Assistant Professor - Tenure Track

• 01.09.2022
• for 6 years, possibility of a qualification agreement

a Postdoctoral Associate (40 hours/week). The position is initially limited to a period of six years. The department can offer a qualification agreement. Upon successfully fulfilling the terms of this agreement, the employee will be offered a permanent position as associate professor.

Main duties: 

• independent research in the field of British/Anglophone literary studies; 
• implementation of a postdoc research project on the level of a Habilitationsprojekt; 
• internationally visible publication and conference activities;
• application for third-party funding;
• independent teaching of courses on different periods (including periods before 1900) in all programmes (BA, MA, teacher training programmes);
• (co)-supervision of student theses; 
• student supervision; 
• participation in research projects at the department and in the University’s research centres;
• administrative support

Necessary qualifications: 

• completed doctorate (PhD) in British/Anglophone literary studies (with above-average result); 
• academic publications (in addition to the PhD thesis) and conference papers; 
• research interests/areas in the field of British/Anglophone (not US-American) literatures; 
• excellent didactic abilities; 
• relevant mobility experiences (during or after PhD phase); 
• excellent knowledge of English (level C2); 
• good knowledge of German (at least B1; willingness to acquire level C1 in German within two years); 
• experience with the acquisition and/or management of third-party funding; 
• excellent communication skills and the ability to work well in a team; 
• high capacity for independent work and demonstrable organisational skills
• Desirable: relevant international networks and international academic experience

Please include the following in your application (as PDF files):

• Letter of motivation
• Academic CV
• All relevant academic certificates
• List of publications, and conference and teaching activities
• Description of a postdoc research project (on the level of a Habilitationsprojekt) in the area of British/Anglophone (not US-American) literary studies (max. 10 pages)
• Your dissertation 
• 2 additional journal articles or book chapters
• Description of your teaching philosophy and draft of a seminar plan for the mandatory module 11B in the BA curriculum “Anglistik und Amerikanistik” (1 page each)

We are looking forward to receiving your online application.

The full, legally binding call for application (in German) including the salary can be found here:
https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/karriereportal.details?asg_id_in=12592

The University of Innsbruck is committed to raising the quota of female employees and therefore explicitly welcomes applications from qualified female scientists. In the case of female underrepresentation women with equal qualifications will be given priority.

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