Teaching & Scholarship Opportunities

Botstiber Compact Seminar | Visiting Professorship with UC Berkeley Insititute of European Studies

The Austrian Studies Program at the UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies is pleased to welcome faculty applications for the position of Visiting Professor, to teach the newly created Botstiber Compact Seminar in Austrian Studies, established with the generous support of the Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies (BIAAS).

How to Apply

The next Botstiber Compact Seminar in Austrian Studies at UC Berkeley will be offered at the beginning of the Spring 2025 semester (5 weeks, starting January 21, 2025, ending February 25, 2025). We invite seminar topics related to Austrian literature, history, or culture, in the broadest sense. Interdisciplinary approaches and themes are encouraged.

Eligibility: Any associate or full professor with a permanent teaching position in the Humanities or Social Sciences and with expertise in Austrian Studies. The Visiting Professorship is also open to professors from universities outside of Austria.

Application Materials to be submitted (in English):

– a CV (max 2 pages)

– a course description and syllabus with weekly course content and bibliography (max 2 pages)

– a brief description of up to three possible topics for the Botstiber Lecture (max 1 page)

Deadline: May 31, 2024

Please submit application materials as a single PDF file to the Austrian Studies Program Director Jeroen Dewulf: jdewulf@berkeley.edu

Proposals will be evaluated by a board composed of UC Berkeley faculty that will announce the selected candidate by June 30, 2024. The board will include a representative of The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies in the discussion on the topic to be chosen for the Botstiber lecture. For further information, please contact Jeroen Dewulf.