W1 Junior Professorship in Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric in Arabic-Islamic Culture (800-1100), Freiburg (Germany)

The Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Freiburg invites applications for the position of Assistant Professorship/Juniorprofessur in Philosophy (W1) with tenure-track option - Bertha Ottenstein Professorship. The Bertha Ottenstein Professorship is an initiative to support promising female researchers. The position is based on a temporary appointment with tenure-track option. It is funded by means of the German Excellence Initiative. The successful candidate will lead a research group and conduct research on "Grammar - Logic - Rhetoric: Conceptions of Language at the Crossroads of Scientific Disciplines and Social Groups in Arabic-Islamic Culture (800-1100)" which has been granted a strategic position within the Faculty of Philosophy. The initial appointment will begin in Summer 2011 and be for four years.

Applications should be sent to arrive by 01.12.2010. For more information, see http://www.uni-freiburg.de/universitaet-en/organisation/ or contact Professor Maarten J.F.M. Hoenen (maarten.hoenen at philosophie.uni-freiburg.de).