​The University of Pennsylvania is an ivy-league university founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1751, located in Philadelphia. The Professorship is administered by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at U Penn. The Department seeks energetic and intellectually agile candidates from a variety of fields who are able to offer courses on aspects of Flemish and Dutch culture (arts, history, language, literature, society) in a comparative context. Of particular interest to U Penn are candidates whose research engages in one or more of the following interdisciplinary fields: medieval and early modern; word and image studies (including comics and graphic novel); Jewish studies; refugees and migration; environmental humanities; cinema and media; digital humanities; the idea of Europe and the EU; cultural histories of WWI; Europe under Nazi occupation; gender studies; history of the material text; translation, multilingualism and language politics. Candidates may want to explore some of U Penn’s many interdisciplinary centers, institutes and faculty seminars:

• Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures https://www.sas.upenn.edu/germanic/
• Global Medieval Studies at Penn https://www.sas.upenn.edu/medieval/
• Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies http://katz.sas.upenn.edu/
• Perry World House https://global.upenn.edu/perryworldhouse
• Penn Program in Environmental Humanities and PPEHLab http://www.ppehlab.org/
• Cinema and Media Studies http://cinemastudies.sas.upenn.edu/
• Price Lab for Digital Humanities https://pricelab.sas.upenn.edu/
• Penn Humanities Forum https://www.phf.upenn.edu/
• Alice Paul Center for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality https://www.sas.upenn.edu/categories/alice-paul-center-research-on-women-gender-and-sexuality
• Kelly Writers Houses http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/
• Workshop in the History of Material Texts http://www.english.upenn.edu/graduate/working-groups/materialtexts
• Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts http://www.library.upenn.edu/kislak/
• History of Art Department http://www.sas.upenn.edu/arthistory/
  

Expectations: The Brueghel Professor offers two courses, typically one at the undergraduate and one at the graduate level. The Department arranges for the courses to be crosslisted with appropriate departments and programs and consults with the Brueghel Professor to ensure a good fit with the curriculum and to optimal interdisciplinary enrollment. The Brueghel Professor should be prepared to take advantage of the many opportunities Penn offers and to establish and deepen his/her North American academic network. The Brueghel Professor holds one public lecture and co-organizes a colloquium on a topic of his/her choice in consultation with Penn colleagues. The Bruegel Professor coordinates publicity for events with the Flanders House in New York City. U Penn provides outstanding research facilities.

Applicants should provide:
1) a cover letter explaining interest
2) brief CV (3 pages)
3) brief descriptions of 2-3 proposed courses
4) title and abstract for a public lecture
5) title and abstract for a colloquium and any other project that would contribute to increasing the visibility of the Brueghel Professorship.

Applications should be sent by email to Professor Simon Richter (srichter@sas.upenn.edu) by 12 June 2017.

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Ter info: de volgende vergoeding/terugbetaling kosten wordt voorzien:
-    forfaitaire expatriatievergoeding van 1250 € per maand (maximum 5000 € voor 4 maanden);
-    de vlucht heen en terug, Brussel - Philadelphia (economy class);
-    de logieskosten voor een maximum van 2500 € per maand en voor een termijn van maximum 4 maanden;
-    de ziekte- en reisverzekering.