Tenure-Track Professorship of North American History, Faculty of Humanities, History Department, Contemporary History Section at the University of Tübingen
The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Tübingen invites applications for the position of Tenure-Track Professor of North American History starting on October 1st, 2022.
The successful candidate will cover the field of North American history from the colonial period to the present. We seek to hire a candidate with a strong interest in interdisciplinary research.
The position has a teaching load of four hours per week prior to interim evaluation, and six hours thereafter. Required qualifications include an excellent Ph.D. in American History as well as teaching experience.
This Tenure-Track position is subject to an interim evaluation after four years and a final eval-uation after six years. If the final evaluation is positive, this professorship will be upgraded to a full (W3) professorship with no re-advertising of the position.
Detailed information on this employment category and the criteria underlying the interim eval-uation and promotion to the tenured position may be found in our guidelines for tenure review under the following link: https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/12131.
This professorship is advertised as part of the German federal and state governments’ program supporting junior researchers. Applicants must be in an early stage of their career; those who have completed a habilitation will therefore be excluded.
Applicants for a Tenure-Track professorship with a PhD from Tübingen must have changed universities after completing their doctorates or have worked in academia and/or research for at least two years somewhere other than the University of Tübingen.
The University of Tübingen is particularly interested in increasing the number of women in research and teaching and therefore strongly encourages women to apply.
In line with its internationalization agenda, the university welcomes applications from researchers outside Germany. Applications from equally qualified candidates with disabilities will be given preference.
The German-language advertisement is the sole legally binding advertisement of this position.
Applications including all required documents (cover letter, curriculum vitae, scans of diplo-mas/certificates, list of publications, list of teaching experience, research agenda) as well as the self-authored monographs and up to five relevant articles should be sent in electronic form to: Dean of the Faculty of Humanities University of Tübingen (bewerbung@philosophie.uni-tuebingen.de). Enquiries may be directed to this address.
General information on professorships, hiring processes, and the German academic system can be found here: https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/213700.
The closing date for applications is: May 27, 2022.