The Seminar for Medieval History at the University of Tübingen, Germany, invites applications for a Research associate /doctoral Position (m/f/d; E 13 TV-L, 65 percent) to commence from 1 October 2022. This is a fixed-term position of four years. The position is situated at the “Professur”/Chair for Medieval History with a focus on the Mediterranean and the Middle East. The chair is particularly interested in the manifold connections between the Latin-Christian, Arabic-Islamic and Greek-Christian spheres, as well as in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim relations.
Responsibilities
The successful candidate’s responsibilities will include research, teaching as well as work for the matters of the chair. In particular, it is expected that they conduct independent research in order to complete the degree of Dr. phil. in Medieval History at the University of Tübingen by writing a research dissertation either in German or English. Furthermore, the successful candidate will teach a total of 2 hours per week (which equals one course per semester), mainly directed at undergraduate students. It is also important that the candidate engages with the activities of the chair (e.g. by contributing to ongoing research projects or by participating in workshops or research colloquia). The chair hosts two international research projects, one on Interreligious Communication which is financed by the AHRC and the DFG (plus Postdoc position), the other on Society, Science and Environmental Change supported through an ERC Consolidator Grant (plus PhD position). Both projects are in close cooperation with the universities of Durham (UK) and Konstanz. The latter is also the partner in an ongoing edition-project, namely, a commented anthology of Latin and Arabic primary sources concerning medieval transmediterranean history.
In addition to that, the successful candidate will profit from the environment of a research-strong university which hosts a broad range of disciplines. Furthermore, they will get the opportunity to receive further training and education, e.g., through Tübingen Graduate School.
Qualifications
When commencing the position, the candidate will have an above-average master’s degree in History or in a closely related field. They also need excellent skills in English as well as knowledge in those languages that will be relevant for the candidate’s proposed research project. Please do address these in your application. Particularly encouraged to apply are candidates who work with at least one of the source-languages that are relevant to the medieval Mediterranean (especially Arabic, Hebrew, Latin, and/or Greek) and whose research interests include entangled history.
Application documents, deadline, and selection process
Please hand in your application consisting of a cover letter which outlines your academic development, motivation and, if applicable, first experiences in the academic field; furthermore, please hand in a CV with two referees; university certificates/ diplomas or transcript of records; an abstract of your MA thesis (max. 500 words); a writing sample of about 15 pages (either a publication, or a chapter of your thesis or an academic essay); a preliminary outline (max. two pages) of a potential PhD project with a bibliography of max. one page.
All documents should be sent by e-mail in a single PDF file to theresa.jaeckh@uni-tuebingen.de by 31 May 2022. We shall aim to schedule the interviews towards the end of June. The employment will be carried out by the central administration of the University of Tübingen.
The university seeks to raise the number of women in research and teaching and therefore urges qualified women academics to apply for these positions. Equally qualified applicants with disabilities will be given preference.