ECREA WEEKLY digest ARTICLES

Call for anthology chapters

Deadline for abstracts: June 15, 2021

Editors

• Pia Majbritt Jensen, associate professor, Aarhus University, Denmark
• Eva Novrup Redvall, associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Christa Lykke Christensen, associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

The Nordic countries have a long and proud tradition of taking children and adolescents seriously as an audience with their own specific needs, in wider cultural policy frameworks focusing on children’s culture [børnekultur] as well as in specific film and media contexts (Bakøy, 1999; Christensen, 2002, 2006; Drotner, 1997; Jensen, 2017; Mouritsen, 1996; Rydin, 2000). However, the media use and viewing habits of children and adolescents have changed dramatically in the past decade – also in the Nordic region. Audiovisual content in the shape of film, series, and various “media snacks” on, for example, Netflix, Disney+, YouTube, Twitch, Snapchat, and TikTok are now a major part of their media diet, while their encounters with national film, series, and online content are declining.

This anthology invites contributions that further theories about industry notions of conducive production and distribution practices related to content for children and adolescents, and about children and adolescents’ receptionor “produsage” – or both – of audiovisual content and their own notions of relevance and quality in a digital and thoroughly globalised media landscape. Contributions can deal with questions concerning all genres and all aspects of audiovisual content made for or consumed by Nordic children and adolescents – from policy and production perspectives to textual analysisand reception studies. For example:

• How do screenwriters, producers and commissioners conceive of and make content aimed at and consumed by Nordic children and adolescents?
• How do emerging producers – or “produsers”, that is, YouTubers, vloggers, TikTokkers, and so on – conceive of and produce content aimed at and consumed by Nordic children and adolescents?
• What constitutes audiovisual texts and cross-media story worlds aimed at Nordic children and adolescents? How are these texts constructed, and what are the characteristics of their various genres, from traditional films and series to videos on Twitch or TikTok?
• What kinds of content are Nordic children and adolescents actually watching and why? What notions of quality and relevance do they have when it comes to the audiovisual content they choose to watch?
• How does the thoroughly globalised – or some would say, Anglified – media diet of children and adolescents affect the choices of and preferences for media content among Nordic children and adolescents? In what ways do they make sense of or use domestic content? What role do the origin and language of the content play?
• What role do public service media and other national institutions play in the media diet of Nordic children and adolescents? What role do non-domestic or even global players such as Disney+ and YouTube have?
• What are the different policies and funding schemes behind audiovisual content for children and adolescentsin the Nordic countries? And how are they affecting the production, distribution, and reception of domestic content?
• What are important historical trajectories of audiovisual content made for and consumed by Nordic children and adolescents? How has production, texts, and reception changed? How has the view of young media users changed in the industry?
• Finally, how may research undertaken in other countries within the fields above aid our understanding of what goes on in the Nordics in a more comparative perspective? Are there important trends or other lessons to be learned from developments in territories outside of the Nordics?

Interested contributors are invited to submit a 500-word abstract and a short biography to Pia Majbritt Jensen (piamj@cc.au.dk) by 15 June 2021. Please note that all submissions will be peer-reviewed. Abstracts must clearly state the aim and objectives of the study, and the theoretical and methodological approaches contemplated in the study.

Notification of abstract selection will be given in August 2021 with full article submissions by January 2022. We expect the anthology to be published early 2023.

Publisher: NORDICOM

Deadline: September 1, 2021

Department of Communicology and Journalism (Faculty of Philosophy Niš, Serbia) is announcing call for papers for the first issue of peer-reviewed journal “Media Studies and Applied Ethics” (MSAE).

- MSAE encourages contributions from MA and PhD students, media professionals as well as researchers in the field of media studies and applied ethics.

- MSAE accepts original research, review article, critical essays, perspective pieces and book reviews related to communication throughout the world.

MSAE welcomes papers on topics such as: Media and society; Media and culture; Media history; Media and entertainment; Media and religion; Media and violence; Media and advertising; Media effects; Audience and reception studies; New media; Journalism; Communication; Media philosophy; Media aesthetics; Visual Communications; Media Law; Applied Ethics (Journalism ethics, Media Ethics, Marketing ethics, Business Ethics).

Considering the aforementioned thematic and the field of your academic interest you are invited to send us your paper.

