<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Arabic-L: Mon 14 Apr 2008</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu">dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To post messages to the list, send them to <a href="mailto:arabic-l@byu.edu">arabic-l@byu.edu</a>]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> unsubscribe arabic-l ]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Directory------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1) Subject:U. of Bergen Job--new deadline</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Date: 14 Apr 2008</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From:Joseph Norment Bell <<a href="mailto:joseph.bell@if.uib.no">joseph.bell@if.uib.no</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject:U. of Bergen Job--new deadline</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">UPDATE - NEW DEADLINE MAY 10<br><br>The position of Professor/Associate Professor of Arabic at the University of Bergen was advertised internationally with a very short deadline (April 26), though not especially short by local standards for other more usual fields. Moreover, the link to guidelines for applicants was inadvertently to a page only in Norwegian.<br><br>Because of this, the problematic links have been deleted from both the English and the Norwegian texts of the job advertisement, which itself contains the information needed to apply.<br><br>Likewise, the deadline for application has been extended by 14 days to May 10. See <a href="http://melding.uib.no/doc/Ledige_stillinger/1206517042.html">http://melding.uib.no/doc/Ledige_stillinger/1206517042.html</a>.<br><br>Please note that the deadline is the date of the postmark on one’s application, not the date the application reaches the University of Bergen. If possible, check to make sure the postmark on your application is legible.<br><br>The combination of a short deadline and missing links may have led some persons interested in the position not to apply, on the assumption that there already were preferred candidates in line and that the advertisement was merely a pro forma exercise.<br><br>This is not the case. The position was advertised with the intention that all qualified applicants with a doctorate (a prerequisite) and a reasonable publication record would be considered without discrimination. The short deadline had to do with administrative concerns.<br><br>All interested persons with the necessary qualifications are therefore encouraged to apply.<br><br>Please note that publications to be considered for evaluation may be sent “within one month of the expiry of the application deadline”.<br><br>LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION<br><br>The official languages of instruction are Norwegian and (secondarily) Arabic, as stated in the job advertisement and as is in line with French, German, and other languages taught in our department. However no one will have to prepare a series of lectures in Arabic anytime soon. Lectures are held during the first four semesters of full-time study. During such a short period, it is not possible to assume that all in a particular class of Norwegian students will be able to follow serious lectures in Arabic, whereas they will all understand English. In practice, therefore, the language of instruction is Norwegian, or English, until an appointee has gained sufficient command of Norwegian. Arabic is used as one of the languages of instruction in lower level conversation classes. It may also be used when communicating with advanced students at the master’s or doctoral level, but this is something that is decided between student and advisor. Ability to teach in English is consequently an assumed, if unstated, condition for employment for those who cannot teach in a Scandinavian language.<br><br>INFORMATION FOR FOREIGN EMPLOYEES<br><br>The link here contains a wealth of useful information for potential foreign applicants: <a href="http://uib.no/english/Guests/">http://uib.no/english/Guests/</a><br><br>Regards,<br><br>Joseph Bell<br>Retiring Professor of Arabic<br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">End of Arabic-L: 14 Apr 2008</div></div></div></div></body></html>