Lehrstuhl Für Neuere Und Neueste Geschichte

The University of Passau owes its strong visibility and good repute to excellent
research, innovative teaching and its tight-knit international academic networks. Some
11,000 students and more than 1,300 staff study and work on our university campus,
which is located a stone’s throw from the historical Old Town of Passau and combines
state-of-the-art technical infrastructure with award-winning architecture. Internationally
successful high-tech companies and a vibrant start-up scene, coupled with a rich
culture and Lower Bavarian traditions, give Passau and the surrounding area a special
appeal that makes it a great place to live and work.

The **Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Studies** **at the University of Passau** invites

**Chair of Modern and Contemporary History (pay grade W3)**

contemporary history covering at least two centuries. As the chairholder, you will teach a
comprehensive range of topics from the European historical period from 1500 to today. A focus
on German and European history of the 19th and 20th centuries is desired. Through your
contributions to teaching and research you will help ensure that students receive a rigorous
area. You will be open to intradisciplinary diversity and on that basis seek to establish
interconnections with the other sub-disciplines of history as well as the neighbouring academic
disciplines represented at the Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Studies. You will teach
courses for our history degree programmes, the teacher education programmes with history
Humanities and Cultural Studies and the Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences. You will
be expected to take a proactive role in interdisciplinary research projects and should have
previous experience in the acquisition and implementation of third-party-funded projects.
Additional competences in auxiliary sciences of history and digital history would be desirable,
as would experience with international collaborative projects and comparative cultural
approaches.

Academics at our five faculties conduct research, teaching and knowledge transfer activities
at the cutting edge and according to the most exacting standards. Europe, sustainability and
digitalisation are particular focal points of intensive inter
- and transdisciplinary collaboration
within the University and with our many national and international partners. As a sustainable,
internationally visible and attractive university in and for Europe, the University of Passau
seeks to make important contributions to solving the numerous challenges facing humanity
both globally and locally.

The **Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Studies** is a research-strong, dynamic faculty that
stands out for the interdisciplinary and international nature of its research and teaching as well

studies, humanities and Catholic theology are characterised by thematic, methodological and
spatial diversity in teaching as well as in basic and applied research.

pedagogical aptitude and academic excellence, whereby the latter is generally established on
the basis of the quality of his or her doctoral research and subsequent academic achievements.
He or she will, furthermore, possess the German formal postdoctoral _habilitation_ qualification
or an equivalent body of academic achievements garnered whilst employed at an institution of
higher education, for instance as a _juniorprofessor_ or in a comparable position with a different
title (e.g. assistant professor or lecturer), insofar as the duties and qualification profile
correspond to those of a juniorprofessor position, or by leading a junior research group under
the conditions specified in Art. 98(10) sentence 5 of the Bavarian Higher Education Innovation
Act (BayHIG); the habilitation-equivalent achievements may also have been attained outside
must not be more than 52 years of age at the time of their appointment.

The University of Passau actively promotes equal opportunities for all genders as well as
the requisite qualifications, without regard to gender, cultural or social background, religion,
world view, disability or sexual identity. As the University wishes to raise the proportion of
women in research and teaching, female academics are expressly encouraged to apply. This
position is suitable for people with disabilities; registered disabled persons are given
preference over non-disabled applicants who do not otherwise have statutory preferential
status if their overall personal aptitudes, skills and qualifications are equal.

publications, teaching assignments, teaching evaluations etc.) and should preferably be sent
Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Studies of the University of Passau, Professor Malte
be attached as **a single** **pdf file**. Applications received electronically will be kept on file for six
months after the conclusion of the appointment process, at which time they will be deleted from
our systems.

statement.