Papers are to be sent to an e-mail address: msae@filfak.ni.ac.rs

Send papers until: September 1st, 2019

For more information visit: https://msae.filfak.ni.ac.rs/

Editors: Miguel Túñez López, Francisco Campos Freire, Marta Rodríguez Castro

About this book

This book provides a global overview of the challenges and opportunities faced by Public Service Media (PSM) organizations, including the increasing power of digital platforms, changing consumption habits, and reforms on funding models. In order to survive in the new, transforming media ecosystem, PSM organizations need to retain their core values whilst also embracing new values stemming from society’s increasingly complex communication needs and value systems. The contributions of 40 authors from three continents are grouped into three areas in which PSM organizations can create value: innovation, governance and relation to the market, and democratic reinforcement. The book illustrates how PSM can create value for different stakeholders, in different contexts, and through different methods. Contributing to a better understanding of the role of PSM in current media systems, PSM is shown as a key agent for the development of the public sphere and democratic societies.

The book is available online in this link.

April 19 and 22,  May 6, 13 and 20, 2021

University of Oregon

Remote

| Remote • Speaker Series

What is Communication? (2021) will investigate instantiations and permutations of communication via models of exchange, modes of inquiry, and meanings of community. While communication has been conceptualized as models of transportation, transmission, and ritual, communication is also characterized by modes of sharing, imparting, connecting, and participating. These characteristics can contribute to democracy, as well as facilitating the commons and community/fellowship.

Communication is sensorial, including the auditory, visual, kinesthetic, tactile, olfactory, gustatory, and interoceptive, and can involve humans, nonhumans, plants, and/or machines. Most importantly, communication imbues meanings—experiences/cultures, languages/ideas, feelings/emotions, interactions/transactions, politics/economics, situations/contexts, and networks/environments.

This year’s event takes a problem-solving approach to communication by examining systems of networks and flows, gender and ICT4D, surveillance and algorithms, platforms and democracies, familial commonalities and ecological interdependencies.

What is Communication? (2021) builds on the previous two years’ gatherings. What is Technology? (2019) examined practical arts and tools, techniques and processes, moral knowledge and imagination, as well as technology as intelligent inquiry and problem-solving. What is Information? (2020) investigated tapestries, temperaments, and topologies of the mathematical and semantic, physical and biological, cultural and environmental, economic and political, as well as information’s transformational æffects. This year marks the eleventh annual What is...? and the sixth collaboration with scholars from the natural sciences, social sciences and arts. The series continues to enact a collaborative network of transdisciplinary research, cultivating communication as the heart of nature and society.

Keynotes:

Monday, April 19, 2021, 9:00-10:00am PT [NOTE: Different day of week and time than others below.]​

• Elihu Katz, Sociology and Anthropology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Yonatan Fialkoff, Smart Family
• Institute, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel​
• “How Did Mass Become Network?”

Thursday, April 22, 2021, 12:00-1:00pm PT ​

• H. Leslie Steeves, African Studies/Media Studies, University of Oregon, and Janet D. Kwami,
• Communication/Film/Center for Sustainability, Furman University​
• “Power, Voice & Influence Through ICTs: Reflections on Digital Inequalities in the Global South”

Thursday, May 6, 2021, 12:00-1:00pm PT ​

• Oscar H. Gandy, Jr., Information & Society/Communication, University of Pennsylvania​
• “Algorithmic Manipulation: How Shall We Respond to the Threats and Challenges Before Us?”

Thursday, May 13, 2021, 12:00-1:00pm PT ​

• Kathryn C. Montgomery, Communication, American University, and Jeff Chester, Center for Digital Democracy​
• “Understanding and Regulating the Commercial Surveillance System”

Thursday, May 20, 2021, 12:00-1:00pm PT ​

• Suzanne Simard, Forest & Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Canada *​
• “Trees Communicate Through Networks in Complex Adaptive Systems”​

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* in cooperation with UO Women in Graduate Science​

FREE REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Please see whatis.uoregon.edu for more details.

IPRA Thought Leadership webinar

April 15, 2021

I am pleased to invite you to the next in the series of IPRA Thought Leadership webinars. The webinar Artificial Intelligence influence on PR: concepts, design, measurement will be presented by Svetlana Stavreva on Thursday 15 April 2021 at 13.00 GMT/UCT (14.00 British Summer Time). Svetlana is a Public Relation and Communication Professional at IBM.

