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MASARYK UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF SOCIAL STUDIES, Brno, Czech Republic

THE HEAD OF THE MEDIA STUDIES AND JOURNALISM

INVITES APPLICATIONS

for the post of lecturer at the Department of Media Studies and Journalism.

The post is related to the project “Internationalization, innovation, praxis: education in social sciences for the 21st century (SOVA 21)” (“Internacionalizace, inovace, praxe: sociálně-vědní vzdělávání pro 21. století”) financed by the Operational Programme Education for Competitiveness > 2.2 Higher education (ESF).

The successful candidate is expected to
• hold a Ph.D. in one of these fields: media studies, communication research, journalism, sociology (we prefer Ph.D. graduates from foreign universities or, as an equivalent, experience of working at foreign universities)
• have excellent command of English (CAE, CPE certificates or their equivalent)
• have teaching experience (s/he will teach two courses a semester)

We welcome candidates with a focus on
• comparative media studies
• communication technologies (history of technologies, science and technology studies)
• multimedia / new media
• methods and techniques in media research
• political economy of media

We offer
• an environment supportive of rapidly developing, research-oriented Faculty
• cooperation with a new international research team (focused on internet and new media)
• the successful candidate an opportunity to develop his/her research / academic interests
• appropriate salary

The application should include
• a CV
• a motivation letter
• syllabi of (at least) two courses (in English)
• a full list of academic publications and experience of previous academic research

Details of employment:
• start date: 1 January/February 2015 – 1 May/June 2015

Deadline for applications:
• 30 October 2015

E- Applications:
Please submit a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, evidence of education and work experience, a list of publications, syllabi for two proposed courses and a motivation letter via e-mail to:

Pavel Sedlacek, [log in to unmask]
Masaryk University, Faculty of Social Studies
phone: +420 549 496 544

The review of applications will be conducting in writing and applicants will be informed about the outcome within 15 days following the deadline.

For any further information about the Faculty and department visit http://www.fss.muni.cz/en/site/index.html or contact Pavel Sedlacek (email: [log in to unmask], Foreign Relations, Media Studies and Journalism).