29.2134, Jobs: English; Discourse Analysis, General Linguistics; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics: Post Doc, Greifswald University

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Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 11:02:30
From: Theresa Heyd [theresa.heyd at uni-greifswald.de]
Subject: English; Discourse Analysis, General Linguistics; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics: Post Doc, Greifswald University, Germany

 
University or Organization: Greifswald University 
Department: Institute of British and American Studies
Job Location: Greifswald, Germany 
Web Address: https://ifaa.uni-greifswald.de/en/department/fields-of-work/sprachwissenschaft/
Job Title: PhD/Postdoc position in English Linguistics
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics 

Required Language(s): English (eng)

Description:

The Department of British and North American Studies of Universität
Greifswald, Germany invites applications for the half-time position of
Lecturer in English Linguistics

(„wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in“, 20 hours per week)

The above position starts on October 1, 2018 and will terminate on September
30, 2020. The payment will be according to TV-L Wissenschaft, salary scale
E13.

The position will be part of the newly formed working group in English
linguistics which will focus on language as social practice as well as on the
use of English in global and contexts. Working at our department, the position
holder will have the opportunity to embark on a closely supervised
qualification project and to get actively involved in teaching and research. 

Responsibilities:
- The expected teaching load is 4 hours per week in the field of English
linguistics. 
- Additionally, the position holder will be in charge of examinations and
organizational tasks and should be willing to take part in linguistic research
projects. 
- The tasks assigned will be conducive to the realization of a PhD project or
for the acquisition of additional scientific qualifications. 

Requirements:
Applicants should hold an excellent degree in linguistics and/or English and
American Studies. They should have a well-developed language awareness and be
acquainted with different language cultures in the English-speaking world.
Moreover, they should be open for implementing research-based formats of
teaching and for further enhancing their academic profile. 

The University would like to increase the proportion of women in areas in
which they are underrepresented. Thus, applications from women are
particularly welcome and will be treated with priority if they have the same
qualifications and as long as there are no clear reasons which make a fellow
applicant more suitable. 

Severely disabled applicants with the same professional and personal
qualifications will be considered with preference. This vacancy is open to all
applicants, irrespective of gender.

Candidates interested in the position are requested to submit their
applications under the job vacancy number 18/Ma16 by June 15, 2018,
accompanied by the usual documents:
- CV
- academic degrees
- outline of a research project (1 page)
- description of previous teaching experience (if applicable). 

Please submit your application to the application email below, including all
documents in a single PDF file.

Additional Contact Information:
Universität Greifswald 
Philosophische Fakultät
Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Prof. Dr. Theresa Heyd
Steinbeckerstr. 15 
17489 Greifswald



Application Deadline: 15-Jun-2018 
	  
Email Address for Applications: theresa.heyd at uni-greifswald.de 
Contact Information:
	Prof. Theresa Heyd 
	Email: theresa.heyd at uni-greifswald.de 
	Phone: ++49-3834-4203357 


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