What is the webinar content?

We live in extraordinary times. The globally connected world is transforming digitally. The number of all connected devices worldwide – that interact with each other and create data - is expected to reach 10 times the world’s population or 75 billion by 2025. According to IDC, by 2025 worldwide data will grow 61% to reach 175 zettabytes. In the cognitive era data that was previously invisible to systems can be captured and analysed to generate new insights. Today machine learning based algorithms and cognition make its way into cars, buildings, processes, space and supply chains. This is a chance for us to create new markets, transform industries, build new business models, and fulfil our dreams. PR & Communication industry is part of this digital transformation. As a result, today our profession is being challenged by brands, enterprises and societies and new realities call for new standards for professional PR & Communication. This webinar will explore how AI impacts PR & Communication practice and how we can leverage AI to put programs that are based on purpose, trust and ethics. This approach elevates the standards of our profession and puts PR in the heart of organization’s business strategies for sustainable development.

How to join

Register here at Airmeet.

A reminder will be sent 1 hour before the event.

Background to IPRA

IPRA, the International Public Relations Association, was established in 1955, and is the leading global network for PR professionals in their personal capacity. IPRA aims to advance trusted communication and the ethical practice of public relations. We do this through networking, our code of conduct and intellectual leadership of the profession. IPRA is the organiser of public relations' annual global competition, the Golden World Awards for Excellence (GWA). IPRA's services enable PR professionals to collaborate and be recognised. Members create content via our Thought Leadership essays, social media and our consultative status with the United Nations. GWA winners demonstrate PR excellence. IPRA welcomes all those who share our aims and who wish to be part of the IPRA worldwide fellowship. For more see www.ipra.org

Background to Svetlana

Svetlana is a Public Relation and Communication Professional at IBM and an IPRA Board member. Member of Forbes Communications Council. IPRA President 2019-2020. Experienced business builder and relationship manager with demonstrated success in journalism, public relations, corporate diplomacy and digital marketing initiatives. Demonstrated ability to lead teams and execute mission-critical initiatives. Hands on experience in working cross-disciplines globally for all IBM world regions, except North America.

Contact

International Public Relations Association Secretariat

United Kingdom

secgen@ipra.org

Telephone +44 1634 818308

Nordicom Review 42 (Special Issue 2) 2021

Editors: Ida Willig and Lars Nord

Content

• Ida Willig, Lars Nord: Media systems in “the other” Nordic Countries and Autonomous Regions: Studies of news media and journalism in the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Sápmi, and Åland

Download the article via Sciendo: https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.2478/nor-2021-0013

• Carl-Gustav Lindén: Åland - A Peculiar Media System

Download the article via Sciendo: https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.2478/nor-2021-0014

• Torkel Rasmussen, Inker-Anni Sara & Roy Krøvel: A Sámi Media System?

Download the article via Sciendo: https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.2478/nor-2021-0015

• Signe Ravn-Højgaard: Media Policy in Greenland

Download the article via Sciendo: https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.2478/nor-2021-0016

• Birgir Guðmundsson: Political Parallelism in Iceland: Perceived media-politics relations

Download the article via Sciendo: https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.2478/nor-2021-0017

• Jón Gunnar Ólafsson: Superficial, Shallow and Reactive: How a small state news media covers politics

Download the article via Sciendo: https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.2478/nor-2021-0018

• Valgerður Jóhannsdóttir: News Consumption Patterns in Iceland

Download the article via Sciendo: https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.2478/nor-2021-0019

• Signe Ravn-Højgaard, Valgerður Jóhannsdóttir, Ragnar Karlsson, Rógvi Olavson & Heini í Skorini: Particularities of Media Systems in the West Nordic Countries

Download the article via Sciendo: https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.2478/nor-2021-0020

Read more about the journal Nordicom Review here: https://www.nordicom.gu.se/sv/publikationer/nordicom-review

Communicar

We would like to inform you that the latest issue of Comunicar 67 has been recently published with the title: Cyber convivencia as a social scenario: Ethics and emotions. As on previous occasions, the journal has a Special Issue section and a wide variety of articles in its miscellaneous section. All papers are available full text and free of charge on our official website.

