Associate Professorship in Church History

The School of Culture and Society invites applications for an Associate Professorship in Church History at the Department of Theology. The Associate Professorship is a permanent position which begins on 01 June 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Place of employment: Aarhus University, Department of Theology, Denmark.

In its pursuit of academic excellence, The Faculty of Arts is committed to creating an inclusive working environment and therefore encourages all qualified candidates to apply, regardless of personal background, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, ethnicity etc.

The position

We are seeking an innovative and dedicated candidate with a strong research profile and research agenda within the field of late medieval, early modern and modern church history, who will contribute to the development of the Department of Theology and its core activities in the areas of research, education, talent development and knowledge exchange. The associate professor will be expected to develop collaborative research initiatives with other fields in theology and history at the School of Culture and Society and to develop projects with external financing. 

The Department of Theology at Aarhus University offers a dynamic, collegial, and internationally orientated research and teaching environment with good possibilities for career development, project funding, and administrative support. In regard to research as well as teaching, church historians at the Department of Theology have traditionally covered international church history from the origins of Christianity in Antiquity until the present day, with a special focus on Danish church history in its Nordic as well as its general European context.

Research

The successful applicant will be expected to contribute to core activities at the School of Culture and Society and Aarhus University in general and to strengthen the Department of Theology’s research activities and output in particular. He/she will be expected to take an interest in interdisciplinary research collaboration within the department’s research program, the research unit of church history, and interdisciplinary research programs, e.g. Lumen – the Centre for the Study of Lutheran Theology and Confessional Societies – at the School of Culture and Society, the Faculty of Arts, and beyond.

Applicants should present a concrete plan for research, including their possible involvement in the above-mentioned programs and plans for external research funding for the coming years. 

Past research achievements will be assessed based on the active research time of the applicant in question. We therefore ask applicants to specify any career breaks they have had (for instance due to maternity/paternity leave) in order to gauge their research productivity.

Education

The Associate Professor will be expected to teach and supervise students at all levels (BA, MA and PhD) and contribute to the development and application of innovative teaching methods. The Department of Theology expects that the successful candidate participates actively in the development of a dynamic teaching environment in dialogue with students and other professors. The position involves teaching duties in church history as well as responsibility for the development of interdisciplinary teaching activities. 

In relation to teaching at BA level, applicants should be able to document their ability to teach general church history, especially covering the medieval, the early modern and modern period, including a special focus on Danish/Nordic church history.

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