Job: Tenure-track Professorship in Cultural Musicology
Tenure-track Professorship in Cultural Musicology
Employment percentage: Full-time
Location: Leuven, Belgium
Deadline: Tuesday, January 31, 2023
The Arts Faculty of the University of Leuven is seeking to recruit a full-time tenure-track professor in musicology, specializing in the field of music and culture. The Leuven musicology department is relatively small, but internationally highly ranked, with a broad view on diverse musicological research domains. Located in one of the oldest university cities in the world, the department offers its professors a stimulating context for innovative research as well as autonomy in developing their own fields of interest.
Duties
Research
to develop a research programme in the above-mentioned domain(s) through publications, projects, and conferences and/or study-days
to maintain and strengthen existing collaborative links
to recruit outstanding researchers both nationally and internationally
Education
to supervise students at bachelor, master, and doctoral level
to deliver excellent teaching in the assigned domains
to maintain good relations with students
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES:
Music History and Analysis: Global Perspectives – annually; 39 contact-hours; BA (9 ECTS)
Seminar in Music History, Analysis, and Culture – every two years; 20 contact-hours; BA (7 ECTS)
Music and Society – every two years; 26 contact-hours; BA (4 ECTS)
Music and Media – every two years; 26 contact hours; BA (4 ECTS)
Analysis in Context – every two years; 39 contact-hours; MA (6 ECTS)
Supervision of bachelor and master papers (usually written in Dutch)
In addition, some introductory courses and seminars with coaching responsibilities may be shared with other staff members after appointment (e.g., Introduction to Musicology, Music History Overview, Introduction to Music Theory, Research Colloquia, Internship Supervision).
(A fully revised musicology curriculum will begin in September 2023, simultaneously with this appointment. An overview of the new programme can be obtained from Prof. Pieter Bergé (pieter.berge@kuleuven.be). )
Service
to work together with the other members of the department and the faculty
to carry out administrative tasks and responsibilities
to maintain good relations with colleagues both within the university and externally
to take part in outreach and valorisation activities
Profile
Candidates are expected to:
have a doctorate in musicology by the time of application
have demonstrable expertise in cultural musicology, broadly understood. Possible relevant fields include: music and society (gender, eco-musicology, music sociology); music and media (television, film, gaming, audio culture); ethnomusicology (in both western and non-western cultures, post-colonial studies). This expertise should be apparent from publications, conference participation, and involvement in international networks
have relevant, and positively evaluated, teaching experience at university level
have teamwork skills and a collegial attitude
be able to share musicological knowledge with a wider public
integrate into Flemish and Belgian cultural life
Offer
full-time appointment at assistant-professor level
a tenure-track appointment for five years in the first instance (extendible by a year in the event of maternity-leave or serious illness), followed by an evaluation. If this evaluation is positive, the candidate will receive a permanent contract at the level of associate professor
a starting grant of €100,000 if you cannot rely on substantial other funding
practical support with regard to immigration and administration, housing, childcare, learning Dutch, partner career coaching, etc.
Interested?
Candidates are requested to submit:
a covering letter
a CV
a research-plan for the coming five years (maximum 2 pages)
a statement of teaching (maximum 2 pages)
Applications should be submitted in English, through the university’s job application platform.
FURTHER INFORMATION
The KU Leuven’s administrative language is Dutch. If, at appointment, you are insufficiently familiar, or entirely unfamiliar, with this language, the KU Leuven offers training that will allow you to take part in administrative meetings. Before you begin to teach in English or Dutch, you will be given the opportunity to acquire the necessary competence in these languages.
For more information please contact Prof. dr. Liesbet Heyvaert, tel.: +32 56 24 61 45, mail: liesbet.heyvaert@kuleuven.be or Prof. dr. Pieter Bergé, tel.: +32 16 32 48 96, mail: pieter.berge@kuleuven.be.For problems with online applying, please contact solliciteren@kuleuven.be.
You can apply for this job no later than January 31, 2023 via the online application tool
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