Dear all,
The Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) invites applications for a Full Professor of Digital Humanities with a focus on Images and Objects (salary group W3) at the Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies (DHSS).
This is a full-time and permanent position to be filled by the earliest possible starting date.
We seek to appoint a leading expert with an internationally visible profile in research and teaching. The successful candidate must have expertise in several of the following areas:
* methods for image and object-based digital humanities * distant viewing * computer-assisted techniques and analytical approaches for researching visual culture * hermeneutics of digital humanities * digitalization of cultural heritage * software development * infrastructures for visual computing.
The successful candidate will have a track record in the acquisition of third-party funding and an excellent research profile, demonstrated with internationally visible publications and an established research network. Experience in interdisciplinary collaborative research is desirable, and your research must tie in with the key research priorities at FAU and the faculty. We also expect willingness to participate in innovative courses and to develop innovative teaching concepts.
The newly launched Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies pursues the goal of facilitating world-leading research into the opportunities and challenges of the datafication and algorithmization of society, culture, and human knowledge. The professor will assume a pivotal role in establishing the department and shaping its profile. The organizational structure of the department is based on team resources and encourages collaborative work.
Deadline for applications September 29, 2024 More information at https://www.fau.eu/people/working-at-fau/professorships/
All good wishes Michaela -- Professor Michaela Mahlberg https://michaelamahlberg.com/ Alexander-von-Humboldt Professor & Professor of Digital Humanitieshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgkKhcwvWgI Head of Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies (DHSS)https://www.dhss.phil.fau.de/ FAU - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberghttps://www.fau.de/ Werner-von-Siemens-Str. 61 91052 Erlangen, Germany Editor of the International Journal of Corpus Linguistics https://benjamins.com/catalog/ijcl Host of the Life and Language Podcast https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michaela-mahlberg/ @MichaMahlberghttps://twitter.com/MichaMahlberg https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaela-mahlberg/