The University of Duisburg-Essen (Campus Essen), Faculty of Humanities, Department of History, offers the following position to be filled at 01.10.2024:
Professorship for “Regional History in a European perspective”
(salary class W2 LBesO W – with Tenure-Track Process to W3 after a 3 years)
The position seeks an individual with a proven track record in research who represents Regional history in a European perspective across the historical epochs and who is committed to interweaving regional, transnational, European, and global perspectives, as well as to expanding common approaches to national and regional history both empirically and theoretically. The candidate's conceptual approaches to the research field should be methodologically and theoretically on par with current standards of academic history and go beyond traditional classifications of historical periods and spatial concepts. An interest or a focus on the history of the region around the Rhine, Meuse and Ruhr in the rivers’ transregional entanglements is desirable. At the latest after an appointment to the University of Duisburg-Essen, the position holder should represent the history of this particular region in its entire range, both in research and teaching. The position is associated with the management of the "Institute for Lower Rhine Cultural History and Regional Development" (InKuR). There is also a teaching cooperation between the professorship and the Department of Netherlandic Studies.
Candidates should have a university degree, proven teaching skills and experience, and excellent research skills, as evidenced by a high-quality doctorate. In addition, an outstanding international scholarly record in the relevant field of the professorship is expected, which has been achieved within the framework of a junior/assistant professorship, a habilitation/”second book” or a comparable qualification.
High-quality peer-reviewed publications, international experience as well as experience in the acquisition and direction of competitive third-party funded projects, preferably with EU- or DFG-funding, are expected. The readiness to engage in current and future third-party funded projects and in interdisciplinary collaboration with the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut – KWI) as well as with other institutes and research centers of the University of Duisburg-Essen and the University Alliance Ruhr is also expected. The University of Duisburg-Essen attaches particular importance to the quality of teaching. Teaching concepts that also take into account the profile of the University of Duisburg-Essen must be exhibited. A special interest in Public History is an asset. The successful candidate is expected to participate in all teaching programs offered by the Department of History, including in particular the Master program "Intercultural History Practice”.
The Department of History considers digitization as a priority and favors the implementation and further development of these aspects in research and teaching. German language skills at the level of C1 are expected; if these are not met, they should generally be acquired within two years of the appointment.
The hiring requirements comply with § 36 of the Higher Education Act of North Rhine-Westphalia (HG).
The University of Duisburg-Essen promotes the diversity of its members (cf. www.uni-due.de/diversity/). It strives to increase the percentage of women in its academic staff and therefore emphatically invites qualified women to apply. The faculty’s gender equality officer is available as the contact person at gleichstellung-geiwi@uni-due.de. In case of equal qualifications, female candidates will be considered with preference (Equal Opportunities Act). As per § 2 Sect. 3 SGB IX, applications by candidates with a disability or equivalent status are especially welcome.
Applications including the usual documents (CV documenting the candidate’s academic and professional development, a list of publications, copies of relevant documents and certificates, an exposé of the applicant’s research profile with reference to its relevance for the University of Duisburg-Essen, a list of courses taught and a teaching philosophy and concept that takes into account the profile of the University of Duisburg-Essen, an enumeration of experience in academic self-administration and a list of successful external grant applications) are to be submitted via mail by 08 March 2024 at the latest to the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Prof. Dr. Dirk Hartmann, bewerbungen-geiwi@uni-due.de.
Further information on the position, its integration into the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Faculty of Humanities can be found at:
https://www.uni-due.de/geisteswissenschaften/
https://www.uni-due.de/geschichte/