Lecturer Performance Studies (theory)

Vacancy | Lecturer

ArtEZ University of the Arts

For the Master’s Performance Practices, we are looking for a:

Lecturer Performance Studies (theory)

(0,2 fte)

ArtEZ University of the Arts is home to a diverse, international community of students, teachers and researchers who find with us the space for artistic, intellectual and personal growth. Art binds us. Art incites innovative ideas and alternative ways of thinking. Our motto is: art changes. Art changes.

With inspiring art education at Bachelor's and Master's level and leading artistic research, ArtEZ creates the place where you can make a difference, in art and in society. ArtEZ has about 3,000 students and 900 teachers and other staff and has locations in Arnhem, Enschede and Zwolle.

The MA Performance Practices at the HOME OF PERFORMANCE PRACTICES and ArtEZ University is currently looking for a lecturer who can offer theory classes in Performance Studies and support our students in their critical thinking and academic writing. As a lecturer, you will offer group classes for first and second-year students. You will coach and support individual students to conduct their own research and write academic essays.  

What will you do?

• You offer group theoretical sessions in Performance Studies for Master’s level. The group classes will take place in intensive blocks during the residential periods. During the non-residential periods, you organise individual tutorials with students and are involved with giving feedback and marking.
• You guide and coach individual student trajectories by supporting them in finding ways to conduct research, engage in critical thinking and write academic essays/articles.
• Help students understand and engage with academic writing standards and ethos.
• To this end, you organise individual meetings with the students and participate in regular meetings with the Head of the programme as far as your assignment is concerned.
• You play a crucial role in assessing the students’ essays.

Who we are?

The HOME OF PERFORMANCE PRACTICES at ArtEZ University of the Arts is an incubator for artistic research around the Body in Performance and its wider Ecology. Within its setting of de-disciplined and diverse thinking, the HOME promotes performance-making as a strategy for equitable societies.

At the core of the HOME is the accredited MA Performance Practices. The programme is at the forefront of rigorous artistic and intellectual enquiry and facilitated by a team of internationally renowned practitioners and researchers. Students design rigorous lines of research, investigating, challenging, and reshaping the role of the artist, contributing to the advancement of performance in their chosen field.

What do you bring?

• You have extensive professional experience as a Performance Studies scholar
• It’s a plus if you have a PhD and have published your own book(s) or article(s) in peer-reviewed academic journals
• You have experience in teaching at a postgraduate level
• You are interested in working with international students
• You are proactive in reaching out to students and can keep track of a fragmented agenda
• You are punctual when it comes to writing reports, preparing assessments, reading documents coming from the students
• You are interested in being part of a bigger (international) team and being involved in the continuous development of the programme together with the lecturers and the team
• You live in the Netherlands or at a distance from Arnhem that enables commuting
• Your English is excellent in speech and writing

What do we offer?

We offer a temporarily contract for 1 year of 0,2 FTE. In case of good performance, your contract can be extended. The gross monthly salary is at least €4.535,76 and at most € 6.359,47 (Lecturer B, scale 11) based on a 36-hour working week. In addition to an informal and open working atmosphere, we offer attractive employment conditions according to the collective labor agreement for higher professional education CAO-HBO.

Application and information

If you have the knowledge, skills and experience to work as a Lecturer in Performance Studies, we invite you to apply, especially if you also bring an enthusiastic team spirit and a strong professional mentality.

ArtEZ attaches great importance to a diverse and inclusive organization. Working in diverse teams makes us more effective, more innovative and work more fun. Anyone who feels inspired by this is invited to apply.

Information about the this position can be obtained from Dr. Pavlos Kountouriotis

Head of MA Performance Practices , P.Kountouriotis@artez.nl. For more information about ArtEZ and working at ArtEZ go to www.artez.nl/Over-ArtEZ.

You can apply until Friday 23rd of February via the Apply button.

First round of interviews will be held Monday 10th of March.

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.