The Faculty of Philology seeks to fill the mentioned above professorship from 01/10/2027.
Academic context
Founded in 1409, Leipzig University is one of Germany’s largest, highly research-active universities and a leader in medical education. With approximately 30,000 students and more than 5,000 employees across 14 faculties, it shapes life in the vibrant and cosmopolitan city of Leipzig. Leipzig University offers a dynamic and internationally oriented work environment as well as attractive and diverse career opportunities in research, teaching, the transfer of knowledge, infrastructure, and administration.
The Faculty of Philology perceives itself as a place for the study of and reflection on languages, literatures, and cultures. At its institutes, teacher education is profile-defining and an essential component of teaching and research activities. The Department of English Studies is one of the most traditional ones in Germany and offers a modern environment attractive to students.
Future Duties
The successful candidate represents the pedagogy of English as a foreign language (TEFL) with a focus on elementary schools in both research and teaching.
Teaching responsibilities comprise all modules in the field of TEFL/teacher training for elementary school English at the Faculty of Philology. Teaching responsibilities may also cover modules in the field of TEFL/teacher training for secondary schools. The tasks of the professorship include the organisation and content-related support of school internships, the supervision of theses and oral exams (state examinations).
The successful candidate is expected to actively participate in matters of academic self-administration, to cooperate with fellow scholars at faculty level, to contribute research topics to the research profile areas of the university and to help acquire third-party funding. In line with the In line with the internationalisation strategy of Leipzig University, the position also entails responsibility for expanding the international contacts of the department.
Requirements
The successful candidate’s research foci should cluster around the empirically-based pedagogy of English literatures and cultures and/or teacher professionalisation. A focus on the promotion of intercultural and transcultural communicative competencies through contemporary literatures in various forms of media is desirable.
The successful candidate should have an excellent and, if possible, international research background in at least one of the areas mentioned above. Proof of international research activities (publications, third party funding) is desirable.
Requirements for the position include a completed university degree in English Studies/TEFL (First State Examination or comparable degree), an outstanding doctoral thesis in one of the fields mentioned above as well as a postdoctoral thesis (“Habilitation”) or equivalent qualifications. The successful candidate is further required to provide proof of a minimum of three years of teaching experience at a school.
The successful candidate is expected to have the ability and willingness to conduct courses in English as well as to engage in empirically-oriented research activities, preferably in connection to or cooperation with schools. Experience in the acquisition of third-party funding and conducting research projects is desirable, as is the completion of a Second State Examination.
The successful candidate’s rights and obligations are regulated by the SächsHSG and the Saxon Service Regulations for Higher Education Institutions (HSDAVO). Applicants must meet the requirements of § 59 SächsHSG.
Research, teaching, transfer, infrastructure and administration require a diversity of perspectives. The university is therefore committed to diversity and equal opportunities. We welcome your application, regardless of gender, nationality, religion, cultural and social background, age or sexual orientation. The university aims to increase the proportion of women in academia and therefore expressly encourages qualified women to apply.
Severely disabled persons – or persons deemed legally equal to them under Book IX of the German Social Code – are encouraged to apply and will be given preference in the case of equal suitability. If you have any questions about accessibility or need assistance with this application process, please contact Leipzig University’s disability officers at: schwerbehindertenvertretung@uni-leipzig.de.
Please apply exclusively via Leipzig University’s recruitment portal: www.uni-leipzig.de/berufungen.
Leipzig University
Dean of the Faculty of Philology
Professor Benjamin Meisnitzer
