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Job Announcement
Theme: Intercultural Philosophy and Non-European Traditions
Type: University Assistant (prae doc)
Institution: Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna
Location: Vienna (Austria)
Deadline: 3.3.2011
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At the University of Vienna (15 faculties, 3 centres, about 180
fields of study, approx. 8.600 members of staff, approx. 85.000
students) the position of a
University Assistant (prae doc)
at the Department of Philosophy
is vacant.
Identification number of advertisement: 1823
The advertised position is situated in the Department of Philosophy
in the Faculty of Philosophy and Education. The Department is large
(by international comparison) and its members have a considerable
variety of areas of competence. This motivates both the duty to offer
a teaching programme that spans the full breadth of the discipline,
and the intention to satisfy high standards of research performance.
The Department attaches great value to the core areas of philosophy,
but it also has the aim to contribute, on their basis, to the
clarification and solution of current problems. The intention to
acknowledge new philosophical developments and tasks is reflected in
the number of co-operations and research fields of the department.
Degree of Employment: 30 hours/week
Areas of work:
The successful candidate will actively collaborate in research,
teaching and administration at the Department of Philosophy in the
field of Intercultural Philosophy and Non-European Traditions.
Associated with this field is Univ.-Prof. Dr. Georg Stenger’s
professorship of Philosophy in a Global World including the following
areas of work:
(a) Methodological basis, regarding mostly systematic and historical
problems, especially in the context of intercultural philosophy
(b) Phenomenology, hermeneutics, transcendental philosophy, ontology,
methaphysics and critique of metaphysics
(c) Philosophies of the 20th century and present
(d) Philosophy of culture and theory of culture
(e) Reflections of theory and terminology of a future world-society
mainly regarding: Theory of dialogue, international understanding,
theory of democracy, human rights
(f) Intercultural and global dimensions of aesthetics and ethics
(g) Commitment to interdisciplinary work
The main task of this position will be to produce a Dissertation
ready for publishing within the field respectively foci of research
mentioned above. Please add a description of this project (ca.900
words) to your application.
Profile:
Your profile: graduated in Philosophy (academic diploma degree
equivalent to Magister)
- excellent marks
- good proficiency in one or two of the areas listed above
- furthermore basic-knowledge of a non-European language, preferrably
Chinese or Japanese, is an asset
- Organisational skills and team-spirit
- Willingness to acquire good command of German within three years
sufficient to hold classes for Bachelor and Master students and to
make contributions to the boards of university.
If applicable: research talks, publications and teaching (e.g.
tutoring) preferrably within intercultural context.
Applicants are recquired to submit:
- academic curriculum (including copies of graduating diploma and
academic documents);
- one sample of the graduation-thesis;
- description of your project of dissertation;
- if applicable a list of publications and research talks;
- two letters of recommendation.
Research fields:
Main research field: Philosophy
Special research fields: General philosophy; Aesthetics;
Hermeneutics; Metaphysics
Importance: SHOULD
Applications including a letter of motivation (German or English)
should be sent via Job Center to the University of Vienna
(http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at) no later than 03.03.2011 and be
referenced to the identification number 1823.
For further information please contact Wachter, Gertrud
+43-1-4277-47401.
The University of Vienna intends to increase the number of women on
its faculty, particularly in high-level positions, and therefore
specifically invites applications by women. Among equally qualified
applicants women will receive preferential consideration.
Human Resources and Gender Equality of the University of Vienna
Identification number of advertisement: 1823
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web: http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at
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