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The University of Bayreuth is a research-oriented university with internationally competitive, interdisciplinary focus areas in research and teaching. The Faculty of Cultural Studies at the University of Bayreuth is currently seeking to appoint aProfessor of Cultural Anthropology of Africa (pay grade: W3)This is a permanent civil service position.The successful candidate will represent the entire spectrum of cultural anthropology of Africa. He or she will have extensive experience in teaching and research in the field of social anthropology, experience in empirical research, and an innovative research focus that complements Bayreuth’s existing research areas in social anthropology.The postholder will further develop the subject area social anthropology at the University of Bayreuth with its many intersections in the Faculty of Cultural Studies and will engage in joint research projects. He or she will be expected to actively contribute to the University’s focus areas, especially African Studies.Teaching will be in the scope of the bachelor’s and master’s programmes relating to African studies, social anthropology (BA Social Anthropology, BA Culture &#38; Society, BA and MA African Culture &#38; Society, MA Cultural &#38; Social Anthropology), and in our Graduate School, BIGSAS.Requirements for this position (according to Article 7 and Article 10 para 3 BayHSchPG) are a university degree, doctoral degree, Habilitation (post-doctoral lecturing qualification), and proven excellence in teaching. Evidence of equivalent scholarly achievement, for example as a junior professor or in a non-university environment, will also be considered. The ability to teach in the English language is expected. Only applicants who are 51 years of age or younger can be hired as civil servants (Article 10 para 3 BayHSchPG).The University of Bayreuth seeks to increase the proportion of women involved in research and teaching (in accordance with Article 4 para 2 sentence 1 BayHSchG) and therefore particularly welcomes female applicants. All qualifications being equal, severely disabled applicants will be given priority. The University of Bayreuth strives to further increase the diversity of its academic staff. For this reason, scholars who can help make the research and teaching profile of the university more diverse are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants with children are highly welcome. The University of Bayreuth has been certified as a “family-friendly university” and offers “dual career support” for career-oriented partners of highly qualified employees. In addition, an extended audit conducted by the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) returned a favourable review for the University of Bayreuth’s commitment to internationalization.Please send your cover letter and supporting documents (CV outlining your education and academic career, a list of publications, a list of courses taught, your certificates, and a concise description of your research) to the Dean of the Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth by 05.11.2017. Application documents cannot be returned to the applicant, and if unsuccessful, the files will be permanently disposed of in accordance with the data protection law. Please also submit an identical copy of your application as a single PDF file (up to 30 MB) to dekanat.kuwi@uni-bayreuth.de