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Tenure-track Junior Professorship in European Comparative Media Studies (Saarland University, Germany)

Tenure-track Junior Professorship in European Comparative Media Studies (Saarland University, Germany)

Publié le par Romain Bionda (Source : Ramona Weber)

As part of the career development programme for junior researchers funded by the German federal and state governments, Saarland University is inviting applications for the following tenure-track junior professorships commencing winter semester 2018.


These positions will initially be fixed-term public sector positions (‘Beamtenverhältnis auf Zeit’) for a period of three or four years. The duration of the appointment may be extended up to a maximum of six years in total if this is supported by the results of the teaching appraisal and the external assessment of the appointee’s research
work. If performance continues to meet the required standards and if the tenure evaluation procedure is positive, the junior professor (at the German academic salary scale W1) will be promoted to a permanent professorship (lifetime tenure) at the German academic salary scale W2.


Deadline for applications: 05.01.2018


European Comparative Media Studies (Ref. No. W1283)
Faculty of Humanities


The successful applicant will have an established track record in the field of comparative media studies and will have conducted research with a distinctly European focus across a wide variety of media. The Faculty is particularly interested in work relating to dream representations and dream discourse in film, theatre, painting, dance, photography, literature, graphic narratives, music and other forms of artistic expression. The long-term objective is that the professorship will strengthen the field of aesthetics research within the Faculty of Humanities, drive interdisciplinary networking in the fields of artistic, literary and cultural studies, collaborate with the
interdisciplinary platform Collegium Europaeum Universitatis Saraviensis (CEUS) and thus contribute to and consolidate the research area ‘Europe’, one of the University's main research hubs. Candidates must demonstrate a broad appreciation and understanding of media studies and must have experience in academic teaching and in acquiring external funding. They will be expected to conduct research projects in dream representation, dream knowledge or dream aesthetics, to supervise and advise doctoral candidates in closely related fields and to undertake academic teaching duties in the fields of aesthetics and art history, visual culture and communication in the arts and general and comparative literary studies.


The appointment will be made in accordance with the general provisions of German public sector employment law. Candidates must have a university degree in the field of media studies, literary studies, aesthetics and art history or cultural studies. They must have experience in and an aptitude for academic teaching and have shown
a particular capacity for independent academic research, generally through the outstanding quality of their PhD or doctorate.

For additional information on employment requirements, please refer to Sec. 1.4 of the Framework Regulations Governing the Approval, Recruitment and Evaluation Procedures for Junior Professorships at Saarland University (Rahmenordnung zur Freigabe, Besetzung und Evaluation von Juniorprofessuren an der Universität des Saarlandes) of 17 May 2017 (www.uni-saarland.de/Berufungen).

Your application should include copies of your degree certificates, a list of publications, a summary of your academic history and your teaching experience, a concept paper of no more than five pages outlining your future involvement with the DFG-funded Research Training Group „European Dream Cultures“ (GRK 2021,
www.traumkulturen.de), the completed recruitment questionnaire ‘Fragebogen zur Überprüfung der Einstellungsvoraussetzungen’ (www.uni-saarland.de/Berufungen), your work and home addresses (including telephone number and e-mail address) and the job reference number. Please submit your application to:
Saarland University, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Roland Marti, Campus B3 1, 66123
Saarbrücken, Germany.

Please also submit an electronic version of your complete application (including your covering letter) as a single PDF file to dekanat-p@uni-saarland.de.

At Saarland University, we view internationalization as a process that spans all aspects of University life. We therefore expect members of our professorial staff to engage in activities that promote and foster further internationalization and to be willing to teach in a foreign language. Particular support is offered to cooperative projects with partners within the Saar-Lor-Lux region as part of the ‘University of the Greater Region’ (www.uni-gr.eu).
In accordance with the objectives of its equal opportunities plan, Saarland University seeks to increase the proportion of women in professorial positions and applications from qualified women candidates are therefore strongly encouraged. Preferential consideration will be given to severely disabled candidates of equal eligibility

Saarland University has one of the strongest research profiles among Germany’s mid-sized universities and was one of the first universities in Germany to achieve official quality assurance accreditation. The three main research hubs ‘Computer Science and Informatics’, ‘NanoBioMed’ and ‘Europe’ are defining features of the University. Numerous internationally respected research institutes in the vicinity of the
University and dedicated support for start-up companies make Saarland University an ideal environment for research, teaching and innovation. The proportion of international students studying at Saarland University is well above the national average and is testimony to the University’s strong international focus. The University has been an officially certified family-friendly university since 2004.