Ref. No.: UKFHS/136684/2021-1

Call for Applications

In compliance with the article 2, paragraph 1 of the Open Call Regulations of Charles University, I hereby announce an Open Call for the position of a Visiting Professor in Social and Cultural Anthropology at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology.

Applicants, holding at least a PhD or an equivalent qualification (according to level 8 ISCED), must be internationally recognized scholars in their research areas. Applicants are invited to expand the research areas of the existing faculty by a focus on phenomena of global significance and their effects on existing or creation of new structures of inequalities and asymmetries. An extra-European area focus is welcome, but not a requirement for candidacy. Successful applicants are expected to teach two 80-minute courses/seminars per week at both MA and BA levels. At least one of the courses should introduce a topic related to their recent research. The courses will be taught in English. Knowledge of the Czech language is not required.

The position is funded by the Czech Operational Programme Research, Development and Education, project No. CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/16_015/0002362. The funding is available for one semester (5 months), starting on February 1st, 2022. The gross monthly salary is CZK 83,000.

Documents in PDF (a letter of motivation, CV, a list of publications, teaching and research statement, annotations of the proposed courses as well as a copy of the document certifying the highest level of education achieved) should be sent to the International Office of the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University at . Syllabi and course struc-ture will be required only from shortlisted candidates.

The application deadline is May 20th, 2021. The selection process will begin immediately after the deadline and a successful candidate will be informed on acceptance within the second half of June 2021.

Prague, April 15th, 2021

Ing. arch. Mgr. Marie Pětová, Ph.D.

Dean of the Faculty of Humanities of Charles University