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At the Max-Weber-Kolleg (Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies) of the University of Erfurt, within the ERC-Advanced Grant Nr. 101141293: „(De)Colonizing Sharia?“ Tracing Transformation, Change and Continuity in Islamic Law in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in the 19th and 20th Centuries (DeColSharia), the following position with 30 hours per week is available as of 01.06.2025: Postdoc Research Assistant (f/m/x) Pay category E 13 TV-L (75 %)Job Description
At the Max-Weber-Kolleg of the University of Erfurt, as part of the ERC Advanced Grant No. 101141293: „(De)Colonizing Sharia?“ Tracing Transformation, Change and Continuity in Islamic Law in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in the 19th and 20th Centuries (DeColSharia) the following position with 26 hours per week is available at the earliest possible date: Research Assistant (f/m/x) Pay category E 13 TV-L (65 %)Job Description
At the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Erfurt, the following position in the team of the professor of “Language and its Structure” with 20 working hours per week is open as of 1st May 2025: Junior Researcher and Lecturer (f/m/x) Pay category E 13 TV-L (50 %)Job Description
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An der Philosophischen Fakultät der Universität Erfurt ist zum 01.04.2026 folgende Professur zu besetzen: W2-Professur für Neuere Deutsche Literaturwissenschaft mit Career Track zu W3 (w/m/d)Job Description
Als Reformuniversität im Jahr 1994 wieder gegründet, versteht sich die Universität Erfurt als forschungsorientierte, international ausgerichtete Universität, die der Innovation in Studium und Lehre verpflichtet ist. Als kultur-, geistes-, sozial- und bildungswissenschaftliche Profiluniversität mit einem Studienangebot in rund 25 Bachelor-, 15 forschungsorientierten Master- und vier anwendungsorientierten, auf das Lehramt in Grund-, Regel-, Förder- und Berufsschulen bezogenen Master-Studienangeboten nimmt sie einen eigenen Platz in der Hochschullandschaft ein. Mit ihrem spezifischen Profil begreift sie sich als offener Ort kritischer Reflexion und wissenschaftlicher Auseinandersetzung mit zentralen gesellschaftlichen sowie kulturellen Herausforderungen. Ihre Lage in der Mitte Deutschlands und ihr lebendiger Campus der kurzen Wege machen die Universität Erfurt zu einem attraktiven Lehr-, Lern- und Arbeitsort für rund 5.700 Studierende, 100 Professor*innen, 400 wissenschaftliche Beschäftigte und 300 Beschäftigte in der Verwaltung. An der Universität Erfurt ist spätestens zum Oktober 2026 mit Eintritt des jetzigen Amtsinhabers in den Ruhestand die Position der Präsidentin*des Präsidenten (w/m/d) Besoldungsgruppe W3 zuzüglich eines Funktionsleistungsbezuges (gem. § 30 Abs. 1 Thüringer Besoldungsgesetz) zu besetzen.Job Description
At the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Erfurt, the following professorship is available as of 1 April 2026: W2 professorship with career track to W3 in Modern German Literature (f/m/d)The security of your data is important to us
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