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The University of Berne offers an Associate Professorship for History&#160; and Cultures of Latin America in the Department of History starting 1&#160; February 2012 (latest start date: 1 August 2012). The Professorship is&#160; affiliated with the Center for Global Studies at the Faculty of&#160; Humanities. Applicants are expected to have wide-ranging perspectives on Latin American History from the beginning of the Early Modern era, in both teaching and research. Candidates should have research&#160; expertise that facilitates co-operation within the department and with&#160; the Center for Global Studies, as well as with other disciplines in the&#160; humanities.Previous experience in negotiating external funding as&#160;well as the willingness to actively participate in establishing&#160;doctoral programmes (third stage of Bologna reform) would be an asset. Applicants are expected to supervise students, and show committed&#160; participation in the directorate of the department and the board of the&#160;Center for Global Studies, as well as in faculty work and &#160;university duties. Academic requirements for this position are a&#160; Habilitation or equivalent academic qualification. The University of&#160; Bern is committed to equal opportunities in employment, in particular&#160; to increasing the number of women in senior academic positions. Women&#160; are therefore encouraged to apply. Applications giving details of&#160; qualifications, experience on academic panels and with external&#160; funding, a list of publications as well as of courses taught, together&#160; with a CV, should be sent in paper form to Dekanat der Phil.-Hist.Fakult&#228;t, Universit&#228;t Bern, L&#228;nggassstrasse 49, CH-3000 Bern&#160; 9, Switzerland. An information leaflet can be obtained from the&#160; Dean's office: johanna.zuberi@histdek.unibe.ch Closing date: 15 May&#160; 2011 