KU Leuven

Vacancy for ERC grantholders at the Institute of Philosophy

2024-11-11 (Europe/Brussels)
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The Institute of Philosophy has a vacancy (100%) for a tenure-track assistant professor in the domain of medieval philosophy. This position is intended for a researcher who has recently secured research financing in the form of an ERC Starting Grant and who will carry out this ERC project at KU Leuven. The awarded ERC Starting Grant will be considered as the application file for the position. Upon a positive evaluation after 5 years, the candidate will become an associate professor.

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Research

Work to be carried out in this position principally consists of high-level internationally recognised research in the field of medieval philosophy, with as specialisation, the Latin translations of Aristotle and their reception history. The position will be assigned to the De Wulf-Mansion Centre for Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy at the Institute. The candidate is expected to collaborate closely with the researchers affiliated with the Aritosteles Latinus project.

Teaching

The candidate is willing to offer a limited amount of teaching. This teaching meets the requirements for academic study programmes in terms of level, purpose and academic focus and is in line with the KU Leuven teaching vision.

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Candidates must hold a PhD awarded at least 3 full years prior to the start of the appointment.
Candidates show promise to become internationally recognised high-level researchers, as proven among other factors by internationally recognised scholarly publications. They must also possess the didactic skills requisite for teaching at the university.
A good knowledge of English is crucial.
The administrative language of KU Leuven is Dutch. If you do not speak Dutch (or insufficiently) at the time of employment, KU Leuven will provide language training to enable you to take part in official and administrative meetings. Before teaching courses in Dutch or in English, you will be offered the opportunity to obtain the necessary knowledge of, respectively, Dutch or English.
The European Research Council (ERC) expert panel’s assessment is part of the senior academic staff assessment. As is the case for all senior academic staff vacancies, the relevant assessment committee will be asked for its advice. The decision about the position will be taken by the University board.

Offer

The successful candidate will be appointed in the academic rank of assistant professor (tenure-track).

Interested?

For more information please contact Prof. dr. Helder De Schutter, mail: helder.deschutter@kuleuven.be. For problems with online applying, please contact solliciteren@kuleuven.be.

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Titel
Vacancy for ERC grantholders at the Institute of Philosophy
Arbetsgivare
Plats
Oude Markt 13 Leuven, Belgien
Publicerad
2024-10-25
Sista ansökningsdag
2024-11-11 23:59 (Europe/Brussels)
2024-11-11 23:59 (CET)
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KU Leuven is an autonomous university. It was founded in 1425. It was born of and has grown within the Catholic tradition.

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