[Buddha-l] Job announcement: assistant / lecturer in Buddhist Studies, University of Heidelberg

[JKirkpatrick]

From: Dr. Birgit Kellner
To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
Subject: Job: assistant / lecturer in Buddhist Studies,
University of Heidelberg

Dear colleagues,

find below a job advertisement for an assistant / lecturer in
Buddhist Studies from the University of Heidelberg, Cluster of
Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context".

To ensure wide circulation, I would like to ask you to kindly
forward this advertisement to potential applicants.

PDFs for departmental bulletin boards and the like are available
for
download:

English: 
http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/fileadmin/Documents/Job_
Announcements/100121_Assistant-Lecturer_Kellner.pdf

German: 
http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/fileadmin/Documents/Job_
Announcements/100121_akademMitarbeiter_Kellner.pdf


With best wishes, and apologies for cross-posting,

Birgit Kellner

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The Cluster of Excellence „Asia and Europe in a Global Context“,
University of Heidelberg (_www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de
<http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/>_) is seeking to
employ an



*Assistant / Lecturer*

*(TV-L 13)*


*in Buddhist Studies with an area focus on South Asia and Tibet*


The position is initially filled for three years, with optional
extension. The position should be filled by 1 October 2010
latest. It is part of the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe
in a Global Context: 
Asymmetries of Cultural Flows,” funded by the German Federal
Excellence Initiative. The salary corresponds to level TVL-13 of
the German public service salary scale.


The assistant / lecturer is expected to teach in the framework of
bachelor and master programs (one course per semester), to
support the professor for Buddhist Studies in research, teaching
and supervision of students, and to assist in organizational and
administrative affairs.


The successful candidate has completed (preferably with PhD) a
program in Buddhist Studies with an area focus in South Asia and
Tibet and has excellent command of Sanskrit and Classical
Tibetan. German is not required but German language classes are
available. The candidate is capable to work in a team and has
didactic qualifications. Computer literacy appropriate to the
field is a prerequisite.


The candidate is willing to engage with a transcultural research
approach, and to actively participate in the conception of
digital resources (especially terminological databases). The
candidate is also willing to acquire the necessary basic
technical competence for the latter, if needed.


Please submit a CV with publication list, copies of university
grade transcripts and a sketch of current and future research
projects (2-3
pages) preferably by email (exclusively as one PDF document, no
further attachments please!) to
_kellner at asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de
<mailto:brosius at asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de>_ or per mail to
the address given below. In the latter case please only send
photocopies; originals will not be returned.

In cases of equal qualification, aptitude and expertise of the
applicants, female applicants will be given preferential
treatment for those salary groups and careers in which females
are underrepresented, unless there are preponderant reasons to
give preference to another applicant.

Physically challenged candidates with similar qualifications will
be given special consideration.

Application deadline is 1 March 2010; interviews will be
scheduled for the end of March or beginning of April.


Dr. Birgit Kellner
Cluster „Asia and Europe“
Buddhist Studies
Karl Jaspers Centre for Advanced Transcultural Studies
Gebäude 4400
Voßstr. 2
69115 Heidelberg