Senior Research Fellow (Oberassistenz) in Cultural Studies and European Ethnology - Postdoc

Your assignments

– Research on visual, material, media, and digital culture, museums, and memory and narrative studies, with the aim of completing a habilitation
– Expand the department's collaborative networks with museums, cultural heritage organizations, and collections (e.g., the multimedia archive of Swiss Empirical Cultural Studies, EKWS), as well as with civil society and artistic actors in Basel and beyond
– Teach (2 hours per week) and supervise students, including bachelor's and master's theses
– Contribute to committee work and self-administration

Your profile

– A doctorate in European Ethnology/Empirical Cultural Studies, or Social and Cultural Anthropology
– Research focus on visual, material, media, and digital culture, museums, and memory and narrative studies
– Experience in empirical-qualitative research within a European context, with an optional extension of fieldwork to non-European settings as well
– Experience collaborating with museums, cultural heritage organizations, collections, civil society organizations, or artistic communities
– Experience teaching at the university level
– Excellent command of German and English; Italian is a plus
– An independent, structured, and team-oriented way of working
– Preferred: experience in museum, exhibition, or curatorial work, and/or collections management
– Preferred: familiarity with multimedia software (video and audio) and experience with multimodal teaching or exhibition projects

We offer you

The opportunity to pursue a habilitation at a workplace in the heart of Basel, with scope to shape your own work within a committed team. Terms of employment follow University of Basel guidelines. The Oberassistenz appointment runs for two years, with the possibility of extension for a further four years.