Universität Hamburg: Junior Professorship (W1) for Missionary, Ecumenical, and Religious Studies – Call For Applications

Universität Hamburg, Department of Protestant Theology in the Faculty of Humanities
Junior Professorship (W1) for Missionary, Ecumenical, and Religious Studies

Universität Hamburg is dedicated to sustainability, equal opportunity, and family-friendly
policies. We also prize cultural diversity, communication, and interaction among people from
different backgrounds and with different lifestyles.

The Department of Protestant Theology in the Faculty of Humanities invites applications for a
JUNIOR PROFESSORSHIP (W1) FOR MISSIONARY, ECUMENICAL, AND
RELIGIOUS STUDIES

commencing on 1 April 2018, ref. no. JP 263.

Responsibilities:

  • The successful candidate is expected to teach and conduct research with a focus on religious studies and inter-religious dialog.
  • The successful candidate is further expected to participate actively in the instruction of students pursuing a teaching degree in the respective discipline.
  • Section 12 subsection 7 sentence 2 of the Hamburg Higher Education Act (Hamburgisches
    Hochschulgesetz, HmbHG) applies.

Requirements:

  • Academic qualifications and additional requirements as specified in Section 18 HmbHG.

Further criteria:

  • Applicants are expected to have international research experience as well as a successful track record in acquiring external funding and carrying out externally funded projects. The University places particular emphasis on the quality of teaching and therefore requests that applicants provide details of their teaching experience and objectives.
  • In accordance with Section 14 subsection 3 sentence 3 HmbHG, Universität Hamburg seeks to increase the proportion of women in teaching and research and encourages female academics to apply.
  • Qualified disabled candidates or applicants with equivalent status receive preference in the
    application process.

For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Ulrich Dehn at ulrich.dehn@uni-hamburg.de.
The application deadline is 20 July, 2017. Please submit your application, including standard documents (CV, list of publications, teaching experience, external funding record, copies of
certification and documents, three representative publications) and reference number JP 263
to:

An den
Präsidenten der Universität Hamburg
Stellenausschreibungen
Mittelweg 177
20148 Hamburg

or preferably by email to Bewerbungen@verw.uni-hamburg.de. We kindly request that you
submit a completed application form along with your application documents. You can find the
form at: uni-hamburg.de/form-prof-w1-gw-en.