[Mendele] Mendele Personal Notices and Announcements---Full Professorship in Yiddish Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna

[Victor Bers]

From: Marion Aptroot <aptroot at phil.hhu.de>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 16:17:57 +0100
Subject: Job: Full Professorship in Yiddish Literary and Cultural Studies
at the University of Vienna

At the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies of the University of
Vienna the position of a University Professor of Yiddish Literary and
Cultural Studies
(full time, permanent position) is to be filled.

As specified in the University`s Development Plan, the position is to be
linked to the research area “Aesthetics and mediality dimensions of
communication”.

The successful candidate will cover wide areas of Yiddish literary and
cultural studies from the beginning to the end of the long 19th century.

A focus in core areas of philological research, e.g. historical narratology
or textual scholarship, is desired. A comparative perspective on the
relation between Yiddish tradition and those textual cultures that are
focussed on in German studies, is also desired, as well as a focus on
Yiddish in the Habsburgian realm with a special emphasis on the situation
in Vienna.

The professorship will also establish a curriculum in (West)Yiddish
Language, Literature and Culture, that is open especially to those students
in philological and historiographical curricula looking for an additional
interdisciplinary focus and also offers students in German studies an area
of specialization. The professorship will be located at the Department of
German Studies. The successful candidate should also have a experience in
research and teaching in German Studies and will have to cooperate with
different historical or philological disciplines.

It is expected to teach in the developed curriculum of Yiddish as well as
in the curricula offered at the Department of German Studies at all levels
(Bachelor, Master, PhD), to supervise theses and dissertations, to support
young academics and to actively participate in the university’s
self-governance.

Successful candidates should have the following qualifications:

· Doctoral degree/PhD and post-doctoral experience at a university or other
research institution

    Habilitation (venia docendi) in a subject field relevant to this
position or an internationally accepted equivalent qualification is
desirable
    Outstanding achievements in research, excellent publication record,
international reputation
    Experience in designing, procuring and managing large research
projects, as well as the willingness and ability to lead research groups
    Enthusiasm for excellent teaching, teaching experience at universities
as well as the ability and willingness to teach students in all phases of
their studies (bachelor's, master's, or doctoral level), to supervise
academic theses and to promoting young academic colleagues

In addition, the University of Vienna expects the successful candidate to
be prepared to take over responsibility on the organisational level of the
Faculty and the University, if necessary.

We offer:

    a negotiable and attractive salary (classification according to the
Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff, allocation to job
group A1; section 98 of the Universities Act 2002); the salary will be
individually negotiated under consideration of the previous career
development and the current income situation
    in addition to the statutory social insurance, the University of Vienna
offers a pension fund to its employees
    a “start-up package”, in particular for the initiation of research
projects
    a dynamic research location with well-established research funding
provisions
    attractive working conditions in a city with a high quality of life
    comprehensive advice and support in relation to finding an
accommodation, change of schools and dual career
    a wide range of support services offered by central service institutions

The University of Vienna pursues a non-discriminatory employment policy and
values equal opportunities, as well as diversity (
http://diversity.univie.ac.at/en). The University puts special emphasis on
increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions. Given
equal qualifications, preference will be given to female applicants.

Application documents:

Application letter, including a brief description of:

    current research interests and research plans for the immediate future
    current and planned foci in academic teaching and the supervision of
young Researchers
    Academic curriculum vitae,
    including information about “esteem factors” (e.g. experience as a
publisher, functions in research societies or programme committees)
    List of publications, including:
    specification of five key publications which the applicant considers
particularly relevant to the advertised professorship
    provision of an Internet link for download or electronic submission of
PDF versions of these five publications
    information about citations and impact factors, depending on the common
practice in the relevant research area
    List of talks given,including information about invited keynote
lectures at international conferences
    Third-party funds
    list of acquired third-party funds (subject, duration, origin, volume)
as well as, if applicable, of inventions/patents
    Overview of previous academic teaching and supervised theses,
especially doctoral theses
    Teaching evaluations (if available)
    Copies of documents and certificates

Applications in German or English should be submitted by e-mail to the Dean
of the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies of the University of
Vienna, Univ. Prof. Dr. Melanie Malzahn, Universitätsring 1, 1010 Vienna (
dekanat-pkw at univie.ac.at).

Reference no.: 124-2018
The application deadline is 7 January 2019.
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