29.473, Jobs: General Linguistics; Language Contact: Rank Open, University of Potsdam

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Subject: 29.473, Jobs: General Linguistics; Language Contact: Rank Open, University of Potsdam

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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 11:43:39
From: Heike Wiese [heike.wiese at uni-potsdam.de]
Subject: General Linguistics; Language Contact: Rank Open, University of Potsdam, Germany

 
University or Organization: University of Potsdam 
Job Location: Potsdam, Germany 
Web Address: http://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/dspdg/projekte/rueg.html
Job Title: Coordinator
Job Rank: Rank Open

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Language Contact


Description:

The University of Potsdam, Faculty of Arts, invites applications for the
following position by 01st April 2018: Coordinator (Requisition No.: 14/2018)
of the new Research Unit “Emerging Grammars in Contact Language Situations: A
Comparative Approach” (RUEG; speaker: Prof. Dr. Heike Wiese). The position is
for 20 hours of work per week (50%). The salary is determined by the
collective bargaining agreement for public employees in Germany (TV-L 13).
This is a temporary position limited to a term of 3 years.

RUEG will investigate the linguistic systems and linguistic resources of
heritage speakers in both of their languages across different language pairs,
registers, and age groups. We will investigate speakers of Russian, Turkish,
and Greek as heritage languages in Germany and the U.S., in addition to German
as a heritage language in the U.S., as well as monolingual controls for
majority and heritage languages. The Research Unit provides an exciting
infrastructure including an interdisciplinary network of researchers and
international experts. 

For more information see:
http://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/dspdg/projekte/rueg.html

The coordinator will be responsible for all coordination measures within RUEG,
including, e.g., group meetings, workshops and conferences, collaborative work
on documents and data, liaising with speakers, support of distributed data
collection and shared data processing, and organisation of a network of
early-career researchers.

Applicants should: 
- hold an MA or PhD in linguistics or related fields
- have a fluent command of German and English

The ideal candidate would be interested in multilingual settings, have strong
organisational skills, and some experience with project coordination and large
collaborations.

The University of Potsdam hosts leading groups in the field of linguistics and
cognitive sciences
(http://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/cognitive-sciences/index.html). Potsdam is an
attractive historical city and its palaces are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
It is close to Berlin, a culturally vibrant city.

The University of Potsdam strives to maintain gender balance among its staff.
Severely disabled applicants shall receive preference in case of equal
qualifications. We expressly invite applications from people with migration
backgrounds.

Please send your application as a single PDF including (1) a statement of
interests and motivation, (2) a full CV, (3) academic transcripts, (4) list of
publications/talks/presentations, and (5) the master's or PhD thesis, to
University of Potsdam, Dezernat für Personal- und Rechtsangelegenheiten, Am
Neuen Palais 10, 14469 Potsdam by February 9th, 2018, to:
bewerbung at uni-potsdam.de



Application Deadline: 09-Feb-2018 
	  
Email Address for Applications: bewerbung at uni-potsdam.de 
Contact Information:
	Heike Wiese 
	Email: heike.wiese at uni-potsdam.de 


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