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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">PhD
position in linguistics "The evolution and diversification of
the Caucasian languages"</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Where</span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">:
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH)
in cooperation with the University of Jena, Institute for
Caucasian Studies. The project is part of the International Max
Planck Research School for the Science of Human History
(IMPRS-SHH) (see the website <a
href="https://imprs.shh.mpg.de/"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">https://imprs.shh.mpg.de/</span></a>).
The IMPRS-SHH provides doctoral researchers with optimum
conditions for their PhD projects and custom-made preparation
for the time thereafter, both with regard to academic and
non-academic careers. We offer a clearly structured doctoral
program with three pillars: a mentoring program for individual
supervision by outstanding scientists, a scientific program of
high academic standard, and a transferable skills program.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Description
of the project</span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"> (<a
href="https://imprs.shh.mpg.de/index.php/applications/open-positions/"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">https://imprs.shh.mpg.de/index.php/applications/open-positions/</span></b></a>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">This
project will contribute to the development of large-scale
comparative databases of the languages of the Caucasus from both
lexical and typological perspectives. The student will be
responsible of building up the database in close cooperation
with the LexCauc project currently conducted at the Institute of
Slavonic and Caucasian Studies, supervised by the project
leaders Dr. Diana Forker and Dr. Oleg Belyaev. These data will
provide both a detailed resource for the Caucasus languages as
well as being integrated into the DLCE’s large-scale lexibank
and grambank projects to enable global comparisons. In the
second step the student will analyze these data using both
traditional linguistic comparative method techniques, as well as
leveraging the powerful tools developed by the DLCE including <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Edictor, LingPy, CLICS</i>,
and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Concepticon</i>. The
project will then use quantitative statistical and phylogenetic
tools for inferring the origins, dispersal and timing of the
expansions of the Caucasian languages and evaluate the results
in comparison with the existing literature (e.g. Nikolayev &
Starostin 1994, Koryakov 2006). A key component will be to use
cutting-edge phylogeographic models to infer the geographic
patterning of the underlying expansions through the region. In
addition, since we will build our study on computer-assisted
techniques, our study will allow for a very detailed
representation of linguistic data that allows us to then apply
cutting-edge techniques for sequence comparison, high-level
annotation, including full and partial cognates inside and
across the same concepts in our dataset, and will in this way
also contribute to cross-disciplinary studies by integrating,
for example, the names that the languages give to the physical
objects to artifacts in archaeological records, or early
attestations of domestication.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">The
applicant should have: </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">-
MA or equivalent in linguistics</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">-
knowledge of historical linguistics</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">-
basic knowledge of quantitative methods in linguistics</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">-
knowledge of Russian (at least A2)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">For
further information on the position please contact <a
href="mailto:diana.forker@uni-jena.de"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">diana.forker@uni-jena.de</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">The
preferred <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">starting date</b>
of PhD appointment: September 1<sup>st</sup>, 2019 /</span><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"> </span></strong><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"
lang="EN-US">or an individual basis between July 1 and October
1, 2019</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">Contract type:</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">
TV-B/L 13 (50% / Max Planck support contract or contract with
university), temporary, 3 years (extension possible)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">Application:
via the online application portal <a
href="https://s-lotus.gwdg.de/mpg/mjws/perso/shh_d012.nsf/application"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">https://s-lotus.gwdg.de/mpg/mjws/perso/shh_d012.nsf/application</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">The application deadline is January 31<sup>st</sup>,
2019. </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">The deadline for references is February 3<sup>rd</sup>,
2019.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">For
further information on how to apply, please visit the website,
or contact us at </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a
href="mailto:imprs.humanhistory@shh.mpg.de"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">imprs.humanhistory@shh.mpg.de</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">IMPRS-SHH
is supporting equal opportunities and welcomes applications from
all sections of the community. The Max Planck Society is
committed to employ more handicapped individuals and especially
encourages them to apply.</span></p>
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