• Cyberostracism: Emotional and behavioral consequences in social media interactions

Simona Galbava | Hana Machackova | Lenka Dedkova

• Youths' coping with cyberhate: Roles of parental mediation and family support

Michelle F. Wright | Sebastian Wachs | Manuel Gámez-Guadix

• Motivation and perception of Hong Kong university students about social media news

Qiuyi Kong | Kelly-Yee Lai-Ku | Liping Deng | Apple-Chung Yan-Au

• Anxiety and self-esteem in cyber-victimization profiles of adolescents

Andrea Núñez | David Álvarez-García | María-C. Pérez-Fuentes

• Cybergossip, cyberaggression, problematic Internet use and family communication

Eva M. Romera | Antonio Camacho | Rosario Ortega-Ruiz | Daniel Falla

• Internet memes in Covid-19 lockdown times in Poland

Roza Norstrom | Pawel Sarna

• Coping with distress among adolescents: Effectiveness of personal narratives on support websites

Sofie Mariën | Heidi Vandebosch | Sara Pabian | Karolien Poels

• Parents' and children's perception on social media advertising

Beatriz Feijoo | Simón Bugueño | Charo Sádaba | Aurora García-González

• The critical dialogical method in Educommunication to develop narrative thinking

Jesús Bermejo-Berros

• Newsgames against hate speech in the refugee crisis

Salvador Gómez-García | María-Antonia Paz-Rebollo | José Cabeza-San-Deogracias

https://www.revistacomunicar.com/index.php?contenido=revista&numero=67&idioma=en

Revista de Comunicacao e Linguagens/Journal of Communication and Languages

Deadline: May 15, 2021

“What it means when the media moves from the new to the habitual—when our bodies become archives of supposedly obsolescent media, streaming, updating, sharing, saving.”

Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, in Updating to Remain the Same (MIT Press, 2016), argues that our media “become more important when they appear to be of no importance – when they move from the ‘new’ to the ‘habitual’”. Technologies such as smartphones are no longer surprising to us, they have been absorbed into our lives in such a way that “we become our machines: we transmit “live”, update, capture, share, connect, save, delete and track”(from the introduction).

Chun interprets the incorporation of social networks in our habits as a defining concept of the present. “Networks have been central to the rise of neoliberalism, replacing ‘society’ with groups of individuals (…) Habit is central to the inversion of privacy and advertising that drives neoliberalism and networks”. It is in this field, for example, that Natalie Bookchin’s artistic work expands individual expressions that embody this paradoxical intimate exposure in the visual digital flow.

The issue of “habitus”, as a concept like in Pierre Bourdieu, places it in a more general social context, foreshadowing and consolidating the influence and complexity of the media in our lives, making them as omnipresent as almost involuntary. Roland Barthes, in the face of photography, in his idea of ​​the invisibility of the signifier, also reveals a notion of “habit”. Pedro Miguel Frade in “As Figuras do Espanto” (ASA, 1992) reminds us of a moment when photography was still a technology that caused strangeness, where thinking “the modernity of the gaze” was also a “continuous and cumulative effect” (p.7) of what tends to remain obscure. Cultural technologies can be paradoxically surprising when viewed from the perspective of novelty or persistence.

The collective awareness of the political uses of new “habitual” technologies precipitated the first digital social movements of the 21st century ten years ago, such as the “Arab Springs”, “M12M” in Portugal, “Movimiento 15M” in Spain, or “Occupy WS Movement ” from New York, USA (Castells, 2013). Smartphones, “internet cafes” connected with digital social networks spread tweets, images and videos on YouTube, based on participatory structures, making them political and destabilizing a global order with their protests. These movements surprised and liberated digital practices, as the reactivation of Ivan Illich’s concept of “vernacular” (Illich, 1980), by Peter Snowdon in “The people is not an image – Vernacular Video after the Arab Springs” (Verso Books, 2020) that punctuated a moment in recent digitally mediated History. Since then, paradoxical digital lives have evolved and “habitual new media” complexified.

However, with the pandemic moment, contemporary modes of existence have raised such mediations as globally evident. The weaknesses exposed in real and organic life now appear to be mediated in the coexistence, but also in communication and even in the hypothesis of contact, through digital existence and technological mediation of the “habitual new media”. In the context of the pandemic, “life on screen” becomes the canon of contemporary existence.

