Job Rank: Full Professor
Salary: W3

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics

Other Specialties: Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models

Description:

The Faculty of Philology (Department of General Linguistics, https://uni-freiburg.de/linguistics/ ) in collaboration with the Digital Humanities Lab ( https://digitalhumanities.uni-freiburg.de/dh-lab/ ) is offering a W 3-Professorship for Digital Humanities.

Application deadline: 17. March 2026

Scope of work: Full-time position
Id no.: 00004827

We are looking for an internationally visible scholar from the field of Digital Humanities (DH) with a language- or text-focused profile. A specialization in methods, applications, and contexts of Artificial Intelligence in the broader sense (including technical understanding such as coding, application to philological research questions, and ideological/ethical/didactic implications, etc.) is required. In-depth knowledge of established DH methods (e.g., NLP and other computational techniques and models, distant reading, etc.) is advantageous. Networking within the Faculty of Philology as well as active participation in research foci, centers, and collaborative projects are expected. The successful candidate will assume a leadership function in the DH Lab established in 2024 at the Faculty of Philology, and will play a leading role in the (further) development of DH-related study and certificate programs, as well as in modules within language, literary and cultural studies curricula.

In all other respects, the conditions for appointment according to § 47 Landeshochschulgesetz apply.

Application Deadline: 17-Mar-2026
Mailing Address for Applications:
Please send your application including supporting documents mentioned above and the application form citing the reference number 00004827, by 17. March 2026 at the latest. Please send your application to the following address in written or electronic form:

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Bernd Kortmann
University of Freiburg

Germany
Email Address for Applications: bewerbungen@philologie.uni-freiburg.de
Web Address for Applications: https://uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004827/
Application Instructions:
For further information, please contact Herr Prof. Dr. Achim Rabus on the phone number +49 761 203-8315 or E-Mail achim.rabus@slavistik.uni-freiburg.de .

Further information on the appointment procedure can be found in the Code for Practice for professorial appointments (in German).
Contact Information:
Prof. Dr. Achim Rabus
Email: achim.rabus@slavistik.uni-freiburg.de