University assistant predoctoral

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University assistant predoctoral

40 Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies

Job vacancy starting: 12/15/2024 | Working hours: 30,00 | Classification CBA: §48 VwGr. B1 Grundstufe (praedoc)

Limited contract until: 10/06/2025

Job ID: 3269

The Department of Art History at the University of Vienna is one of the oldest and biggest centers for research and education in its field. One "Prae-doc" position (75%, University Assistant) is available from August 15th 2024 for four months (as a substitute during maternity leave; an extension is potentially possible).

The position offers first-hand experience in academia culminating in a PhD diploma. The subject of the PhD should be within the areas of expertise of Prof. Raphael Rosenberg (early modern art history, history of avant-gardes, digital art history and especially cognitive research in art history).

You actively participate in research, teaching & administration, which means:

• PhD thesis

• the assistance of Prof. Rosenberg in teaching and research,

• independent teaching in art history (one course per semester),

• participation in the administration of the department.

• Above-average MA in art history,

• excellent English and or German,

• good computer skills (knowledge of a programming language would be advantageous).

Extent of Employment: 30 hours/week. Job grading in accordance with collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 Grundstufe praedoc (basic salary of EUR 3578,80 on a full-time basis) with relevant work experience determining the assignment to a particular salary grade.

Applications (German or English) should be send as one pdf file to the Job Center of the University of Vienna (http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at) no later than Nov 30th 2024, mentioning reference number 3269.

• a letter of motivation,
• CV,
• copies of diploma,
• table of contents, introduction, one chapter, summary/conclusion of the MA thesis,
• copies of the reports of the MA thesis (if available),
• exposé of a PhD project (if available).

For further information please contact Luise Reitstätter (luise.reitstaetter@univie.ac.at) or Raphael Rosenberg (raphael.rosenberg@univie.ac.at).

Raphael Rosenberg

raphael.rosenberg@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: 30.11.2024