Paid PhD Position in Old Russian at Leiden University

[Jos Schaeken]

Reconstructing the pragmatics of Old Russian birchbark letters

Vacancy number: 11 – 085b 

Project description 
This project studies pragmatic peculiarities in the corpus of medieval birchbark 
letters which have been discovered in annual excavations in Novgorod as well 
as in other archaeological sites in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The main goal is 
to relate recent insights in this particular field to general notions of deixis and 
(co-)referentiality and of the role of orality in written communication in pre-
modern societies. 

For further details, see: http://www.hum.leiden.edu/lucl/job-opportunities/11-
085-4-phd-fellows.html (under PhD Position III). 

For this project an advanced level of Russian is essential; general knowledge in 
the field of pragmatics and philology is desirable. 

Information 
For more information on this project or a full project description, please 
contact Mr. Prof. Dr. Jos Schaeken, j.schaeken at hum.leidenuniv.nl  or Mr. Prof. 
Dr. Ton van Haaften, t.van.haaften at hum.leidenuniv.nl  

Application 
Applicants should submit their application (documents as described on 
http://www.hum.leiden.edu/lucl/job-opportunities/11-085-4-phd-fellows.html) 
before 1 May 2011. Applications should be sent to 
vacatureslucl at hum.leidenuniv.nl, clearly indicating the application number. 

Please note that the letter of recommendation should be sent to 
lucl at hum.leidenuniv.nl 

Conditions of employment

The position of PhD Student is temporary for a maximum of four years (full-
time appointment), and with an initial 18-month probationary period. The 
salary is determined in accordance with the current scales as set out in the 
Collective Labour Agreement for the Dutch universities (CAO): 
€ 2.042,= to € 2.612,= gross per month, with additional holiday pay and end-
of-year bonus. Candidates form outside the Netherlands may be eligible for a 
substantial tax break.



 

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