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University Assistant postdoctoral 

45 Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies  

Job vacancy starting: 09/01/2025 (MM-DD-YYYY) | Working hours:  40,00  | Classification CBA: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc) 

Limited contract until: 08/31/2029

Job ID: 3913

Explore and teach at the University of Vienna, where over 7,500 brilliant minds have found a unique balance of freedom and support. Join us if you’re passionate about groundbreaking international research and academic excellence. Ready to be part of our team? Let’s shape the future together!

Your role:

Your future position is part of the department of English and American Studies and the team of British cultural and literary studies, characterized by a strong interdisciplinarity, excellent research in literary and cultural studies as well as an engaged student body.
The department and team are part of the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies where a broad spectrum of humanities research is undertaken. Academic staff and students profit from the faculty’s diversity of subjects, internationality, outstanding research projects, infrastructure like the MediaLab and the potential to meet and exchange with colleagues and students within and across departments.

Your future tasks:

Active participation in research, teaching and administration. This involves

• Developing and strengthening the independent research profile
• Involvement in research projects / research studies
• International publications and presentations
• Responsibility for project applications and the acquisition of third-party funding
• Preparing / writing a (publication-ready) habilitation thesis
• Independent teaching of courses as defined by the collective agreement
• Supervision of students
• Participation in evaluation measures and quality assurance
• Involvement in the department administration as well as in teaching and research administration

Your profile: 

• Doctoral degree/PhD degree
• Second book project in a field of British cultural studies or literary studies that include perspectives of cultural studies
• Research foci: Medical Humanities, Sexuality Studies, Body Theories
• Professional and methodological competence in the area of British cultures, literatures, media and cultural theory
• Experience with/willingness to engage in acquisition of third-party funding
• High ability to express yourself both orally and in writing
• Excellent command of written and spoken English
• IT user skills
• Ability to work in a team

In addition, we expect the successful candidate to have

• Teaching experience / experience of working with e-learning
• Experience of working on research projects
• Publications in renowned, subject-relevant media (peer-reviewed, depending on the professional standards)
• International presentation experience

Desirable qualifications are

• Knowledge of university processes and structures
• Experience abroad
• Experience of supervising students

What we offer:

Work-life balance: Our employees enjoy flexible working hours, remote/hybrid and/or part-time work (upon agreement).

Inspiring working atmosphere: You are a part of an international academic team in a healthy and fair working environment.

Good public transport connections: Your workplace in the center of beautiful Vienna is easily accessible by public transport.

Internal further training & Coaching: Opportunity to deepen your skills on an ongoing basis. There are over 600 courses to choose from – free of charge.

Fixed-term contract and fair salary: The basic salary of EUR 4,932,90 (14 times a year) for a period of 4 years / 48 months increases if we can credit professional experience.

Equal opportunities for all: We welcome every additional/new personality to the team!

How to apply:

• Letter of motivation (max. two pages, TNR, font size 12, 1.5 spacing)
• Academic curriculum vitae (including a list of publications, a list of courses and a list of talks given)
• Description of research interests and research agenda / of the intended habilitation project/second monograph (max. 5 pages, incl. 1 page time schedule)
• Two course schedules (one aimed at 2nd year students; one aimed at 3rd or 4th year students; one course already taught; one newly designed for Vienna) for courses on two different historical periods (max. four pages altogether)
• Two published scholarly articles on different topics as well as two selected dissertation chapters
• Contact details of people who could provide a letter of reference

• Via our job portal/ Apply now -  button

If you have any questions, please contact:

Monika Pietrzak-Franger  

monika.pietrzak-franger@univie.ac.at

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: 06/09/2025 (MM-DD-YYYY)