Committees of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
In addition to the Faculty Assembly, the Faculty Board and the Dean's Office, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences mandates faculty commissions as governing bodies. These are divided into permanent and temporary committees.
Temporary committees
Search committees are temporary committees and are appointed by the Faculty Assembly when a professorship is reappointed or filled. They work on the basis of a written mandate and conclude their work with the preparation of a written report. Search committees evaluate the applications received, conduct hearings and make a list placement of usually three people. The appointment report is submitted to the Faculty Assembly for approval and then forwarded to the President's Board. The appointment is made by the University Council. In the case of assistant professors, the appointment is made by the President's Board.
Under certain circumstances, the faculty may appoint a finding committee directly in agreement with the President's Board. In the finding procedure, no calls for proposals are made for the position.
Composition
The composition of search committees is generally based on the provisions of the appointment regulations of the University of Basel, the Faculty regulations and the rules of procedure of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Ongoing search committees
Structural committees are temporary committees appointed by the Faculty Assembly as required. They prepare structural reports with regard to the approval of professorships as well as restructuring and shifts in focus within organizational units, which are submitted to the Faculty Board and the Faculty Assembly for approval and forwarding to the President's Board.
Composition
The composition of structural committees is generally based on the provisions for the representation of groups in the Faculty Assembly, as defined in the Faculty regulations.
Current structural committees
Structural Committee
Anthropology
Chair: Prof. Dr. Martin Lengwiler
Standing committees
Detailed information on the tasks, composition, members and meeting dates of the Examination Commission, the Doctoral Board, the Habilitation Committee, the Evaluation and Promotion Committee and the teaching committees can be found on the respective subpages.
The Committee for Equal Opportunities counsels the faculty and the departments with their boards on issues of equal opportunities and diversity. In doing so, it pays particular attention to the funding of young academics. It draws up the Faculty's equal opportunities plan for the attention of the Faculty's boards and is involved in its implementation. The committee coordinates its work with the university's Diversity Committee and the Diversity & Inclusion Office.
Composition
The Committee for Equal Opportunities is made up of the Equal Opportunity Commissioner, the Deputy Equal Opportunity Commissioner, both of whom are elected from among the members of Group I, as well as three other members of Group I. The five members of Group I come from different departments where possible. One member of Group I chairs the committees. Groups II to V are each represented by one representative.
The member of each search committee who is representative for equal opportunities is usually elected from among the members of the Equal Opportunities Committee.
Members
Chair
Prof. Dr. Ute Holl (Deputy Equal Opportunity Commissioner)
Group I
Prof. Dr. Markus Wild (Equal Opportunity Commissioner)
Prof. Dr. Caroline Arni
Prof. Dr. Martin Luginbühl (Deputy Prof. Dr. Miriam Locher)
Prof. Dr. Marion Schultze
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Röder (Deputy Prof. Dr. Claudia Gerling, Group II)
Group II
Prof. Dr. Hanna Walsdorf (Deputy Prof. Dr. Axel Gampp)
Group III
Jasmin Schmidlin (Deputy Airi Inoue)
Group IV
Eveline Peterer (Deputy Danielle Schwab)
Group V
Kamala Waber (Deputy Santos Smiricky)
The School Subject Committee is the Faculty's expert committee for matters relating to teacher training at upper secondary level. It counsels the boards of the faculty and ensures the exchange of information within the faculty as well as with the FHNW School for Teacher Education and the upper secondary level schools.
Composition
The School Subject Committee is made up of the Dean of Studies (Chair), representatives of the subjects that are active in teacher training at upper secondary level I and II, one representative each from Groups II, III and V and - in a counseling capacity - the Head of Student Administration.
Members
Group I
Prof. Dr. Matthias Schmidt, Dean of Studies, Chair
Prof. Dr. Lucas Burkart, History
Prof. Dr. Angela Ferrari, Italian
Prof. Dr. Alexander Honold, German
Prof. Dr. Miriam Locher, English
Prof. Dr. Hugues Marchal, French
Prof. Dr. Elena Makarova, Educational Sciences
Prof. Dr. Cédric Scheidegger Lämmle, Latin
Group II
Dr. Isabelle Chariatte Fels
Group III
Dr. Thomas Messerli
Group V
Yanik Freudiger
With counseling vote
Dr. Katharina von Bülow
Chair
Head of Student Administration
Contact person
The committee is responsible for proposing a candidate for the Faculty Prize to the Faculty Assembly each year. The prize is awarded at the Dies Academicus .
Composition
The Committee for the Faculty Award is made up of five to seven members of Groups I and/or II who have obtained a doctorate. It is chaired by a member of Group I.
Members
Prof. Dr. Jan Rüdiger, Chair, Department of History
Prof. Dr. Martin A. Guggisberg, Department of Ancient Civilizations
Prof. Dr. Aden Kumler, Department of Arts Media Philosophy
Prof. Dr. Oliver Nachtwey, Department of Social Sciences
Prof. Dr. Lena Rohrbach, Department of Languages and Literature
The Committee of the Max Geldner Fund decides twice a year whether to support the printing costs of dissertations accepted at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Basel. The fund belongs to the Max Geldner Foundation and is administered by the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Composition
The committee is made up of the Dean of Research, two members of Group I and one member of Group II. The committee elects a chair from among its members, who is responsible for communication with the Max Geldner Foundation - in particular for preparing the annual report at the end of April. The committee is supported by an administrative co-worker.
Members
Prof. Dr. Martin A. Guggisberg, Chair
Prof. Dr. Nicola Gess, Dean of Research (ex officio)
Prof. Dr. Lena Rohrbach
Prof. Dr. Axel Gampp