Tenure-Track Professor in the field of Austrian History – The Habsburg Monarchy from the 16th centur
The University of Vienna is internationally renowned for its excellence in teaching and research, and counts more than 7,500 academics from all disciplines. This breadth of expertise offers unique opportunities to address the complex challenges of modern society, to develop comprehensive new approaches, and educate the problem-solvers of tomorrow from a multidisciplinary perspective.
At the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna seeks to appoint a
Tenure-Track Professor in the field of Austrian History – The Habsburg Monarchy from the 16th century
The position
The Habsburg Monarchy from the 16th century is the focus of this tenure-track professorship. With their transnational work, successful applicants will enrich the current research profile of the Faculty, which covers the period from the early Middle Ages to the 20th century. We invite applications from excellent scientists who will break new ground in the study of the Habsburg Monarchy with innovative and source-oriented research in an optimal research environment. The position enables active participation in teaching and in our Doctoral School. Collaboration in the main research areas of the Faculty of History and Cultural Studies, in particular the research area “Austria in its environment”, offers numerous opportunities to fdevelop your own research in an intellectually stimulating network.
The faculty covers all historical subjects at the University of Vienna. The departments, working groups and special libraries that exist today are spread across various locations at the University of Vienna. A special feature of all departments is the Institute for Austrian Historical Research, founded in 1854, which was run as a federal organizational unit and was integrated into the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies in 2016. The Institute of Austrian historical research is an internationally recognized research and training center for the methodology and maintenance of auxiliary historical sciences (palaeography, documentation theory, file studies, source studies, etc.) in their cultural-historical context on the one hand and and for research into the history of the Habsburg Monarchy and its successor states on the other hand. The history of the Habsburg Monarchy in the early modern period is an essential area of research and has always been dealt with at the highest level of competence, which has also been of great importance for teaching. The members of this institute focus, in their research and teaching, on different times and regions; they are interested in diverging questions and problems and therefore represent different theoretical, conceptual and methodological approaches to historical science.
Your academic profile:
- Doctoral degree/PhD
- Two years of international research experience during or after doctoral studies
- Outstanding research achievements, excellent publication and funding record, international reputation
- Gender and diversity competence
- Experience in designing of and participating in research projects, ability to lead research groups and acquire third-party funding
- Enthusiasm for excellent teaching and supervision at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level
We expect the successful candidate to acquire, within three years, proficiency in German sufficient for teaching in bachelor's programmes and for participation in university committees.
We offer:
- the opportunity to obtain a permanent position and eventual promotion to full professor; the initial contract as Assistant Professor is limited to six years, after positive evaluation of a qualification agreement the contract becomes permanent as Associate Professor; Associate Professors can be promoted to Full Professor through an internal competitive procedure.
- a dynamic research environment
- a wide range of research and teaching support services
- attractive working conditions in a city with a high quality of life
- an attractive salary according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff (level A2) and an organisational retirement plan
Application documents (in English):
- Letter of motivation
- Academic curriculum vitae
- education and training (PhD Certificate, PDF)
- positions held to date
- relevant parental, family or other care times
- awards and honors
- commissions of trust
- previous and current cooperation partners
- complete list of acquired third-party funding and, if applicable, of inventions/patents
- list of most important scientific talks (max. 10)
- teaching and mentoring
- supervision experience (Master and PhD), if applicable
- List of publications
- link to your own publicly accessible ORCID record, with a complete and current publication list
- three key publications as electronic full text version (PDF, max 30 MB)
- Research statement
- most important research achievements (max. 2 pages) and planned future research activities (max. 4 pages)
- synopsis of three key publications with relevance to the position advertised
- publication strategy
- Teaching and supervision statement
- teaching and supervision concept, including a description of the previous and planned priorities in academic teaching and supervision (max. 2 pages)
- teaching evaluations (if available, PDF)
If you have any questions, please contact:
tenuretrack.personal@univie.ac.at
Only applications submitted through the link below will be considered.
We look forward to new personalities in our team!
The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.
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Application deadline: 09/18/2024
Reference no.: 2699
