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Job Announcement Theme: Intercultural Philosophy and Non-European Traditions Type: University Assistant (post doc) Institution: Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna Location: Vienna (Austria) Deadline: 13.3.2011 __________________________________________________ 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 (post doc) at the Department of Philosophy is vacant. Identification number of advertisement: 1821 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: 40 hours/week Areas of work: The successful candidate will actively collaborate in research, teaching and administration at the Institute 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: - Methodological basis, regarding mostly systematic and historic problems, especially in the context of intercultural philosophy - Phenomenology, hermeneutics, transcendental philosophy, ontology, methaphysics and critique of metaphysics - Philosophies of the 20th century and present - Philosophy of culture and theory of culture - Reflections of theory and terminology of a future world-society mainly regarding: Theory of dialogue, international understanding, theory of democracy, human rights - Intercultural and global dimensions of aesthetics and ethics - Commitment to interdisciplinary work The main task of this position will be to produce a work of Habilitation ready for publishing within the field respectively foci of research mentioned above. Please add a description of this project (ca. 3.000 words) to your application. Profile: Your profile: Ph.D. of philosophy passed with excellence - publications and research talks in at least one of the areas listed above, preferrably in intercultural context - Adequate teaching experience - Basic knowledge of a non-European language, preferrably in Chinese or Japanese - 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 contributions to the boards of university Applicants are required to submit: - Scientific curriculum (including copies of academic certificates and documents), - one sample of your dissertation, - list of publications and research talks, - description of your Habilitation project; - two published articles, - 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 13.03.2011 and be referenced to the identification number 1821. 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: 1821 E-Mail: [email protected] Web: http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
