The University of Vienna is internationally renowned for its excellence in teaching and research, and counts more than 7,500 academics from all disciplines. This breadth of expertise offers unique opportunities to address the complex challenges of modern society, to develop comprehensive new approaches, and educate the problem-solvers of tomorrow from a multidisciplinary perspective.
At the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna seeks to appoint a
Tenure-Track Professorship in Hungarian Literature in European Context
The position
We welcome applications from outstanding candidates who explore Hungarian literary studies in their own context, but also in the European context. In accordance with the curricular requirements, they have a background in philological and cultural studies and reflect on current or historical issues in literary studies. They are able to cover the entire spectrum of Hungarian literary history in their teaching. Their research focus can be on both older and more recent literary history. Ideally, they are experienced in interdisciplinary co-operation and have an interest in the methods and theories of literary research. They are also interested in embedding their research in the field of comparative linguistics and literary studies.
The tenure track professorship represents the subject of Hungarian Studies in the field of literary and cultural studies and is therefore an essential part of teacher training for the subject ‘Hungarian’. The tenure track professorship is not only part of the ‘Finno-Ugrian Studies’ department, but also works together with other European literary and cultural studies, i.e. it is integrated into the department of Comparative Literature. Successful candidates will teach in the comparative study programmes and contribute to their further development. They will cooperate with comparative literature research groups and help to develop a focus in the field of ‘world literature’.
Your academic profile:
Doctoral degree/Ph- D Two years of international research experience during or after doctoral studie
- s Outstanding research achievements, excellent publication and funding record, international reputatio
- n Gender and diversity competenc
- e Experience in designing of and participating in research projects, ability to lead research groups and acquire third-party fundin
- g Enthusiasm for excellent teaching and supervision at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral leve
- l
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 environmen
- t a wide range of research and teaching support service
- s attractive working conditions in a city with a high quality of lif
- e an attractive salary according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff (level A2) and an organisational retirement pla
- n
Application documents (in English):
- Letter of motivation
- Academic curriculum vitae
education and training (PhD Certificate, PDF- ) positions held to dat
- e career breaks (e.g. relevant parental, family or other care periods
- ) awards and honor
- s commissions of trus
- t previous and current cooperation partner
- s complete list of acquired third-party funding and, if applicable, of inventions/patent
- s list of most important scientific talks (max. 10
- ) teaching and mentorin
- g supervision experience (Master and PhD), if applicabl
- e
- List of publications
link to your own publicly accessible ORCID record, with a complete and current publication lis- t three key publications as electronic full text version (PDF, max 30 MB
- )
- 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 advertise
- d publication strateg
- y
- 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.: 4422