You will actively contribute to the department and its teaching and research programs, in particular in Visual and Medical Anthropology. 

The position will require you to:

• develop and teach general, specialist and methodology courses in our Bachelor and Master’s programs, particularly in the fields of visual and medical anthropology, and supervise undergraduate and graduate students;

• develop, carry out and supervise anthropological research, participate in international research networks and develop a line of research in collaboration with other researchers working at the department;

• acquire and help to acquire external funding for research (also alongside junior researchers);
• engage in activities in the public sphere and in other arenas outside academia;
• take on academic service tasks within the department.

Essential criteria:

• a PhD degree and some experience as a postdoctoral researcher or (junior) faculty member;

• a strong track record in visual and medical anthropology;
• experience as ethnographic / documentary filmmaker;

• a proven track record in high-quality teaching at Bachelor and Masters level, and ability to teach theoretical and methodological courses in visual and medical anthropology;

• the potential to acquire research funding from external sources (for instance, Netherlands’ Organization for Scientific Research, the European Research Council);

• excellent knowledge of spoken and written English;
• working proficiency in the Dutch language or the willingness develop this within two years;
• a commitment to academic service, including management tasks in the department.

Desirable qualities:

• expertise in one of the following areas within medical anthropology: mental health; disability; reproductive health; or pharmaceuticals;
• expertise in one of the following areas within visual anthropology: media anthropology; anthropology of sound; history of ethnographic film; sensory ethnography;
• a proven commitment to public anthropological engagement with non-academic actors.

• We offer an employment contract of 38 hours per week for one year with a probationary period of two months. If you prove to be a good fit and financial and organizational circumstances remain unchanged, the contract will be converted into a permanent employment agreement.
• We hope you will be able to start by 1 September 2026.

• Your salary, depending on your relevant experience and qualifications, ranges between €4,728 to €6,433 gross per month based on a full-time working week of 38 hours. This sum does not include the 8% holiday allowance and the 8.3% year-end allowance. A favourable tax agreement, the ’30 % ruling’, may apply to non-Dutch applicants. The Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO NU) is applicable.