This number seeks to collect contributions on:

• “habitual new media” cultural mediations, focusing on the individual or the small collective, which relate to this perspective of digital intimacy in the contemporary;
• macro perspectives within the scope of Media Theories, on the relationship between progress and obsolescence of cultural technologies, or reflections on digital networks and their impact on the reproduction of control systems or the creation of resistance and solidarity movements;
• critical perspectives on the impact of the current pandemic context on cultural media and mediations, within the scope of Cultural Analytics. (Manovich, 2020).
• analysis of these themes in different segments and communities, particularly in minorities or vulnerable groups, and digital projects to overcome this context;
• historical perspectives on cultural media and their relationship with the concept of “habit” and progress, such as photography, cinema, sound technologies or others, and moments of tension “between medias”;
• artistic and creative practices that address these contexts, in visual arts, cinema but also sonic, multimedia or web art expressions;
• digital ethnographies under these themes, focusing online experiences.
• recent perspectives of the different digital social movements of 2011, their mediations and their impacts, but also of recent digital social movements, anchored online, such as #metoo or #BLM, or #XR (Extinction Rebellion) and their digital practices or artivist expressions.

Articles can be written in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese and will be subjected to blind peer review. Visual essays will also be accepted. Formatting must be done in accordance with the journal’s submission guidelines and the submission via the OJS platform by May 15, 2021.

For inquiries, please contact editor Madalena Miranda: (miranda.madalena@gmail.com)

Guidelines for submission and instruction for authors:

Visual essays format:

Up to 12 pages. The essay can be entirely visual or combine image and text. The visual element of the essay must be an integral part of the argument or the ideas expressed and not serve as an example or illustration of them. It must also include an introductory text (150-300 words) integrated with the essay and its relevance in the context of this issue. Particular attention should be given to the layout of images/texts: the essay should include a PDF file with suggested layout for 17 × 24.5cm and image resolution of at least 300ppi.

(Useful information: https://catoolkit.herts.ac.uk/toolkit/the-visual-essay/)

Revista de Comunicação e Linguagens: https://rcl.fcsh.unl.pt/

Tampere University

Together, Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences form a higher education community that places faith in people and scientific knowledge. Leading experts in the fields of technology, health and society are changing the world at Finland’s second largest multidisciplinary higher education institution. Read more.

We are now seeking a Professor of Practice in the field of Journalism for fixed term employment between 2 August 2021 and 30 June 2022.

The position is located in the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences at Tampere University. The Communication Sciences Unit conducts research that delves into our increasingly digital media landscape and the role of communication technologies in reshaping not only our thoughts and sensibilities but also our relations with others. Our three research centres (COMET, TRIM and T7) create new knowledge of the impact of publicity, gamification and theatre on our society and culture. Students admitted to our multidisciplinary degree programme in communications acquire a broad base of knowledge and go on to pursue careers in journalism, media research, information research and speech communication. Our degree programme in theatre arts brings together artistic, professional and societal perspectives.

Job Description

The purpose of the position is to integrate practical working life with university teaching and research. The position places special emphasis on practical knowledge of the field of journalism and is intended for a journalist who is accomplished in his or her own field. The successful candidate will be expected to share his or her experience and make a significant contribution to the development of teaching and research in journalism.

The duties will include:

• teaching journalism on the different levels of journalist education by holding lectures, workshops and small-scale seminars
• developing the specialist field of journalism and its teaching on the basis of a separate curriculum and a work plan
• participating in the operations and continuing education of the unit’s research community.

The Professor of Practice will be subject to the annualised hours scheme according to a confirmed work plan. The hours of work for staff under this scheme work is 1,612 hours per year. Depending on other duties, the number of classroom teaching hours will be 160–240 hours per year.

Requirements

• Practical expertise in the field as demonstrated through strong journalistic accomplishments
• The ability to teach journalistic operations. Teaching languages are Finnish and/or English
• The necessary cooperation and interpersonal skills

We appreciate a visionary view of the future of journalism and the ability to analyze one’s own and others’ expertise and integrate the findings into teaching.

