Project Staff (University Assistant) for FWF-Projekt „Sonic Imaginaries of Africa in German Film (1930–2000)“

Job offer

The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz – Centre for Gender and Diversity – is offering a position beginning with 01.05.2025 for a

Project Staff (University Assistant) for FWF-Projekt

„Sonic Imaginaries of Africa in German Film (1930–2000)“

The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz – the KUG – with around 2,300 students at its campuses in Graz and Oberschützen, is an international university offering a wide range of courses in music and the performing arts. Located in the heart of Europe, we build on the cultural heritage of our region and at the same time explore and contribute to current trends in the contemporary arts. We engage with international developments in the arts, pedagogy and research, and explore the significance of art and culture in society. Teachers and students work cooperatively in this process. We are committed to fostering gender mainstreaming, diversity, and sustainability in order to transform the artistic and cultural sector, as well as to further develop our institution.

Your duties

• project assistance within the interdisciplinary project “Sonic Imaginaries of Africa in German Film (1930-2000)”, (FWF/Elise Richter, RIC 4006324)

• film analysis and transcription

• archive research

• conceptual, editorial and organizational support for mainly English-language publications (peer-reviewed and open access), international conferences and media-cultural activities

• participation in organisational, research and administrative as well as evaluation duties

Your profile

• completion of a diploma or master’s degree in an appropriate professional study area

(music, film and media studies or related subjects) eligible for the application

• very good film and media studies skills

• very good skills in film analysis and transcription, knowledge in the analysis of film music and theoretical skills in the field of postcolonial studies are desirable

• very good command of the German language (German-language film repertoire), preferably also of English

• interdisciplinary interests in one of the following areas: colonial heritage of cinema, cinema and race, colonialism as culture, alterity studies, imagology, conceptualization/mediatization of regionality and 'Heimat'

• independent PhD project in the field of music, film and media studies or related subjects is optional

• Sensitivity in dealing with gender, diversity and sustainability

Experience in the field of Science Communication (Science Outreach) is welcome.

Contract: limited until 30.04.2027 (with the option for a extension for a further year, if required), the working contract has to be approved by the FWF.

Level of employment: employment extent of 40 % of full-employment

Salary: Collective agreement minimum monthly gross salary currently € 1,431.52 (14 x annually).

The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz aims to increase the proportion of women among its artistic and scientific staff and therefore explicitly invites qualified women to apply. In the event of underrepresentation, women with equal qualifications will be given priority.

Persons with disabilities or chronic illnesses who meet the required qualification criteria are expressly invited to apply.

We look forward to receiving your written application including a cover letter and other documents (CV, certificates, abstract of the dissertation project, list of publications and courses held etc.) to bewerbung@kug.ac.at.

Application deadline: 22.01.2025

Reference number: 104/24

There are no travel and accommodation costs for the applicants, as the application procedure will take place online.

On behalf of the rectorate

Georg Schulz