[STS-Africa] Full Professorship Epistemologies of the Global South, University of Bayreuth

[Uli Beisel]

The University of Bayreuth is a research-oriented university with 
internationally
competitive, interdisciplinary focus areas in research and teaching. The 
Faculty
of Humanities and Social Sciences, in conjunction with the “Africa Multiple”
Cluster of Excellence, is currently seeking to appoint a

*Full Professor of Epistemologies of the**
**Global South with an Emphasis on**Africa

*at pay grade W3 (minimum salary per month: 6,683 €) to commence on 1 
October 2019.
This is a permanent civil service position. Additional salary components 
will be negotiated separately.

Applicants need to have a distinguished track record in the study of 
African epistemologies. The position will
complement existing strengths in African studies and will play a central 
role in the intellectual agenda of the
“Africa Multiple” Cluster of Excellence, which is designed to break new 
ground in theory and method in
African studies. We are seeking to recruit a scholar whose work engages 
with the epistemological premises
and theoretical approaches in the study of Africa and, more broadly, the 
Global South. We are especially
interested in approaches that view knowledge production and knowledge 
practices as ongoing processes and
highlight their articulation and transformation in specific historical, 
political, and cultural settings. The
position will cover a transdisciplinary field that comprises different 
modes of knowledge production in and
about Africa and African diasporas. These may include a focus on debates 
on “indigenous knowledges” or
the decolonization of knowledge, and approaches informed by sociology of 
knowledge, postcolonial studies,
posthuman studies and/or gender and queer studies. Applicants may have a 
background in philosophy,
history, the study of religion, literary or media studies, anthropology, 
cultural studies, science & technology
studies, or the social sciences.

The successful candidate will cover the field of African epistemologies 
in teaching and research. He or she
is expected to create synergies with one of the relevant disciplinary 
units in the Faculty of Humanities and
Social Sciences (anthropology, history, philosophy, study of religion, 
sociology) and may be offered
membership in the Faculty of Languages and Literatures; in the latter 
case, he ore she may join one of the
disciplinary units there. He ore she will engage in collaborative 
interdisciplinary research projects and
actively contribute to advancing the research agenda of the “Africa 
Multiple” Cluster of Excellence.
Candidates who have received a substantial part of their academic 
qualification in Africa are welcome to
apply.

The successful candidate will teach courses in the bachelor’s and 
master’s programmes relating to African
studies and in the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African 
Studies. He ore she will also contribute
to the curriculum of one of the disciplinary units within the Faculty of 
Humanities and Social Sciences (or in
the Faculty of Languages and Literatures) and may offer courses relevant 
for the curriculum in other
faculties. Willingness to procure external funding and to be actively 
involved in the bodies of academic selfadministration
is expected.

Prerequisites for this position (according to BayHSchPG Article 7 and 
Article 10 para 3) are a university
degree, a doctoral degree, proven excellence in teaching, and a 
post-doctoral qualification to teach at a
professorial level (Habilitation). Alternatively, evidence of equivalent 
scholarly achievement (for example as
a junior professor, or in a non-university environment) will also be 
considered. A further requisite is the ability
to teach in English. The successful candidate is expected to acquire a 
working knowledge of German within
three years. Only applicants who are 51 years of age or younger can be 
hired as civil servants (Article 10
para 3 BayHSchPG).

The University of Bayreuth seeks to increase the proportion of women 
involved in research and teaching (in
accordance with Article 4 para 2 sentence 1 BayHSchPG) and therefore 
particularly welcomes female
applicants. All qualifications being equal, severely disabled applicants 
will be given priority. The University of
Bayreuth strives to further increase the diversity of its academic 
staff. For this reason, scholars who can
help make the research and teaching profile of the university more 
diverse are strongly encouraged to apply.
Applicants with children are highly welcome. The University of Bayreuth 
is a member of the best practice
club Family at University, and it offers “dual career support” for 
career-oriented partners of highly qualified
employees. In addition, an extended audit conducted by the German 
Rectors’ Conference (HRK) returned a
favourable review for the University of Bayreuth’s commitment to 
internationalization.

Please send your cover letter and supporting documents (CV outlining 
education and academic career, list of
publications, list of courses taught, a description of your research, as 
well as copies of all diplomas and
certificates) to the Dean of the Faculty Humanities & Social Sciences, 
University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, by 5 May 2019.
Application documents cannot be returned to the applicant, and if 
unsuccessful, the files will be permanently disposed of in accordance 
with data protection law. Please also submit an identical copy of your 
application as a single PDF file (up to 30 MB) to 
dekanat.kuwi at uni-bayreuth.de.

https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/de/universitaet/arbeiten-an-der-universitaet/stellenangebote/professuren/KuWi3/index.html
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