The University of Koblenz is Germany’s youngest university – yet it also boasts a long academic tradition. Interdisciplinary and cross-
departmental collaboration, as well as short distances across campus, characterise everyday life at the university. As an interdiscipli-
nary university in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate with around 9,800 students, we embody knowledge, transformation and innova-
tion in our key areas of ‘Education’, ‘Computer Science’, ‘Culture and Communication’ and ‘Materials and Environment’. We are com-
mitted to forward-looking teacher training for all types of schools and facilitate the transfer of knowledge to society and the regional
economy. Join our team and help shape our future!
The position is part-time (currently 19.5 hours per week) and is limited
to a term of three years. The fixed-term nature of the contract is based
on the provisions of the German Act on Fixed-Term Employment Con-
tracts in Academia (WissZeitVG). The teaching load amounts to 2 hours
per week. The PhD is part of the role.
The Institute of English and American Studies comprises two independ-
ent divisions: General English and American Studies, and the Division
of Foreign Language Education in Primary Schools (FBG) – English. The
division of English and American Studies conducts teaching and re-
search across the entire field of English and American Studies, with a
focus on the complex transformations of English-speaking cultures in
a globalised world. Particular areas of focus include literature and (vis-
ual) culture from the 18th to the 21st century, Material Studies, Cul-
tural Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Lin-
guistics, language practice, and foreign language didactics, particularly
in the areas of Content and Language Integrated Learning and Task-
Based Language Teaching. Foreign Language Education in Primary
Schools focuses in research, teaching and knowledge transfer on the
development and application of the latest methods for teaching and
learning English at primary level.
Your responsibilities
Your responsibilities will involve working in the field of English linguis-
tics. These include, in particular:
amounting to 2 contact hours per week, as well as associated supervi-
sion, examination and administrative duties
guistics; possible topics include, for example, the research fields of lan-
guage assessment, German Learner English, machine translation and
other related areas
lectures
aration of external funding applications
nerships (e.g. regarding student placements abroad).
Your profile
degree) in English or American Studies
tics (to be outlined in a short synopsis, max. 1 A4 page)
The following are advantageous:
a Master’s thesis in this field) and the ability to contribute to at least
one of the research priorities of the Chair of English Linguistics (e.g.
corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, sociophonetics, auto-
matic speech recognition, machine translation)
ming
integration of theory and practice in teacher training programmes
What we offer
We are a dynamic institute whose staff are deeply committed to research
and teaching. We place great emphasis on teamwork and tackling tasks
together. We also take our contact with our students and their support
very seriously.
of communication
as
ance with the TV-L (annual bonus, pension scheme (VBL))
programme permits
The University of Koblenz welcomes applications from people of all ages,
regardless of gender identity, disability, ethnic or cultural background,
religion, beliefs or sexual orientation. We are committed to increasing
the proportion of women and are therefore particularly interested in ap-
plications from women. Where candidates are equally qualified and
competent, women will be given preference in the event of under-repre-
sentation. People with severe disabilities will be given preference where
they are otherwise equally qualified in terms of professional and per-
sonal suitability.
For further information, please contact Associate Professor Dr Andreas
Weilinghoff (email: weilinghoff@uni-koblenz.de). Please send your de-
tailed application documents by 21 June 2026, quoting reference num-
ber 059/2026, exclusively by email as a single PDF file to the following
e-mail-address: bewerbung@uni-koblenz.de. Please do not include a
photograph with your application. We do not send confirmation of re-
ceipt. Once the selection process has been completed, the application
documents will be destroyed in accordance with data protection regula-
tions
www.uni-koblenz.de/karriere
We are looking to fill the following position asap on a fixed-term, part-time basis:
A Research Assistant (m/f/d)
at the Institute of English a. American Studies, Department 2: Philology/Cultural
Studies
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