The Department of Culture and Languages, University of Southern Denmark,
Odense invites applications for an associate professorship in Nordic history as
of January 1st 2025, or as agreed.
The successful candidate will hold a track record within the social and/or
political Nordic history in the 20th Century. Nordic history is to be
understood as the history of one or more of the Nordic countries.
Candidates are expected to support the departments strategic objectives:
excellence in research, high-quality teaching, and social impact. The
Department of Culture and Languages values a diversity of competences and
academic profiles, and applicants must present a clear academic profile. For
more information about the department and its strategy, please visit the [link
til website].
The main tasks related to the position includes:
- Research: Conduct and publish research at a high international level. This
includes publications in various outlets such as books, articles, book chapters
as well as other types of outlets. We value a clear and highly ambitious research profile.
- Teaching: Teach and supervise students within the department's portfolio of
study programs. The successful applicant must be able to cover a broad range of
courses within the history program including historical methods courses.
Teaching task also include supervision of BA and MA-students (and potentially
supervision of PhD-students).
- Academic citizenship and outreach: Perform research-related tasks such as
supporting the development of collective research projects, seeking external
funding, outreach activities, and other forms of knowledge exchange with the
surrounding society. Applicants are expected to have good interpersonal skills
and be dedicated to taking part in the everyday academic and social environment
at the department.
- Administrative tasks: Tenured staff is expected to contribute also to
various administrative tasks related to teaching and research.
A successful candidate must have:
- An excellent research profile within the field of history: This includes an
innovative research agenda and a strong research track record documented by
published research and ongoing projects. Candidates will be evaluated based on
their career stage (years since PhD).
- An innovative and elaborated publication and research strategy: Evaluation
of research plan (see below) will be part of the assessment.
- An international orientation and network: demonstrated through specific
research cooperations.
- Teaching experience and strong interest in teaching innovation: We expect
applicants to document experience in university-level teaching as well as to
demonstrate interest in further developing a strong teaching profile.
- Keen interest in research cooperation and outreach: We expect applicants to
document their ability to engage in professional networks and international
research cooperations, and their interest in outreach activities beyond
academia.
Furthermore, we consider it an advantage if applicants have: 1) Track
record in attracting third-party funding (as a PI or co-PI), 2) Strong
methodological skills, and 3) Experience in cross-disciplinary research
cooperation.
For further information, please contact Head of Department Per Krogh
Hansen pkha@sdu.dk
Application, salary and conditions of employment, etc.
The successful applicant will be employed in accordance with the agreement
between the Ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of
Professional Associations), Cirkulære om overenskomst for Akademikere i staten
2019 (the document only exists in Danish).
If the successful applicant has not documented teaching experience
corresponding to assistant professor level, the applicant will be employed
on trial for the first 18 months.
An application must
include:
- Application letter
- Curriculum Vitae
- Diplomas/Certificates
- Teaching portfolio (please see below)
- List of publications indicating the publications attached
- A maximum of 6 of the most relevant publications. Please attach one
pdf-file for each publication. For any publication with a co-author, a
co-author statement must be submitted as part of the pdf-file
Applicants for an associate professorship at the Faculty of Humanities
are requested to submit a teaching portfolio with the application as
documentation for teaching experience as well as supervision qualifications.
Please read more here.
Application and all appendices must be in Danish, English or one of the
Scandinavian languages. Please always include a copy of original
diploma/certificates. We only accept files in pdf-format no more than 10
MB per file. In case you have more than one file per field you need to combine
the pdf-files into a single file, as each field handles only one file. We do
not accept zip-files, jpg or other image files. All pdf-files must be unlocked
and allow binding and may not be password protected.
Applications will be assessed by an assessment committee and the applicant
will receive the part of the evaluation that concerns him/her. The assessment
report will subsequently be forwarded to the Head of Department who will
assemble an appointments committee. An interview may form part of the overall
assessment of the applicants' qualifications.
The committee may request additional information, and if so, it is the
responsibility of the applicant to provide the necessary material.
If the application does not meet the requirements mentioned above, the
Faculty of Humanities may reject your application without further notice.
Applications received after the deadline will neither be considered nor
evaluated.
Shortlisting and tests may be used in the assessment process. Please note
that only a shortlisted applicant will receive an assessment. Here you
can read more about shortlisting at SDU.
Applications should be sent electronically via the link "apply
online" and the Faculty expects applicants to read the information "How to apply"
before applying.
We recommend that as an international applicant you take the time to visit
Working in Denmark where you will find information and facts about moving to,
working and living in Denmark, as well as the
International Staff Office at SDU.
The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus
welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal
background.
Application deadline:
5 August 2024, 23.59 CET.
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