We are hoping to receive applications from experienced journalists who have practised journalism in different roles. The successful candidate may have expertise in any of the broad range of areas relating to journalism, for example

• internationalizing, technologizing environment of journalism (datafication, artificial intelligence etc.)
• evolving and emerging genres of journalism (investigative journalism, data journalism, etc.)
• new and changing working conditions in journalism (entrepreneurship, remote working, etc.)

The position does not require a doctorate, scientific qualifications or other scientific accomplishments usually required from professors.

The selection will be made based on the application documents. The work plan will be emphasised in the selection.

We offer

We offer the successful candidate an opportunity to work and build networks in an environment which combines in a unique way our high-quality societally oriented journalism research and teaching in an editorial environment utilizing multimedia channels with talented and motivated students. The degree programme in journalism at Tampere University is the leading actor in Finland and is also internationally recognized.

The appointment will be for a fixed term from 2 August 2021 to 30 June 2022. The position has a contracted salary with a starting level of approx. 6500e. Please state your salary request in your application.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits, such as occupational health care, flexible working possibilities (remote-/contact teaching), excellent sports facilities on campus and several restaurants and cafés on campus with staff discounts. Please read more about working at Tampere University.

How to apply

Please submit your application and the required attachments through our online recruitment system (link below).

The closing date for applications is 26 April 2021 at 23.59 EEST, UTC +2. Please attach your documents in PDF format.

The following documents must be attached to the application:

1. A work plan proposal for the professorship term. In the proposal, it is possible to tell tentatively about forms of teaching you would be using (eg lectures, workshops, seminars, group work, etc.) how you would organize teaching and other activities during the working year (teaching is divided into four periods) possible journalistic or academic publications (eg story, book, research article).

2. A motivational letter, including a review of your accomplishments and activities that are relevant for the position.

3. A CV detailing information about your degrees and work experience.

For more information

Enquiries concerning the contents of the position, job description and the work plan: Head of Unit (Communications) Iiris Ruoho, iiris.ruoho@tuni.fi, tel. +358 40 190 4150

Inquiries concerning recruitment practices: HR Specialist Katri Haapamäki, katri.haapamaki@tuni.fi, +358 50 574 5749

University of Groningen

The Arts, Culture and Media programme of the University of Groningen is looking for a highly motivated full-time Assistant Professor in film studies (in Dutch: universitair docent). Date of appointment: 1 February 2022.

The candidate is expected to have a broad expertise in film history, film theory, and film analysis. The position combines teaching (60%) and research (40%): while we expect a willingness to teach in a wide range of areas, the research profile of the candidate can be very specific, adding to the already existing expertise of the film staff or opening it to new perspectives.

We are particularly interested in candidates specialised in the field of

● documentary film and audiovisual media (including new interactive and virtual-reality forms) and other non-fiction and non-narrative forms of art (experimental cinema, essay films, home movies, industrial films, operational images).

Other interests could include but are not limited to

● research on television, streaming platforms, new/digital audiovisual arts and their technologies

● feminism, postcolonialism, critical race theory

● cutting-edge experimental methods, hands-on empirical practices, big data approaches.

The successful candidate will teach in our bachelor’s programme in ‘Arts, Culture and Media’ as well as in our international master’s track ‘Film and Contemporary Audiovisual Media.’ The language of instruction is English. In view of a balanced formation of the film section within the programme, women and people of colour are especially encouraged to apply.

The successful candidate will become a staff member of the Arts, Culture and Media programme, which is responsible for the bachelor’s programme ‘Arts, Culture and Media’ as well as four tracks in the master’s programme ‘Arts and Culture’: ‘Film and Contemporary Audiovisual Media’; ‘Music, Theatre and Performance Studies’; ‘Arts Policy and Cultural Entrepreneurship’; and ‘Arts, Cognition and Criticism.’ It currently has 21 permanent staff members, five of whom have a focus on film studies.

Our highly international staff comprises colleagues from the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, the US, Canada, Mexico, Hungary, Greece, and Denmark. The BA programme has an annual enrolment of around 100–120 students from all parts of the world; the MA programme accepts around 60 national and international students every year (ca. 20 have an emphasis on film studies).

Research is conducted within the Groningen Institute for the Study of Culture (ICOG) and its research centre Arts in Society. ICOG provides ample support in applying for grants with national and international funding agencies. There is also an annual travel budget for conference participation and other research-related trips.

