The teaching and research profile of the profile area “Global and Entangled History” at Bielefeld University focuses on translocal, transregional and transcultural processes of entanglement. We seek to question conventional categories such as space, power relations and eurocentrism and make the dynamics of global interactions, interconnections and border crossings tangible in their depth. For us, global and entangled history is both a research perspective and a set of instruments and is made fruitful for the study of all world regions from antiquity to the modern age.
The profile area emerged from the former research areas Global History of Modernity, History of the Early Modern Period, History of Eastern Europe and Ibero-American History. In a reform process, the Department of History at Bielefeld University has abolished individual chairs as the structure of the department and instead established profile areas in which academics from different status groups teach and conduct research together without being directly assigned to one of the professors. This allows us to offer a cooperative, innovative working environment with flat hierarchies. At the same time, cooperative and committed supervision of the qualification project by the professors of the profile area is guaranteed.
The profile area includes several research associations and networks that support and partly finance international research and networking.
Your tasks:
- independent academic research (theory- and method-oriented post-doctoral project in the context of the profile area of global and entangled history)
- teaching (4 LVS per semester) at both BA and MA levels (in German and also in English)
- participation in examinations and supervision of bachelor/master theses
- participation in the self-administration of the History Department
- participation in the design and further development and supervision of the international co-operations of the profile area.
The tasks are also conducive to the achievement of additional academic achievements.
Your profile:
We expect:
- a completed academic degree (e.g. master or diploma) in history or related subjects
- completed doctorate in history
- teaching experience
- independent and team-oriented way of working
- very good to at least good language skills in German and English (written and spoken)
What we are looking for:
- advanced language skills (preferably non-European)
- willingness to take part in further training in higher education didactics
- willingness to cooperate and acquire third-party funding (independently or within existing research networks)
We offer:
- salary according to renumeration level A13 LBesG NRW
- fixed term (until 30.9.2025) (with the option of extension for 3 further years) (paragraph 44 Abs. 8 Hochschulgesetz NRW)
- fulltime
- wide range of health, consulting and prevention service
- reconcilability of family and working life
- collegial working environment
Application Procedure
We are looking forward to receiving your application, including a 3–5 page outline of a theory- and method-oriented post-doctoral project in the context of the profile area “Global and Entangled History”. Please send us your complete application documents, using the reference code Wiss22242, by e-mail as a single PDF document to bewerbung-gephth@uni-bielefeld.de or by post (see postal address). The position is not assigned to a specific chair, but to the profile area “Global and Entangled History”. Please note that the possibility of privacy breaches and unauthorized access by third parties cannot be excluded when communicating via unencrypted e-mail. For Information on the processing of personal data click here.
Application deadline: 30.03.2022