Senior Scientist Art history of Central Europe(m/w/x)

# Senior Scientist ## Senior Scientist Art history of Central Europe with a focus on the establishment and expansion of museum collaborations (50%) 40 Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies Job vacancy starting: 10/01/2025 (MM-DD-YYYY) | Working hours:  20,00  | Classification CBA: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc) Limited contract until: Job ID: **4088** ## Your personal scope of work: Your future position is at the Department of Art History, the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies, a place for excellent research and teaching. Your task consists of organizing and further developing exchanges and contacts with museums and non-university research and cultural mediation institutions, as well as teaching and researching Central European art in Austria and its neighbouring countries. ## Your future tasks: You actively participate in research, teaching, and administration: • You will establish and strengthen the Department’s relationships with various museums, non-university research and cultural mediation institutions. You will support and organize collaboration between the Department and its staff and these institutions. • You have experience in university teaching, and you will contribute scientific, museum, and curatorial knowledge to the teaching and research of art history in Austria and its historical Central European context. • You will play an active role in securing third-party funding for the Department and in implementing projects. • You will deliver teaching courses independently, particularly on topics of the art history of Austria and Central Europe, in accordance with the provisions of your contract. • You will contribute to the development of relevant interdisciplinary and practice-oriented curricula, participate in evaluation measures and quality assurance, and contribute to administrative tasks in research and teaching. ## This is part of your personality: • Successful candidates are academically distinguished and have curatorial practice. They will enhance the Department of Art History’s with museums and similar institutions, providing students with insights into museum and curatorial practices. Ideally, candidates will hold concurrently a 50% curatorial position in a museum. • Completed doctoral/PhD studies in the field of art history, • excellent dissertation, • broad art historical expertise beyond individual specialization, • strong organizational skills, • leadership competencies, • enthusiasm for teaching, • excellent German and English language skills, • high social and communication skills, • a strong sense of responsibility. **Desirable traits:** • Experience in museum and curatorial practice. • Teaching experience in the subject of art history, ideally with a teaching qualification in art history. • Excellent publications and presentations at scientific conferences. ## What we offer: **Work-life balance:** Our employees enjoy flexible working hours and can also work remotely (upon agreement). **Inspiring working atmosphere:** You are a part of an international academic team in a healthy and fair working environment. **Good public transport connections:** Your workplace in the center of beautiful Vienna is easily accessible by public transport. **Internal further training & Coaching:** Opportunity to deepen your skills on an ongoing basis. There are over 600 courses to choose from – free of charge. **Fixed-term contract and fair salary:** The basic salary of EUR 4,932,90 (fulltime, 14 times a year for senior scientists postdoctoral) increases, if we can credit professional experience. **Equal opportunities for all:** We welcome every additional/new personality to the team! ## If you have any questions, please contact: Markus Ritter markus.ritter@univie.ac.at We look forward to new personalities in our team! The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates. ## University of Vienna. Space for personalities. Since 1365. **​Application deadline:** 07/03/2025 (Senior) Lecturer & Researcher