The successful applicant is expected to:

● teach and supervise students in the department’s undergraduate and graduate programmes

● participate actively in curriculum development and in the design and administration of course modules, under the supervision of the head of department

● carry out and generate high-quality research in film and audiovisual media

● pursue research grants and other forms of external funding

● participate actively in international research networks and build international collaborations

● participate in the activities of the interdisciplinary research centre Arts in Society and one of its theme groups (such as Art, Medium and Moving Images or Arts, Culture and Cognition).

Qualifications

In addition to a number of basic requirements set by the University of Groningen, such as excellent social and communication skills, presentation skills, coaching skills, and a results-oriented attitude, we are looking for candidates who have

● acquired a PhD in Film Studies, Cinema Studies, (New) Media Studies or a closely related field (or will have received the PhD by 1 February 2022)

● an excellent research track record in film studies, including relevant book and article publications

● teaching experience at the university level and proven didactic abilities

● gained the Dutch University Teaching Qualification (BKO) or is prepared to do so within a year

● the motivation to acquire third-party funding on the national or international level

● a relevant national and international academic network

● the willingness to make substantial contributions to the development of the department’s research and educational programmes

● organisational experience and skills

● excellent command of English (at least CEFR B2/C1 level for reading, listening, writing and speaking)

● expected to have or gain understanding of the Dutch language (CEFR B2 for reading and listening, and CEFR B1 for writing and speaking) within two years.

Organisation

Since its foundation in 1614, the University of Groningen has established an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative university. In international rankings it regularly features among the best 100 universities in the world. Its 36.000 students, more than 23% of whom are international, are encouraged to develop their own individual talents through challenging study and career paths. The university’s Faculty of Arts is a large, dynamic faculty in the heart of the city of Groningen. It has more than 5000 students and 700 staff members and offers 16 bachelor’s programmes and over 40 master’s specialisations.

Conditions of employment

The University of Groningen offers a salary, depending on qualifications and work experience, with a minimum of € 3,746 (salary scale 11) to a maximum of € 5,826 (salary scale 12) gross per month for a full-time position. The gross salary is excluding 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus and participation in a pension scheme for employees.

The position entails a contract combining 60% teaching tasks with 40% research-time. Favourable tax agreements may apply to non-Dutch applicants. We acknowledge that talented prospective staff often have talented partners who also wish to further their careers. The university offers

Dual Career Support in order to assist partners of new academic staff in building a new social network and looking for employment, an internship, voluntary work or further study opportunities. For more information, please check: https://www.rug.nl/…=en.

The conditions of employment comply with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (cao NU). For more detailed information about working conditions and working for the University of Groningen, please check: https://www.rug.nl/…ff/

The appointment will initially be on a temporary basis for 5 years with the possibility of becoming a permanent position following a positive ‘Results and Development’ assessment. The assessment for a permanent position is possible from the 3rd year onwards.

Application

Applications should include the following:

● a cover letter that explains the motivation for applying for this position

● a full curriculum vitae including a full list of publications, external funding, and talks

● a research plan of 1–2 pages which includes future ideas for grant applications

● a teaching mission that also contains descriptions of courses taught and lists teaching qualifications

● the names and contact details of two academic referees.

Applications that are incomplete or are otherwise faulty will not be taken into consideration.

Please send your application before 3 May 2021 by means of the application form.

A first round of online job interviews is expected to be held at the end of May/beginning of June 2021. The final round of interviews (either in person in Groningen or online), which will include a short guest lecture, will take place in June 2021.

Date of entry into employment is 1 February 2022.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our University. We are committed to building a diverse faculty so you are encouraged to apply. Our selection procedure follows the guidelines of the Recruitment code (NVP), https://www.nvp-hrnetwerk.nl/…de/ and European Commission's European Code of Conduct for recruitment of researchers, https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/…ode

Unsolicited marketing is not appreciated.

For information you can contact:

Miralda Meulman, Degree programme coordinator (for more information on the formal procedure), +31 50 363 8950., sec.amc@rug.nl

Dr. M. (Miklos) Kiss, Associate Professor of Film Studies and Head of Department Arts, Culture & Media, m.kiss@rug.nl

Please do not use the e-mail address(es) above for applications.