Associate Professor in Modern History

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Associate professor in modern history

The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Bergen invites applications for a permanent position as Associate Professor in Modern History with specialization in Women’s and Gender History at the Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural and Religious Studies. The starting date for the position is the 1st of August 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The discipline of History deals with human society through the ages. The historians at the department carry out research and teaching at all levels, from undergraduate to graduate and post-graduate, including history didactics for students in the teacher education program. Continuing education is a field the department wishes to develop. The department covers a wide range of fields in both research and teaching, and offers courses on all historical periods, from antiquity until the present, from the local to the global, and in a variety of areas, such as economic, social, cultural, and political history. There are currently 23 permanent academic positions in History at the department.

Work tasks:

The position has research, supervision, teaching, outreach, and administrative components. The successful applicant must be able to teach and supervise students at all levels within modern history, including Norwegian and Nordic Women’s and Gender History. The successful applicant will also be expected to contribute to UiB’s teacher training program, including supervision of practice.

The successful applicant will have the right and the duty to conduct research within their specialty and will be assigned some academic administrative work. It is expected that the successful candidate will participate in the continued development of the research environment, and assume an active role in project development, attraction of external funding and dissemination.

Norwegian will normally be the language of administration and teaching. The successful applicant will be required to teach in Norwegian or another Scandinavian language within three years of being appointed. The university provides suitable courses for learning Norwegian.

The successful candidate will be expected to relocate to Bergen, to work and participate in the day-to-day operations of the department and to conform to the regulations that apply to the position.

Qualification requirements and personal qualities:

• The successful applicant must have a Norwegian PhD in modern history or an equivalent foreign degree, or academic work of the same scope and quality. “Modern” refers to the period since 1750. The position requires special competence in Modern Women’s and Gender History.
• In the evaluation, publications from the last five years will be emphasized.
• Experience with initiating research projects and securing external research funding is a plus. Documented competency in project leadership, coordination of research activities and strategic research planning will also be given weight.
• Basic training and experience in teaching and supervising students at university level is a requirement for the position as associate professor. This implies completed formal pedagogical training, as well as basic skills in planning, implementation, evaluation and development of teaching and supervision. Relevant courses in combination with actual teaching experience could replace a university pedagogy program. Should the successful applicant not have such competence at the time of appointment, they will be required to document such training within two years of the date of appointment.
• Pedagogical training must be documented in a teaching portfolio which should include a documented overview of practical experience and competence, as well as a brief reflection statement. The statement should primarily describe the applicant’s teaching philosophy and an evaluation of their own teaching in relation to their knowledge of students’ learning at a higher education level. For further information on how to document pedagogical training, please click here.
• Personal aptitude will be of great importance. Emphasis will be placed on the applicant’s ability to work collaboratively, research in progress, and potential to strengthen the department’s academic profile over the coming years. Experience in attracting external funding will also be given emphasis.

We can offer:

• Salary in accordance with pay grade 71-75 (code 1011) on the State Salary Scale. This currently amounts to a gross annual salary of NOK 708.000-759.100. Further increase in salary will depend on seniority. From the gross salary a statutory 2 % deduction for membership in the State Pension Fund (Statens Pensjonskasse) is deducted. A higher salary may be considered for particularly well qualified applicants.
• A thriving and professionally stimulating working environment.
• Attractive research conditions, including approximately 46 percent research time.
• Enrolment in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.
• Excellent career opportunities, including the opportunity to apply for personal promotion to full professor at a later stage.
• Employment in an inclusive workplace (IA enterprise).
• Good welfare benefits.

How to apply for the job:

Applications should be sent electronically via the link “APPLY FOR THIS JOB”. The applicant must fill in the electronical CV form, and the application must include:

• Cover letter.
• CV.
• Scanned versions of original or certified copies of all academic diplomas and transcripts.
• Pedagogical portfolio and reflection statement (more information here).
• Information about and documentation of administrative experience and earlier work.
• A complete list of publications (may be attached).
• Up to five publications (which may include dissertations, other monographs or articles) to be included in the assessment.
• Name and contact information of three reference persons. One of these should preferably be the applicant’s current or previous superior.

The application and appendices with certified translations into English or a Scandinavian language must be uploaded to Jobbnorge. The documents may be in Word or PDF-format.

The expert committee can in special cases ask for additional documentation.

Publications that are not available electronically may be submitted in three - 3 - copies by mail to the Department at this address: University of Bergen, AHKR, PO Box 7805, N-5020 Bergen, Norway.

Nominated candidates will be invited to an interview and asked to give a lecture.

Guide for application, click here.

NB: Please note that applicants will be evaluated based on the information available in Jobbnorge after the closing deadline for applications. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that all information is uploaded by the deadline.

General information:

Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting the Head of Department, Professor Teemu Ryymin, by e-mail teemu.ryymin@uib.no or phone +47 55 58 38 79, or the coordinator of the History Program, Professor Ines Prodöhl, by e-mail ines.prodoehl@uib.no or phone +47 55 58 23 23.

The public sector shall reflect the diversity of Norwegian society to the greatest extent possible. Candidates with immigrant backgrounds and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

The University of Bergen applies the principle of public access to information when recruiting staff for academic positions. Information about applicants may be made public even if the applicant has asked not to be named on the list of persons who have applied. The applicant must be notified if the request to be omitted is not met.

Questions about the online application procedure may be sent by email to the Faculty of Humanities: fakadm@hf.uib.no.

For further information about the recruitment process, click here.

About The University of Bergen

The University of Bergen is a renowned educational and research institution, organised into seven faculties and approximately 54 institutes and academic centres. Campus is located in the centre of Bergen with university areas at Nygårdshøyden, Haukeland, Marineholmen, Møllendalsveien and Årstad. 

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