37.55, Jobs: Discourse Analysis, Historical Linguistics, Semantics, Sociolinguistics, Text/Corpus Linguistics: W2 Professorship with Tenure Track to W3 in Romance Linguistics with a Focus on Italian, Uni Bonn

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Date: 06-Jan-2026
From: Claudia Jacobi [cjacobi at uni-bonn.de]
Subject: Discourse Analysis, Historical Linguistics, Semantics, Sociolinguistics, Text/Corpus Linguistics: W2 Professorship with Tenure Track to W3 in Romance Linguistics with a Focus on Italian, Uni Bonn


Job Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Web Address:
https://www.uni-bonn.de/de/universitaet/arbeiten-an-der-uni/stellenangebote/stellenausschreibungen/w2-professur-fuer-romanische-sprachwissenschaft-mit-schwerpunkt-im-italienischen-mit-tenure-track-nach-w3
Job Title: W2 Professorship with Tenure Track to W3 in Romance
Linguistics with a Focus on Italian
Job Rank: Assoc/Full Professor

Specialty Areas: Discourse Analysis; Historical Linguistics;
Semantics; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics

Description:
The University of Bonn is an international research university with a
wide education and research profile. With a 200-year history,
approximately 31,500 students, more than 6,000 staff, and an excellent
reputation at home and abroad, the University of Bonn is one of the
most important universities in Germany and is recognized as a
University of excellence.
At the Faculty of Arts of the University of Bonn, the following
position is to be filled at the Institute for Classical and Romance
Philology at the earliest possible date:
W2 Professorship with Tenure Track to W3 in Romance Linguistics with a
focus on Italian
The successful candidate will represent Italian linguistics in its
full synchronic and diachronic breadth and will also have linguistic
research expertise in at least one additional Romance language (French
or Spanish). In research, a focus on (historical) sociolinguistics is
expected, along with methodological expertise in the field of digital
linguistics. In teaching, a strong com-mand of and ability to convey
empirical research methods is desired.
Applicants must be able to teach in both German and Italian.
International and interdiscipli-nary teaching and research experience,
as well as experience in securing third-party funding, are required.
The position also involves active participation in the international
and interdis-ciplinary teaching and research networks of Bonn’s
Romance Studies (including international degree and doctoral
programs), in the faculty and university’s research structures (e.g.
Trans-disciplinary Research Areas, TRAs), and in academic
self-administration.
Applicants must hold a doctorate in a relevant field and demonstrate
additional academic qualifications equivalent to a habilitation.
The appointment requirements are in accordance with § 36 of the Higher
Education Act of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Hochschulgesetz
NRW).
The University of Bonn is committed to diversity and equal
opportunity. It is certified as a family-friendly university. It aims
to increase the proportion of women in areas where women are
under-represented and to promote their careers in particular. It
therefore strongly encourages women with relevant qualifications to
apply. Applications will be handled in accordance with the
Landesgleichstellungsgesetz (State Equality Act). Applications from
suitable individuals with a certified serious disability and those of
equal status are particularly welcome.
Please apply via our online portal to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts:
https://berufungsportal.uni-bonn.de
Application deadline: February 12,2026

Application Deadline: 12-Feb-2026
Mailing Address for Applications:
        Germany
Web Address for Applications: https://berufungsportal.uni-bonn.de
Contact Information:
        Claudia Jacobi
        Email: cjacobi at uni-bonn.de



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