Senior Scientist Austrian History

Internetchemie; Wien; Vor Ort; EUR 50.920 - 60.992; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Flexible working hours

Work from home option

In-house training and coaching

Excellent research facilities

Zusammenfassung

University of Vienna seeks a senior scientist/postdoc to lead a major project on 19th/20th century Austrian history, integrating traditional scholarship with digital methods. You will teach in BA, teacher training and MA programs, supervise theses, and help develop curricula while engaging with archives and international partners.

You will coordinate a consortium, pursue external funding, and contribute to a vibrant academic community through colloquia, workshops and visiting fellows.

Qualifikationen

• PhD in modern history with specialization in the Habsburg Monarchy or Austrian history.
• Publication record showing active scholarly contribution in the field.

Aufgaben

• Teaching across BA, teacher-training (LA), and MA programs in History, including supervision of theses.
• Develop curricula and contribute to a lively academic community with colloquia, workshops and visiting fellows.
• Lead a project from idea to implementation, combining historical questions with digital methods for discovery, processing and access.

Ausbildung

PhD in modern history (Habsburg Monarchy/Austrian history)

Jobbeschreibung

Requirements / Personal Sphere of Play

You hold a PhD in modern history with a specialization in the Habsburg Monarchy or Austrian history and, ideally, several years of postdoctoral experience. Your publications show that you contribute actively and innovatively to current conversations. You read the sources in more than one language of the former Monarchy and navigate its administrative history and archival landscape with confidence. You are thinking ambitiously about scale: how to turn a mass source-court records, the periodical press, legislative materials, or similar, into a researchable corpus that reframes questions and opens the field to new participants.

Project Leadership

At the heart of the position is a project you will lead from idea to implementation. We are looking for a plan that combines substantive historical questions with robust digital methods for discovery, processing, and access - whether that means text recognition and modeling, data curation and standards, mapping and visualization, or sustainable repositories and interfaces. You will find close partners in the Faculty's Digital Humanities research cluster and among Vienna's archives and libraries; the Institute will support you in building the consortium, securing external funding, and embedding your work in the Institute's long-term agenda. Through your networks and the visibility of your research and digitization work, you will help position the IÖG as a hub in transnational research on the Habsburg Monarchy and its successor states.

The position is to be filled as of November 1, 2026, and is a fixed-term position through October 31, 2027, with the option of conversion to a permanent position.

Your future tasks

Teaching is an integral part of the role. You will offer independent courses within the BA, teacher-training (LA), and MA programmes in History, with a particular commitment to the MA in Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archival Studies. We value teaching that connects source work and method, and that introduces students to digital tools without losing sight of paleography, diplomatics, and the craft skills that define our profession. You will supervise theses, help develop curricula, and contribute to a lively academic community that includes colloquia, workshops, and visiting fellows.

As a member of the Institute, you will share in academic citizenship: participation in university self-governance; co-organizing the Central European History Convention; and contributing to our publication platforms. We welcome colleagues who will write for and help edit the online yearbook Administory and support the editorial work of the Mitteilungen des Instituts für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung and its associated series, bringing high standards and new audiences to our outlets.

This is part of your profile

To thrive in this role, you bring your research interests in the field of 19th and 20th century Austrian history, several years of relevant university teaching, a track record or clear potential in acquiring and managing third-party funding, and an openness to digital technologies as they serve historical questions. You work well in teams, communicate across disciplinary and institutional boundaries, and can steward a project from design to delivery.

What we offer

We offer a collegial, international environment with excellent research facilities; flexible working hours and the option to work from home under current university regulations; strong public transport connections; and comprehensive in-house training and coaching. The position is fixed-term with a gross monthly salary of EUR 5,014.30, paid 14 times per year for Senior Scientists/Postdocs, with increases according to recognized professional experience.

The University of Vienna is committed to equal opportunity and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates.

Equal Opportunity

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.

Contact

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Application deadline:09/04/2026

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