The History Department in the Centre for European Historical and Cultural Studies (ZEGK) at Heidelberg University invites applications for a

W3 full-professorship for contemporary history (f/m/d)

to be filled as of April 1, 2025. The position holder should cover contemporary history in its entirety in research and teaching, with a focus on German and Western European history since the Second World War.

The willingness to participate in the supervision and further development of all degree programs in the History Department, especially the Master of Education, is expected.

Prerequisites for employment are a university degree, an excellent PhD, pedagogical ability, which is tested in the procedure through a teaching sample, but can also be documented through teaching evaluation or similar. Additional requirements are a “Habilitation” or, alternatively, a positively evaluated junior professorship, a second book, or a tenured professorship (in accordance with article 47, paragraph 2 of the Higher Education Law of the state of Baden-Württemberg).

The application deadline is April 7, 2024. Please send your application with the usual documents (curriculum vitae, including academic career and research profile, lists of publications and of teaching experience) electronically summarized in a PDF file to the Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, Heidelberg University, Voßstr. 2, Gebäude 37, 69115 Heidelberg, E-mail: philosophische.fakultaet@uni-heidelberg.de.

Heidelberg University stands for equal opportunities and diversity. Qualified female candidates are especially invited to apply. Persons with severe disabilities will be given preference if they are equally qualified. Information on job advertisements and the collection of personal data is available at https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/job-market.