Professorship for Art Education and Aesthetics

Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe

The Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design (ABK Stuttgart) is characterised by its unique and diverse range of subjects. With 22 degree programmes and 32 workshops spanning architecture, design, art, artistic teacher education, and art studies and restoration, the Academy offers around 850 students a diverse range of subjects and research opportunities within the liberal and applied arts. ABK Stuttgart has an annual budget of around 14 million euros and employs around 180 staff members, including 50 professors. The Academy promotes interdisciplinarity, diversity, and cosmopolitanism. The degree programmes at ABK Stuttgart are characterised by artistic and experimental research approaches, as well as innovative and forward-looking thinking.

At Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design, the position of

Professorship for Art Education and Aesthetics

(W2 pay grade) is to be filled as of 1 October 2026 (winter semester 2026/27).

For this position, the Academy is looking for an individual with a national and international profile and network who combines a theoretical background in aesthetics with curatorial and/or educational and/or intervening-artistic practice. The professorship is assigned to the Department of Art and the Department of Art Studies and Aesthetics. Teaching is primarily aimed at students of liberal arts and artistic teacher education, but it is also open to all degree programmes across the Academy and has a transdisciplinary focus. In addition to teaching in undergraduate programmes, the professorship involves supervising doctoral students. Willingness to participate in higher education self-governance is a prerequisite.

Requirements:

• Completed degree programme in art or another academic field; doctorate in the field of aesthetics orphilosophy of art
• Relevant work experience in the field of mediation and educational processes in the visual arts, withproof of corresponding experience in artistic and/or curatorial and/or art mediation practice
• Academic activity beyond the doctorate, demonstrated by relevant publications in the field and activeparticipation in conferences and symposia
• Very good knowledge of German
• Pedagogical aptitude, with proof of teaching experience in a higher education institution

Desired skills:

• Very good knowledge of English, with the willingness to teach in English in addition to the main teachinglanguage, German
• Sensitivity to diversity and discrimination

In its gender equality plan, Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design has committed itself to equal opportunities for women and men, as well as maintaining a balanced gender ratio among artistic and academic staff. At the same time, the Academy is committed to increasing diversity among its staff. Women* and members of underrepresented groups are therefore expressly encouraged to apply. Applicants with disabilities will be given preferential consideration if they are suitably qualified. Full-time positions are generally suitable for job sharing.

If the requirements for appointment as a civil servant under public service law are not met, the applicant will be hired as a non-tariff employee.

Electronic applications must be submitted as a single PDF of no more than 25 MB and include the following documents: a) a letter of motivation, b) a curriculum vitae, c) degree certificates, d) a list of publications, e) documentation or portfolio of completed art education projects in the above-mentioned sense, f) a teaching and research concept of no more than 10,000 characters including spaces. Publications should only be submitted upon request.

The application deadline is 14th September 2025. The request for publications is expected to be issued in November 2025, the hearing of the invited applicants is expected to take place at the end of January or beginning of February 2026.

Applications should be submitted via the online application portal.

If you have any questions about the application process, please contact Mr Dominik Knappe, Human Resources Department: bewerbung@abk-stuttgart.de.

Further information about ABK and its current projects are provided at www.abk-stuttgart.de.