Aktuelle Jobs im Zusammenhang mit W2 Professorship - Saarbrucken - Universität des Saarlandes

Saarland University is a campus-based university with a strong international focus and a research-oriented
profile. Numerous research institutes on campus and the systematic promotion of collaborative projects
make Saarland University an ideal environment for innovation and technology transfer. Its pronounced
international orientation is reflected, among other things, in an above-average proportion of international
students. Saarland University has been certified as a family-friendly university since 2004.

Hosting a Collaborative Research Centre, a Käte Hamburger Centre, a DFG-funded Research Unit and several
Research Training Groups, the Faculty of Humanities at Saarland University is a research-intensive faculty
specializing in the fields 'Europe', 'Language and Cognition' and 'Cultural Diversity'. The faculty is currently
establishing another specialist area focusing on digital methods in the humanities that will help to develop
and advance research work in the humanities through the use of computational techniques and
technologies and through collaborative interaction with computer scientists.

commence on 1 October 2024:
W2 Professorship (with tenure track to
W3) in Digital Methods and Their
Application in the Humanities
(M/F/x; Reference no.: W2429)
The position is a fixed-term public sector appointment (‘_Beamtenverhältnis auf Zeit_’) for a maximum pre
- tenure period of six years. If the appointee demonstrates outstanding performance in both teaching and
research, the position will be upgraded to a permanent professorship at the W3 salary grade.

The Faculty of Humanities is looking to recruit a highly motivated individual with an established international
reputation and active research programme in the digital humanities. Applicants must demonstrate a
comprehensive understanding of statistics, data science and machine learning and must have a research
background in one of the academic disciplines within the Faculty of Humanities. We expect the successful
them to develop interdisciplinary research projects. The professorship is a central element within the
proposed Centre for Digital Humanities, which is currently in its planning phase. The person appointed to
which will be offered for the first time in the winter semester of 2024/2025. This will later be supplemented
research projects.

The appointments will be made in accordance with the general provisions of German public sector
independent academic research, typically by having obtained an advanced, post-doctoral research degree
(Habilitation), by having been appointed to a junior professorship or by having obtained an equivalent
already be involved in collaborative research partnerships that demonstrate their interest in and
contribute innovative teaching concepts at all academic levels (Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes). They
should also be willing to teach in English, to provide dedicated supervision to students working on their
- speaker proficiency in English or German and must be willing to acquire in a reasonable period of time
sufficient language skills to be able to teach in both languages.

At Saarland University, we view internationalization as a process spanning all aspects of university life. We
therefore expect members of our professorial staff to engage in activities that promote and foster further
internationalization. Special support will be provided for projects that maintain collaborative interactions
within existing international cooperative networks, e.g. projects with partners in the European University
- gr.eu).

In accordance with the objectives of its gender equality plan, Saarland University is actively seeking to
nationality, ethnic heritage or social background, religious beliefs, personal beliefs or values, age, sexual
orientation or identity.

documents must be uploaded as a single PDF file (max. size 10 MB) and should include the following
documents:
a complete list of your academic publications
a complete list of external funding secured (detailing what was awarded to you if you were not the sole
beneficiary)
your research concept (2-5 pages)
your teaching concept (1-2 pages)
copies of relevant academic qualifications and of your higher education entrance qualification
complete copies of your five most significant publications
a list of three professional references, at least one of whom is not a member of your immediate circle of
current or former colleagues or academic supervisors.
If available: Proof of equivalence of the foreign university degree from the Central Office for Foreign

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