Assistant / Associate professor or Professor of Latin language and Roman literature
The Faculty of Arts at the University of Helsinki invites applications for the position of
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR or PROFESSOR OF LATIN LANGUAGE AND ROMAN LITERATURE
The successful applicant may be appointed to a permanent professorship or a fixed-term assistant or associate professorship (tenure track system), depending on their qualifications and career stage.
JOB DESCRIPTION
In addition to Latin language, the field of the position includes all literary and documentary (incl. epigraphic) material written in Latin from the archaic Rome through antiquity, Middle Ages and the Renaissance to Neo-Latin.
The successful applicant is expected to be a broad-based scholar with international orientation, proficient in the Latin language and its development as well as the use of Latin in the various registers of the language. The assistant professor, associate professor or professor is able to utilise Latin source material in their teaching and research from the perspective of both language and culture. In addition, they must have the capacity to lead multidisciplinary research based on Latin-language sources. The individual sought for the position is a versatile language scholar who has, in addition to their specialist skills, other skills relevant to the implementation of the University’s strategic plan and the focus areas of the Department of Languages is sought for the position. Through their personal skills, the appointee will supplement and complement the linguistics knowledge at the Faculty of Arts.
In addition to Latin language and Roman literature the assistant professor, associate professor or professor will conduct and supervise scholarly research and provide teaching in the bachelor’s and master’s programmes in languages. The appointee will be responsible for advanced studies in Latin language together with other teachers in the field. The appointee must be able to provide teaching based on their own research, supervise doctoral and other theses as well as postdoctoral researchers, manage research projects and follow scholarly developments. The duties of the position also include administrative responsibilities and public engagement. The assistant professor, associate professor or professor is also required to participate in other teaching in the Master’s Programme in Languages and other degree programmes providing, for example, joint methodology or theory teaching (e.g., linguistic typology, history of linguistics, historical linguistics, grammar composition studies) in various study tracks.
APPOINTMENT CRITERIA
An appointee to the position of assistant professor or associate professor must hold a doctoral degree and have the ability to conduct independent scholarly work as well as the teaching skills necessary for the position. In addition, the appointee must have the ability and motivation to pursue an academic career, as demonstrated by publications and other means.
An appointee to a professorship must hold a doctoral degree and possess top-level scholarly qualifications and experience in the supervision of scholarly research, as well as the ability to provide top-level research-based teaching and to supervise theses. In addition, the appointee must present documentation of international cooperation in the research field they represent. They must also have academic leadership skills.
When assessing applicants’ qualifications, attention will be paid to both scholarly and teaching qualifications. Scholarly qualifications include scholarly publications and other research results of scholarly value, success in obtaining external research funding, scholarly work outside Finland and international elected positions. Teaching qualifications include teaching experience and pedagogical training, the ability to produce learning materials, other teaching merits and, if necessary, a teaching demonstration, as well as participation in doctoral education. Furthermore, consideration will be given to applicants’ leadership and interaction skills, as well as their active participation in the research community and public engagement.
Pursuant to the Government Decree on Universities (770/2009), appointees to teaching and research positions at the University must be proficient in the language in which they provide instruction, i.e., Finnish or Swedish. To successfully attend to the duties of the position, the appointee must also have excellent skills in English. If the successful applicant is not proficient in Finnish, they will be expected to acquire sufficient proficiency within a reasonable period of time. Support for studying the language will be provided. Further information on language skills and the demonstration of language proficiency is available on the University website.
SALARY
The salary will be based on levels 7 (assistant/associate professor) or 8–10 (professor) of the job requirement scheme for teaching and research personnel in the salary system of Finnish universities. In addition, the appointee will be paid a salary component based on personal work performance. The annual salary of an assistant or associate professor is approximately €55,000–68,500, while that of a professor is approximately €66,500–99,000, depending on the previous experience and qualifications of the appointee. The position includes a six-month trial period.
The University of Helsinki provides its staff with occupational health and fitness services, professional development opportunities, as well as a first-class research and teaching environment and the conditions necessary for international cooperation. Read more about staff benefits on our website.
HOW TO APPLY
The application, together with the required attachments, must be submitted through the University of Helsinki recruitment system by clicking on the link Apply now. Internal applicants (i.e., current employees of the University of Helsinki) must submit their applications through the SAP Fiori portal. The University of Helsinki welcomes applicants of any gender, linguistic or cultural background, or minority group.
Applicants are requested to enclose the following documents in English with their applications as a single PDF file:
- A curriculum vitae
- A report (max. 5 pages) on the applicant’s teaching expertise
- A report (max. 5 pages) describing the applicant’s research activities (activities in the academic community, success in obtaining research funding and international research activity)
- A written vision (max. 2 pages) for the applicant’s research activities and the development of the field
- A numbered list of publications
See instructions.
Applicants are kindly asked to prepare to select up to 10 publications from their list of publications and submit them for assessment through the recruitment system after the application period.
The application deadline is 16 February 2025.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further information on the position can obtained from Department of Languages Director Johanna Viimaranta, johanna.viimaranta@helsinki.fi. Further information on the recruitment process can be obtained from HR Specialist Jenni Syväoja (hr-humtdk@helsinki.fi).
Further information on careers and the tenure track model at the University of Helsinki is available on our website.
The Faculty of Arts at the University of Helsinki is the oldest and the largest humanities teaching and research unit in Finland in terms of its disciplinary structure and range of subjects. It is also a major international research, education and cultural community.
The Faculty of Arts studies and teaches languages and literature spoken in Europe and the rest of the world, in total almost 40 languages. It also develops general theories of linguistics, translation and literary studies.