Junior Professorship in Media History and History of Science

Guided by the values of a humanistic, sustainable and proactive university, Leuphana University of Lueneburg has set a course for research and education that is unique in the German academic landscape. To address central questions facing civil society in the 21st century, the university has established four faculties: Business & Economics, Education, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Sustainability.

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences invites applications for a junior professorship in Media History and History of Science

Responsibilities:

• engagement in research at the interface of media history and science history, and have a doctorate of outstanding quality in this interdisciplinary field
• study such phenomena as the history of digital media or the interactions between the history of the computer and other scientific fields
• make productive and independent contributions, together with other faculty members, to further the development of cultural studies at the Leuphana
• develop research opportunities and initiate projects that are unique in your field
• promote constructive professional dialog with leading internationally-renowned universities, and create an inspiring and dedicated environment in research, teaching and learning
• share the idea of the university as an educational community, and make use of the diverse opportunities for academic cooperation offered both within the research initiative Culture and across the whole university
• teach B.A. and M.A. courses in cultural studies at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Qualifications:

• a university degree in cultural or media science, history, philosophy or any other discipline relevant to the present position;
• an aptitude for teaching, demonstrated by experience and the use of innovative educational methods;
• particular ability to engage in intensive, independent academic research, usually demonstrated by the outstanding quality of the candidate’s dissertation on a media history and science history topic
• experience in historical source work / archive work
• experience lecturing and publishing in both science history and cultural media research nationally as well as internationally: at conferences, in peer-reviewed journals, with renowned publishers
• research that touches upon the philosophy and sociology of science, its background ideally connecting media or cultural studies with the history of science
• teaching experience in the areas of (digital and/or general) media history
• willing to teach in English, to participate in the quality control and further development of the degree programs at Leuphana University as well as to acquire a sufficient knowledge of the German language within an appropriate period of time.