Professor of Comparative Literature

Job title:

Professor of Comparative Literature

Company

Universität Wien

Job description

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 Philological and Cultural Studies, the University of Vienna seeks to appoint aFull Professor of Comparative LiteratureThe position:We are looking for internationally renowned personalities who represent the field of Comparative Literature in research and teaching. They are expected to specialize in one or more of the following areas: Thematology, World Literature, Literature and Intermedia/Interarts. We welcome interest in theoretical and methodological aspects of comparative literature.Successful applicants are expected to be involved in teaching in the B.A., M.A. and doctoral programs. The University of Vienna values interdisciplinary cooperation, which is why a willingness to collaborate with other disciplines within the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies and across faculty boundaries is expected. Applicants should be willing to develop externally funded projects.Your academic profile:

• Doctoral degree/PhD
• Outstanding research achievements, excellent publication and funding record, international reputation
• Proven leadership qualities
• Gender and diversity competence
• Experience in designing and managing large research projects
• Enthusiasm for excellent teaching and supervision at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral level
• Willingness to take on organisational and administrative responsibilities within the Faculty and the University

The University of Vienna expects 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:

• 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

(§98 UG, level A1, to be negotiated individually) and an organisational retirement plan * a “start-up package”, in particular for the initiation of research projects

• comprehensive relocation support

Application documents:Please submit a single PDF file (LastName_FirstName.pdf) containing the following information in English (additionally, in German is possible) via e-mail to the Dean of the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies of the University of Vienna, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Müller ( ): * Letter of motivation

• Academic curriculum vitae

• education and training
• positions held to date
• relevant parental, family or other care times
• awards and honors
• commissions of trust
• previous and current cooperation partners
• list of most important acquired third-party funding as principal investigator
• list of most important scientific talks (max. 10)
• teaching and mentoring
• supervision experience (Master and PhD)
• List of publications and a link to your ORCID record
• Research statement

• most important research achievements (max. 2 pages) and planned future research activities (max. 4 pages)
• synopsis of five key publications with relevance to the position advertised
• 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)

Appendices to application document:

• Five key publications as electronic full text version
• Teaching evaluations (if available, compiled into a single PDF file)
• Copies of certificates of academic degrees (mandatory, compiled into a single PDF file)

The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the and . 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.University of Vienna. Space for personalities. Since 1365.Reference no.: 150-2024
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Location

Wien

Job date

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 06:09:50 GMT

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