24.2212, Jobs: English; Historical Ling; Socioling; Text/Corpus Ling; Writing Systems; Archives and Documents: Post Doc, University of Stavanger

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Subject: 24.2212, Jobs: English; Historical Ling; Socioling; Text/Corpus Ling; Writing Systems; Archives and Documents: Post Doc, University of Stavanger

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Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 11:52:52
From: Marja Stenroos [merja.stenroos at uis.no]
Subject: English; Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Writing Systems; Archives and Documents: Post Doc, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway

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University or Organization: University of Stavanger 
Department: Department of Cultural Studies and Languages
Job Location: Stavanger, Norway 
Web Address: http://www.uis.no
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Writing Systems; Archives and documents

Required Language(s): English (eng)

Description:

The University of Stavanger invites applications for a three year
post-doctoral research fellowship in Middle English at the Faculty of Arts and
Education in the Department of Cultural Studies and Languages, beginning
September 1st, 2013.

The position is funded jointly by the Research Council of Norway and the
University of Stavanger, as part of the project ‘The Language and Geography of
Middle English Documentary Texts’.  The project studies linguistic variation
in English fifteenth-century local documents (legal and business documents,
inventories, letters, etc.).  It will result in a corpus of Middle English
Local Documents (MELD) and two book volumes. The project group consists of 8-9
researchers, including colleagues in Glasgow and Helsinki.

For more information about the project, go to: http://www.uis.no/mest.

The aim of the position is to strengthen the research within this area and to
give researchers with a relevant doctoral degree an opportunity for further
qualification. The appointee will work with a team of established researchers
and pursue research that will both make an important contribution to the
project and substantially boost her/his own research record. The fellow will
take part in the collection of materials and in producing the corpus and
database, and will co-author at least one of the main publications. The fellow
will take the responsibility for a specific sub-corpus or other defined part
of the project, chosen according to her/his research interests and the overall
needs of the project.

The fellow will be expected to travel to British archives, and to work with
original materials as well as digital images. It is also assumed that the
fellow will attend conferences relevant to the field of the project and
publish her/his own work in the form of conference presentations and articles.

Apart from such travels, (s)he will be based at the University of Stavanger.
It is assumed that (s)he will work full time on the project and be an active
participant in the research community in Stavanger.

The successful applicant must have a produced a doctoral thesis in a topic
relevant to the concerns of the project. Applicants who have submitted a
thesis will be considered, but cannot be appointed until the thesis has been
successfully defended. The applicant should have a strong competence in
English linguistics/philology, which must include a solid training in Middle
English. (S)he must have some experience of reading and transcribing late
medieval handwriting. Experience of working with medieval legal documents will
be considered a very strong advantage.

For more information about the position and the application procedure, go to:
http://www.uis.no/job-opportunities/vacant-positions/three-year-post-doctoral-
research-fellowship-in-middle-english-article77471-9803.html

Application Deadline: 09-Jun-2013 
Mailing Address for Applications:
	Professor Merja Stenroos 
	University of Stavanger 
	Faculty of Arts and Education 
	Application should be marked st.id 30050424 
	Stavanger 4036 
	Norway  
Contact Information:
	Professor Marja Stenroos 
	Email: merja.stenroos at uis.no 
	Phone: 00 47 51 83 13 65 

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