A five-year tenure-track assistant professorship is available at the Hans Christian Andersen Centre, Department for the Study of Culture and Language, University of Southern Denmark, with appointment from 1 January 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter.
The Hans Christian Andersen Centre is an internationally leading research environment within Andersen studies. Its research encompasses literary, cultural and public dissemination-oriented approaches to Andersen's works, life and cultural significance. The Centre conducts research at the highest international level with the aim of developing new literary, cultural and dissemination-oriented perspectives on Andersen's complete artistic oeuvre. The Centre provides a framework for collaboration with Danish and international researchers, cultural mediators and other actors in the field.
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The assistant professorship is a tenure-track position with a view to obtaining a permanent appointment as associate professor following a positive academic assessment.
The position is affiliated with the project Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales and Stories - the Digital Manuscript Edition and will, in close interaction with the project's existing research activities, contribute to integrating digital, philological and literary approaches.
The assistant professor will be part of the Centre's research environment and collaborate with the project's editorial group, with responsibility for developing research at the intersection of digital humanities, textual genesis and literary-historical analysis.
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The Hans Christian Andersen Centre is an internationally leading research environment within Andersen studies. Its research encompasses literary, cultural and public dissemination-oriented approaches to Andersen's works, life and cultural significance. The Centre conducts research at the highest international level with the aim of developing new literary, cultural and dissemination-oriented perspectives on Andersen's complete artistic oeuvre. The Centre provides a framework for collaboration with Danish and international researchers, cultural mediators and other actors in the field.
Job Content
The assistant professorship is a tenure-track position with a view to obtaining a permanent appointment as associate professor following a positive academic assessment.
The position is affiliated with the project Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales and Stories - the Digital Manuscript Edition and will, in close interaction with the project's existing research activities, contribute to integrating digital, philological and literary approaches.
The assistant professor will be part of the Centre's research environment and collaborate with the project's editorial group, with responsibility for developing research at the intersection of digital humanities, textual genesis and literary-historical analysis.
Read more about the position here