Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Associate.

The position on offer is permanent. Payment will be made according to pay group 13 TV-L Wissenschaft.

The Department of Baltic Studies at the University of Greifswald combines its teaching with research into Baltic literature and the contemporary situation of Lithuanian and Latvian in a variety of ways. The Department runs its own bachelor’s degree course in Baltic Studies and is involved in the master’s degree courses Linguistic Diversity and History and Culture of the Baltic Sea Region. In terms of research, the Department specialises in sociolinguistics and narratology, which gives it a wide range of connections to the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

Job description:

• Academic services in research at the chair
• Planning and realisation of own research projects and the acquisition of third-party funds, especially in connection with the sociolinguistics of Lithuania or Lithuanian in comparison with its neighbouring countries
• Academic teaching for the degree courses the Department is involved in or runs (teaching language is German)
• Participation in committees and commissions of academic self-administration
• Responsibility for subject-specific student counselling and Erasmus coordination

Job Requirements:

• At the time of employment, a completed doctorate on a Baltic sociolinguistic topic related to Latvia or Lithuania
• Research specialisation in sociolinguistics, focusing on Lithuania and the languages spoken there
• Experience of teaching at university level in areas relevant to the position
• Near-native German language skills (C2 level)
• Excellent Lithuanian language skills (C1 level)

Desirable:

• Excellent language skills in Latvian or a Slavic language at C1 level, preferably Polish or Russian
• Experience in the acquisition of third-party funding
• Experience in digital teaching
• International academic contacts in areas relevant to the position
• An independent, method-tolerant and comparative approach to scholarly work and the ability to work in a team

The position is open to all persons, irrespective of gender.

Due to the underrepresentation of women in equivalent positions at the university, applications from women are particularly welcome and will be treated with priority if they have the same qualifications and as long as there are no clear reasons which make a fellow applicant more suitable.

Severely disabled applicants with the same qualifications will be considered with preference.

In accordance with § 68(3) PersVG M-V, the Staff Council will only be involved in staff matters of the academic or artistic staff on request.

Please only submit copies of your application documents as they cannot be returned. Unfortunately, the application costs (e.g. travel expenses for interviews) will not be reimbursed by the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Applications (including a cover letter explaining the motivation for the application, curriculum vitae (CV), academic certificates, language certificates or descriptions of language skills, overview of publications and taught courses, brief indication of experience with new media, descriptions of efforts to obtain third-party funding, list of academic projects with Lithuanian educational institutions) should be sent with reference to the job advertisement number 25/E10 by 10 October 2025 , via email (one PDF file), to:

Universität Greifswald