Job opportunities

Lecturer in Turkish (Lecturer with a specified function)

Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

Application deadline: 2 February 2026

A position as a lecturer with a specified function in Turkish language teaching is to be filled as of 1 April 2026 at the Faculty 05 at the Institute for Slavic, Turkic and Circum-Baltic Studies in the Department of Turcology.

Your tasks:
– Teaching courses (8 course Hours [SWS]) at the bachelor’s level in Turkish and Ottoman, as well as in the master’s program “Supplementary Qualifications” (Turkish Certificate), including Turkish grammar, conversation, country profile, translation exercises, and Ottoman I and II
– Correction and supervision tasks
– Providing academic advising for bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in collaboration with the Department of Turcology
– Collaborating on research projects

More information: https://stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de/jgu/job/52548

University Professor of the History of the Islamic World

Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

Application deadline: 1 February 2026

The Department of History at the Faculty of History and Cultural Studies invites applications for the position of University Professor of the History of the Islamic World (Salary grade W 2 LBesG | Civil Servant (tenured)) to be filled at the earliest possible date.

We are looking for a candidate who can represent the full scope of the field in research and in teaching. The applicant should be able to provide proof of at least two focal research areas related to the history of predominantly Islamic societies in eastern North Africa and in West Asia between the 7th and 19th centuries, documented through relevant publications. Proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic and further languages relevant to the focal research area (e.g., Ottoman Turkish) is desired.

More information: https://berufungsportal.uni-mainz.de/ausschreibungen/47?lang=en

Past Job Opportunities (Archive)

Funded Doctoral Position in Environmental/Agricultural History (Turkey)

Institute for European Global Studies, University of Basel

Application deadline: 8 December 2025

The Europainstitut / Institute for European Global Studies at the University of Basel, Switzerland, invites applications for a fully-funded, four-year (1 plus 3) PhD position in the Swiss National Research Foundation project “Feeding the Earth: Synthetic Fertilizers and the Remaking of Agriculture in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries”. The position is to be filled as of June 1st, 2026.

More information: https://jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen/phd-position-4-yrs-in-environmental-agricultural-history-turkey/0bb7b037-34ee-4ff1-b087-4dec85f9e5d5

Four Job Opportunities at the Project Archivum Alevicum / Alevi Archive

Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Leipzig

Application deadline for all positions: 30 November 2025

Research Associate (m/f/d), Historiography
https://www.saw-leipzig.de/de/ausschreibungen/stellenausschreibungen/aral-researcher01_engl.pdf/view

Research Associate (m/f/d), Ethnography
https://www.saw-leipzig.de/de/ausschreibungen/stellenausschreibungen/aral-researcher01_engl.pdf/view

Research Software Engineer (m/w/d)
https://www.saw-leipzig.de/de/ausschreibungen/stellenausschreibungen/aral-researcher03_engl.pdf/view

Doctoral Position Digital Humanities (m/w/d/)
https://www.saw-leipzig.de/de/ausschreibungen/stellenausschreibungen/aral-dh-doct04_engl.pdf/view

The project will reconstruct the only scarcely explored ethnohistory of the Alevis in Anatolia, focusing on the period from the 16th to the 20th century. It will examine settlement dynamics and the processes of community-building among Alevi groups, as well as their complex relationships with the state, Sunni Muslims, and non-Muslims. Combining a range of methods based on previously unconnected sources—including Ottoman archives, Alevi manuscripts, oral traditions, and material culture—a comprehensive virtual research environment will be developed. This environment will enable the reconstruction of the development of Alevi communities within the context of Ottoman social and religious history from the Early Modern Period to the Modern Era.

https://www.saw-leipzig.de/de/ausschreibungen