The University of Vienna is internationally renowned for its excellence in teaching and research, and counts more than 7,500 academics from all disciplines. This breadth of expertise offers unique opportunities to address the complex challenges of modern society, to develop comprehensive new approaches, and educate the problem-solvers of tomorrow from a multidisciplinary perspective.
At the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna seeks to appoint a
Tenure-Track Professor in the field of Archival Science
The position
The Institute for Austrian Historical Research has a long tradition of training archivists. The Tenure Track position will strengthen the training program and carry out and support innovative research in the field of archival science. Successful applicants will therefore have excellent knowledge of theory and practice in archives, be familiar with international debates in archival studies and want to contribute to overcoming the current challenges facing archives as a result of ongoing digitization. With its research on new strategies and methods of archiving, this tenure track position is in close exchange with the Faculty’s Digital Humanities projects and the practical developments in Austrian and international archives. We invite applications from all colleagues who want to set new trends in archival science with innovative, theory-based and practice-oriented research in an optimal research environment. The position involves active participation in teaching and in the Doctoral School. Close cooperation with the Austrian and international archives and collaboration in the research focus areas of the Faculty of History and Cultural Studies offers numerous opportunities to further develop your own research in an intellectually stimulating network.
The Faculty is home to all the historical departments at the University of Vienna. The institutes, working groups and specialist libraries that exist today are spread across various locations at the University of Vienna. A special feature among all departments is the Institute for Austrian Historical Research, which was founded in 1854, is run as an organizational unit of the federal government and was integrated into the Faculty of History and Cultural Studies in 2016. The Institute of Austrian Historical Research is an internationally recognized research and training center for methodology, the cultivation of historical auxiliary sciences (paleography, documentary studies, diplomatics, source studies, etc.) and the training of archivists. Due to the close, institutional connection with the Austrian archives in the area of teaching and research, there is an excellent working environment for the tenure track position in archival science. This position is made even more attractive by the opportunities for cooperation with the faculty’s digital humanities initiatives.
Your academic profile:
- Doctoral degree/PhD
- Two years of international research experience during or after doctoral studies
- Outstanding research achievements, excellent publication and funding record, international reputation
- Gender and diversity competence
- Experience in designing of and participating in research projects, ability to lead research groups and acquire third-party funding
- Enthusiasm for excellent teaching and supervision at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level
We expect the successful candidate to acquire, within three years, proficiency in German sufficient for teaching in bachelor's programmes and for participation in university committees.
We offer:
- the opportunity to obtain a permanent position and eventual promotion to full professor; the initial contract as Assistant Professor is limited to six years, after positive evaluation of a qualification agreement the contract becomes permanent as Associate Professor; Associate Professors can be promoted to Full Professor through an internal competitive procedure.
- a dynamic research environment
- a wide range of research and teaching support services
- attractive working conditions in a city with a high quality of life
- an attractive salary according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff (level A2) and an organisational retirement plan
Application documents(in English):
- Letter of motivation
- Academic curriculum vitae
- education and training (PhD Certificate, PDF)
- positions held to date
- career breaks (e.g. relevant parental, family or other care periods)
- awards and honors
- commissions of trust
- previous and current cooperation partners
- complete list of acquired third-party funding and, if applicable, of inventions/patents
- list of most important scientific talks (max. 10)
- teaching and mentoring
- supervision experience (Master and PhD), if applicable
- List of publications
- link to your own publicly accessible ORCID record, with a complete and current publication list
- three key publications as electronic full text version (PDF, max 30 MB)
- Research statement
- most important research achievements (max. 2 pages) and planned future research activities (max. 4 pages)
- synopsis of three key publications with relevance to the position advertised
- publication strategy
- Teaching and supervision statement
- teaching and supervision concept, including a description of the previous and planned priorities in academic teaching and supervision (max. 2 pages)
- teaching evaluations (if available, PDF)
If you have any questions, please contact:
tenuretrack.personal@univie.ac.at
Only applications submitted through the link "Apply now" below will be considered.
We look forward to new personalities in our team!
The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.
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Application deadline: 01/10/2025
Reference no.: 3216