Visiting Scholar in Indigenous Languages Education/Revitalisation

[Margaret Florey]

From: John Hobson <john.hobson at sydney.edu.au>
Date: 30 August 2010 19:10
Subject: Visiting Scholar in Indigenous Languages Education/Revitalisation
To: me <john.hobson at sydney.edu.au>
Cc: Susan Poetsch <susan.poetsch at sydney.edu.au>


 Please distribute to anyone who may be interested.

The Indigenous Languages Education program at the Koori Centre, University
of Sydney (Australia) invites expressions of interest from academics,
students and practitioners to be visiting scholars in the fields of
Indigenous languages education and/or revitalisation.

The Indigenous Languages Education program offers the innovative Master of
Indigenous Languages Education (*
http://sydney.edu.au/koori/studying/postgrad.shtml*) and is currently
staffed by John Hobson (*http://sydney.edu.au/koori/staff/jhobson.shtml*)
and Susan Poetsch (*http://sydney.edu.au/koori/staff/poetsch.shtml*). The
Koori Centre also offers a unit of study in the revitalising Gamilaraay
language from north-west New South Wales and, in 2011, will begin offering
the new unit Re-awakening Australian Languages. We are keen to foster
collaboration with others in the field, both from within Australia and
overseas, to enhance our own activities and contribute our experience and
perspectives to theirs.

Visiting scholars will be expected to take part in learning and research in
the University and client communities, and contribute to:


   - program teaching,
   - staff colloquia,
   - guest lectures,
   - publishing research or conference papers for inclusion in the Koori
   Centre’s research profile.


During the term of their visit, scholars will be provided with:


   - a desk (possibly shared, in an office shared with program staff),
   - computer,
   - local telephone line,
   - University e-mail and networked staff services,
   - reasonable access to printing and photocopying,
   - staff library access, and
   - attendance at relevant seminars and lectures (with the permission of
   the instructor).


Interested persons are requested to provide an expression of interest of not
more than three pages including:


   - an overview of the research work or other activities proposed to be
   undertaken during their visit,
   - the expected outcomes of the visit,
   - the intended term and timing of the visit (one year maximum),
   - academic qualifications,
   - current employment details - position, duties, current supervisor’s
   name and contact details, institution (including address),
   - previous employment history,
   - names and contact details of two referees who may be consulted, and
   - a list of publications for the last five years.


Please note that the Koori Centre cannot provide financial assistance to
visiting scholars. Visiting scholars need to have made provision for their
travel, accommodation, sustenance and incidental costs while in Sydney.
Indicative information on the cost of living in Sydney can be found on the
University of Sydney website (*
http://www.usyd.edu.au/current_students/accommodation/sydney.shtml* and *
http://www.usyd.edu.au/future_students/international_postgraduate_research/costs_scholarships/living_costs.shtml
*). Applicants are strongly advised to make their own independent enquiries
about living costs.

Regards,

John

*JOHN HOBSON* | Lecturer
Academic Coordinator (Acting)
Coordinator, Indigenous Languages Education | Koori Centre

*THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
Rm* 214, Old Teacher’s College A22 | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006

*T* +61 2 9351 6994 | *F* +61 2 9351 6924
*E* *john.hobson at sydney.edu.au** *| *W* *
http://sydney.edu.au/koori/staff/jhobson.shtml*

"When you lose a language, you lose a culture, intellectual wealth, a work
of art.
It's like dropping a bomb on a museum, the Louvre."
Comment by the late Kenneth Hale, cited in The Economist (November 3, 2001)
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