The Department of Medieval Studies at Central European University (CEU) invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Byzantine Studies. The successful candidate will be an outstanding researcher and teacher in the field of Byzantine Studies, with the ability to teach subjects and supervise theses at the MA and PhD levels in a broad chronological range from ca. 500 to 1500, or even beyond.

The Department of Medieval Studies has a distinguished record in both teaching and research. It provides comparative and multi-disciplinary postgraduate education on all aspects of the history and culture of the period from c.300 to c.1600.

The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and further developing the profile of Byzantine Studies at the Department of Medieval Studies and is expected to be an active member of the Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (CEMS). S/he will work in close collaboration with other members of the Department teaching subjects in the Western Middle Ages, early and eastern Christianity, the history of philosophy and theology and art history. Possible research foci of the applicants may include (but not be restricted to) Byzantine history; literature and literacy; material culture and daily life in Byzantium; philosophy and theology; manuscript studies and philology; contacts of the Byzantine Empire to its peripheries and neighboring territories; archaeology, art and architecture of the Byzantine Empire.

The successful candidate must have a PhD in a field relevant for Byzantine Studies, and must have demonstrated outstanding research in the field. Teaching experience, particularly at graduate level, is considered an asset.