of African art and visual cultures, proven by excellent publications and research activities
• Relevant research stays, academic collaborations and/or research networks in or on several African countries
• Proven engagement with current cultural studies discourses and methodological issues in publications
• University teaching experience, preferably also international
• Experience in the acquisition and implementation of third-party funded projects is desirable
• Experience with interdisciplinary work contexts
• Excellent language skills in German and/or English, enabling you to teach courses in the respective language

Expectations of future employment:

• Cooperation with the other regional focal points at the Institute of Art History as well as the local collections, museums and scientific institutions (e.g. Berlin State Museums, etc.)
• Participation in existing or planned regional and supra-regional collaborative research projects
• Teaching and supervision in the relevant degree programs of the Institute of Art History and participation in the further development of the degree programs
• Willingness to acquire any missing knowledge of German or English within three years (at level C 1)
• Gender and diversity sensitivity in research, teaching and administration

Further information:

Your application should include the following documents: Curriculum vitae, certificates and diplomas / if applicable also appointment certificates in German or English (enclose translations if necessary), list of publications, details of school experience if applicable, list of courses taught including evidence of pedagogical aptitude, details of current or planned research projects, research collaborations and externally funded projects, language certificates if applicable, also – if applicable to the respective subject area – details of industrial collaborations, inventions, patents, spin-offs etc.

Please submit your application documents electronically via the application portal by the date stated above. Please also include a private postal and e-mail address and make reference to the call identifier. You can use the following postal address to formally address your documents:

Freie Universität Berlin

Fachbereich Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften

Dekanat

z.H. Heike Willingham

Fabeckstr. 23/25

14195 Berlin

fu-berlin.de