Full Professorship (W 3) in Romance Linguistics
(Fulltime, Salary level W 3)
Reference No. 2026/067.
The Department of Linguistics seeks to fill this position by October 1, 2027.
The University of Konstanz is a dynamic and internationally successful research university with approximately 10,000 students. The campus university’s architecture promotes interdisciplinary cooperation and a sense of community among researchers, lecturers and students. The University of Konstanz has been continuously funded by the German Excellence Strategy since 2006.
Applicants are expected to have an excellent track record in at least one core area of linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics or pragmatics), and a second specialization in another area of linguistics, preferably historical linguistics. The language of specialization must be French on the one hand, and Spanish on the other. Expertise in other Iberian or Gallo-Romance languages is desirable.
Teaching and examination duties primarily relate to Romance language degree programmes (BA and MA, teacher training) as well as the BA and MA programmes in General Linguistics and the doctoral programme. The willingness to teach courses in the Romance target languages is expected. Non-German-speaking job holders are expected to be able to teach courses in German after three years at the latest.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate academic achievements comparable to the level of the German Habilitation.
A good fit with the research agenda of the newly approved Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1760 Silence, Noise and Signal in Language and willingness to participate in this collaborative research enterprise as well as in other research networks of the Department of Linguistics and the University is expected. For information on teaching and research at the department, see: https://www.ling.uni-konstanz.de/en
For further information on the application procedure, please contact, peter.krause@uni-konstanz.de. For content-related questions, contact the head of the department, bernhard.brehmer@uni-konstanz.de.
In all other aspects, the hiring requirements for professorships follow from § 47 paragraph 1,2 of the Landeshochschulgesetz.
Applications must be submitted via our Online Application Portal by 30 April 2026 and should include the usual documents (cover letter, CV, list of publications, list of courses taught, copies of academic certificates) as well as a project outline (in German or English) for participation in the CRC 1760, which should be no longer than two pages.
The University of Konstanz is committed to ensuring an environment that provides equal opportunities and promotes diversity as well as a good balance between university and family life. As an equal opportunity employer, we strive to increase the number of women working in the field advertised (https://www.uni-konstanz.de/en/equalopportunities/). Persons with disabilities are explicitly encouraged to apply. They will be given preference if appropriately qualified (sbv@uni-konstanz.de, +49 7531 88-4016).
