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Vacancy: Professor of Europe in a Global Context (University of Amsterdam) – deadline 12 August 2026
The Department of History, European Studies, Religious Studies, and CEDLA-Latin American Studies of the University of Amsterdam is looking to appoint a full Professor of Europe in a Global Context.
This professorship in European Studies focuses on Europe and its relations in a global context. This chair will strengthen the interdisciplinary profile of European Studies in the Faculty of Humanities by focusing on Europe’s connections, interdependence and post-colonial legacies with other world regions. In doing so, it will also study the long-term changes in global dynamics and their political, cultural and social consequences for Europe’s position in the global world.
The professor will be participating in the bilingually-taught (English and Dutch) teaching programme of the BA European Studies/Europese Studies and the English taught MA European Studies, consisting of the three tracks: European Policy, Identity & Integration, and East European Studies and is able to further develop these educational BA and MA programmes in collaboration with colleagues. The chair is expected to further shape the expertise of Europe in a global context and to transfer this agenda into the teaching programmes. Importantly, the candidate has a vision on how to make the European Studies curriculum more diverse and inclusive, specifically in a global context.
The professor is part of the Amsterdam School for Regional, Transnational and European Studies (ARTES) and initiates, stimulates and develops research that addresses Europe in a global context, specifically on the shifting power balance between Europe, former colonies and other world regions and its political, cultural and/or social consequences.
Applications should be submitted ultimately by 12 August 2026.
