Assistant Professor History

Job Summary

This job opening as well as the Committee nomination were authorized by order of Professor João Sàágua, Rector of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. This is an international application procedure and follows the guidelines stated in article 37 and following of the University Teacher Career Statute (ECDU) and in the NOVA University Regulation for University Teacher Career Applications.

Requirements for admission:

• According to article 41.º-A of ECDU the requirement for applying to this procedure is to hold a PhD degree.
• The candidates must hold a PhD degree in the disciplinary area of History of Arte or in related disciplinary areas.
• To be master in spoken and written Portuguese and English.

Submission of applications:

• Applications can be handed in at the Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas – Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, located on the Avenida de Berna, 26-C, 1069-061 Lisbon, Expedient and Archive Service (9:00 am – 4:30 p.m.) or they can be sent by post to the same address with a stamp of the expedition date until the last day of the application period. The envelopes must have the reference of the Public Notice.
• Applications are formalized, under penalty of exclusion, with the following supporting documents that should preferably be digital.
• Documents proving the fulfilment of the legal requirements demanded in no. 1 and 2, point I.
• Declaration, under Commitment of Honor, of the mastery in Portuguese and English to a level that allows lecturing in these languages or the commitment to pursuit the mastery and these particular skills.
• Curriculum of the candidate organized according to point III of this Public Notice, indicating finished and published works as well as performed activities, regarding all the functions and responsibilities of the Professors, mentioned in articles 4.º and 5.º of ECDU;
• Copie of each work mentioned in the curriculum, namely, regarding the candidate’s contribution to the development and evolution of the disciplinary area of this call;
• Two programs (lectures planning, evaluation methods and bibliography) and other teaching materials that the candidate considers relevant in the disciplinary area of this call;
• Research and Teaching Development Project that the candidate intends to adopt in the future and that proves his/her contribution to the fulfillment of the institution’s mission.
• The candidate should indicate the e-mail address and give his/her permission on the application form so that all the communications and notifications within this recruitment process are made by e-mail.
• All applications must include a list of the supporting documents. The documents should preferably be in digital format (pdf), accordingly send the documents in digital format and in duplicate (2 pen drives) or send 9 copies of each document, in paper.
• The supporting documents for proving the requirements for recruitment in public functions may be replaced by a statement on the above-mentioned application form.
• Applications duly instructed with the above-mentioned documents, must be submitted within 30 business days, counting from the day immediately after the publication of this Notice in Diário da República.
• The supporting documents of the application must be written in Portuguese or in English.

Evaluation criteria:

• The quality over quantity of the academic production and/or of the professional experience of the candidates;
• The degree of internationalization;
• The degree of impact and the originality of the scientific production, in national and international level.

Selection Process:

• After the deadline for applications, the Committee meets for assessing and ranking the candidates.
• Based on the curricula assessment, their suitability to the scientific area and subarea of this call, the supporting documents and their evaluation according to the above-mentioned criteria, the Committee admits the candidates with a final classification of 50 or more and excludes the candidates with a final classification of less than 50.
• The candidates who are not admitted will be notified in the terms of the Code of Administrative Procedure.
• The Committee publicizes the list of admitted candidates, considering the order of their evaluation as well as a written statement.
• The order of the final list of the admitted candidates is determined by the Committee votes, according to the list formerly mentioned, and in accordance with no. 11 al. a) to f) of article 16 of NOVA University
  Regulation for University Teacher Career Applications.
• The admitted and excluded candidates are notified by e-mail according to no. 1 c) and no. 2 b) of article 112 of the Code of Administrative Procedure.
• The procedure process can be consulted by the candidates on request at the Scientific and Teaching
  Support Unit (Teaching and Quality Support Division) at NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities Universidade NOVA de Lisboa.
• If the Pd.D. degree of the winner candidate has been obtained from a foreigner university, its
  recognition must obey the Decree-Law 341/2007, October 12. The candidates must undertake all the
  formal obligations described in this diploma until the day of the signature of the contract, under penalty of exclusion.
• Pursuant to subparagraph h) of the article 9 of the Constitution, the Portuguese State, as employer, actively promotes a policy of equal opportunities among men and women in the access to employment and career development, and takes scrupulous measures to avoid every form of discrimination.