Job Announcement: Professorship in History of Science, Regensburg, Germany



The Department of Philosophy, Art History, History and Social Sciences at the University of Regensburg, Germany, seeks applications for a Professorship in History of Science, based at the Institute of Philosophy. The appointment will be tenured and paid according to W2 on the German pay grade.

The successful candidate is expected to cover a wide range of topics in both teaching and research. In teaching he/she will be responsible for undergraduate and graduate courses, and is expected to cooperate with philosophers, historians and scientists. In research the focus should be on the history of the empirical natural sciences. Interdisciplinary cooperation is expected. Teaching is expected to be in German.

Entrance qualifications are set by legal requirements. They include a PhD, teaching experience, and additional scholarly achievements (e.g. Habilitation or second book).

The University of Regensburg values equity and inclusivity and strongly encourages the application of women.

Applications should be submitted by regular mail, including c.v., list of publications, list of courses taught, copies of academic exams and degrees – but no offprints, to: Dekan, Fakultät für Philosophie, Kunst-, Geschichts- und Gesellschaftswissenschaften, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany. Deadline is 20 June 2014. The position is expected to be filled in autumn 2015.

The official job advertisement was published in the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT on May 8, 2014: http://www.academics.de/action/av/show?adId=100985


For information about Regensburg's history of science unit see