Professorships

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  • African Studies
    • African History and Society
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Kirsten Rüther, M.A. (since 1st of October 2012)
    • African Languages and Literature
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Adams Bodomo, BA MA MPhil PhD (since 1st of August 2013)
  • English and American Studies
    • Anglophone Literature and Mediality
      Assoz. Prof. Mag. Dr. Julia Lajta-Novak, M.A. (since 1st of March 2024)
    • Applied Linguistics of Contemporary English
      vacant
    • Contemporary English Literature
      Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Susanne Reichl, Privatdoz. (since 1st of October 2017)
    • English and Anglophone Literatures 
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sarah Heinz (since 1st of July 2017)
    • English Historical Linguistics
      Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Ritt (since 1st of February 2009)
    • English Language Education
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Julia Hüttner, MSc (since 1st of February 2018)
    • English Linguistics
      Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Ute Smit (since 1st of April 2019)
  • European and Comparative Literature and Language Studies
    • Comparative Literature
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Achim Hermann Hölter, Privatdoz. M.A. (since 1st of September 2009)
    • Corpus linguistics and Digital Humanities
      Univ.-Prof. Mag. Hannes Fellner, M.A. PhD (since 1st of March 2025)
    • Digital Philology
      Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Roth, B.Sc. M.Sc. (since 1st of September 2020)
    • Early Scandinavian Philology and Early German Philology
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Robert Nedoma, PhD (since 1st  April 2019)
    • Finno-Ugrian Studies
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Johanna Laakso (since 1st of October 2000)
    • Scandinavian Studies
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. paed. Antje Wischmann (since 1st of March 2014)
    • World Literature
      Assoz. Prof. Dr. Paula Wojcik (since 1st of October 2023)
  • German Studies
    • Early German Literature with a Focus on the late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Matthias Meyer, M.A. (since 1st of August 2007)
    • Early German Language and Literature
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Müller (since 1st of August 2010)
    • German as a Foreign Language
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Karen Schramm (since 15th of March 2014)
    • German as a Second Language
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Inci Dirim, M.A. (since 1st of March 2010)
    • German as a Secon Language
      Assoz. Prof. Mag. Dr. Hannes Schweiger (since 1st of September 2024)
    • German Linguistics
      vacant
    • German Linguistics (Historical and Variational Linguistics)
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alexandra Lenz (since 1st of September 2010)
    • Language Education (German Linguistics)
      Assoz. Prof. Mag. Dr. Jutta Ransmayr (since 1st of September 2023)
    • Modern German Literature
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. habil. Eva Horn (since 1st of February 2009)
    • Modern German literature with a focus on 17th and 18th century literature
      vacant
    • Modern German Literature with a Focus on Austrian Literature
      Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Norbert Christian Wolf (since 1st of September 2020)
    • Modern German Literature with a Focus on Austrian Literature
      Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Günther Stocker (since 1st of March 2022)
    • Modern German Literature
      Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Stefan Krammer, Privatdoz. (since 1st of October 2015)
    • Modern German Literature with particular focus on theory of literature and media
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Burkhardt Johannes Wolf, M.A. (since 1st of September 2019)
  • Classical Philology, Medieval and Neolatin Studies
    • Classical Philology (Greek Studies)
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Büttner, M.A. (since 1st of March 2011)
    • Classical Philology (Latin Studies)
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Heil (since 1st of September 2017)
    • Neolatin Philology and Studies of Classical Latin
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hartmut Wulfram (since 1st of March 2013)
  • Musicology (Historical Musicology, Ethnomusicology and Systematic Musicology)
    • Historical Musicology (with a Focus on the Period after 1600)
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michele Calella, PhD (since 1st of March 2010)
    • Historical Musicology (with a Focus on Old Music)
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Birgit Lodes, PhD (since 1st of February 2004)
    • Systematic Musicology
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christoph Reuter, M.A. (since 1st of September 2008)
  • Near Eastern Studies
    •  Arabic-Islamic Philosophy in the Context of Medieval Intellectual and Cultural History
      Assoz. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Dr. Elvira Wakelnig (since 1st of January 2024)
    • Assyrian Studies (Focus on Akkadian Studies)
      Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Michael Jursa (since 1st of October 2008)
    • Assyriology
      Assoz. Prof. Dott. ric. Nicla De Zorzi, BA MA (since 1st of December 2020)
    • Cultural and Intellectual History of the Islamic World
      vacant
    • Turkish Studies
      Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Yavuz Köse (since 1st of January 2019)
  • East Asian Studies
    • Chinese Social Studies
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Göbel, M.A. (since 15th of February, 2013)
    • East-Asian Economy and Society
      Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Rüdiger Frank (since 1st of August, 2007)
    • Japanese Cultural Studies
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ina Hein, M.A. (since 1st of August, 2012)
    • Korean Studies
      Univ.-Prof. Dr.       Jerome De Wit, MA (since 1st of September, 2023)
  • Romance Studies
    • French and Spanish Literature (with the French-Studies Focus on Francophone Regions)
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jörg Türschmann (since 1st of September 2007)
    • French and Italian Literature and Media Studies
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Judith Frömmer (since 1st of September 2022)
    • French and Spanish Literature and Cultural Studies
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Teresa Hiergeist (since 1st of October 2020)
    • Romance Linguistics: Hispanic Studies
      vacant
  • Slavonic Studies
    • East Slavic Linguistics (with Special Emphasis on Russian)
      vacant
    • East Slavic Literatures
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Fedor Poljakov (since 1st of September 2005)
    • Slavic Linguistics and Text Philology
      Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Michael Moser (since 1st of April 2019)
    • South Slavic Literature and Cultural Studies (with Philological Emphasis)
      Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Miranda Jakisa (since 1st of February 2019)
    • West Slavic Literature and Cultural Studies
      vacant
  • Linguistics
    • Applied Linguistics
      Assoz. Prof. Mag. Dr. Martin Reisigl (since 1st of January 2023)
    • Comparative Indo-European Linguistics
      Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Melanie Malzahn, Privatdoz. (since 1st of March 2012)
    • General Linguistics
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Daniel Büring (since 1st of August 2010)
    • Language Education Research
      Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Eva Vetter (since 1st of September 2011)
    • Language Learning with a focus on English
      Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Susanne Maria Reiterer (since 1st of March 2022)
    • Psycholinguistics
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jutta Mueller (since 1st of September 2020)
  • South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies
    • Cultural and Intellectual History of Pre-Modern South Asia
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Nina Mirnig (since 1st of May 2025)
    • Languages and Cultures of Modern South and Inner Asia
      vacant
    • Tibetan Studies
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jim Rheingans, M.A. (since 1st of August 2023)
  • Theatre, Film and Media Studies
    • Cultural History of Audio-Visual Media
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andrea Seier (since 1st of March 2017)
    • Film Theory
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Lisa Gotto, M.A. (since 1st of September 2018)
    • Theatre and Cultural Studies
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Hulfeld (since 1st of October 2006)
    • Theatre and Media Cultures of the Modern Age
      Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Schulte (since 1st of November 2008)
    • Theatre and Society 
      Assoz. Prof. Dr. Anke Charton, Privatdoz. M.A. (since 1st of August 2024)
    • Digital Media Theory/Digital Media Aesthetics
      vacant