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At the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna seeks to appoint a

Tenure-Track Professorship in Digital Editorial Studies and Computational Methods of Modern History

The position

Successful candidates will develop Digital and Computational Methods for Historical Source Analysis and Edition with a focus on the Modern Period. They will work on new developments in computer science and digital best practice in close cooperation with the Austrian and European Digital Humanities Community. They will be connected to well established fields in the faculty, develop new digital tools to analyze and edit source material, and at the same time use and refine computational methods in the evaluation of these processes. The TT professorship collaborates with the existing professorship for Historical Auxiliary Sciences with a focus on the Middle Ages in order to implement a methodologically and chronologically comprehensive strategy. Through teaching, research and networking activities, the professorship will contribute significantly to building the profile of the Institute of Austrian Historical Research (IÖG) and to cross-institutional cooperation within the framework of the faculty’s focus on ‘Text and Edition / Editorial Practice’, strengthening the strategic position of the University of Vienna in the further development of the digital humanities’ infrastructure within the university as well as in national and transnational contexts.

The tenure-track professorship is based at the Institute for Austrian Historical Research and maintains close collaboration with the Professorship for Digital Humanities as well as with numerous research networks and subunits both within and beyond the faculty. Together with the other members of the faculty, the professorship participates in the Doctoral School of Historical and Cultural Studies (https://dshcs.univie.ac.at/en). The Master’s program in Digital Humanities provides an institutional platform for cooperation between the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies and the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies. The tenure-track professorship also collaborates with research focus and faculty key research area (FSP) “Digital Humanities,” as well as with the FSP “Text and Edition / Editorial Studies.” Cooperation partners include representatives of these academic fields in other faculties, as well as those in the university’s infrastructure and other Austrian DH-oriented research institutions and consortia (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austrian National Library, University of Graz, Clariah-at). Within the faculty, the professorship works closely with the representatives of the coordination offices located at the dean’s office.

Institute of Austrian Historical Research

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):

1. Letter of motivation
2. 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
3. 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)
4. 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
5. 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: 09/17/2025
Reference no.: 4419