UC Berkeley Compact Seminar
UC Berkeley Compact Seminar supports visiting professors teaching Austrian Studies and delivering a public lecture to engage students and the public with Austria and historic Austrian-American relations.
This grant was recently updated
If you’re considering the 2028 professorship, submit your application by May 31, 2027; the selected candidate will be announced by June 30, 2027. Plan to be in Berkeley for the full teaching period, January 17–February 18, 2028. The $12,000 salary and application requirements remain unchanged.
Funder: Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies
Due Dates: May 31, 2026 (2027 professorship) | May 31, 2027 (2028 professorship)
Funding Amounts: $12,000 salary for a five-week visiting professorship
Summary: Supports visiting professors teaching Austrian Studies at UC Berkeley and delivering a public lecture on historic Austrian-American relations.
Key Information: Applicants must be associate or full professors with permanent Humanities or Social Sciences teaching positions and Austrian Studies expertise.
Description
The Botstiber Compact Seminar in Austrian Studies is a visiting professorship at UC Berkeley’s Institute of European Studies, supported by the Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies (BIAAS). First offered in spring 2022, the program brings faculty to Berkeley to teach an intensive, credit-bearing seminar on Austrian literature, history, politics, or culture. Interdisciplinary approaches and themes are encouraged.
The 2028 appointment combines five weeks of in-person teaching with a public Botstiber Lecture in English. The lecture must address the historic relationship between the United States and Austria, including lands of the former Habsburg Empire. For the seminar, Berkeley prefers German-language instruction and readings suited to undergraduates with upper-intermediate German proficiency, and survey-type topics appealing to a broad range of students.
