post-doctoral position available

[Brigitte Pakendorf]

My apologies for multiple postings

*Post-doctoral position in Melanesian Contact Linguistics*
One post-doctoral position is available in the interdisciplinary Max 
Planck Research Group on Comparative Population Linguistics at the Max 
Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. The 
successful applicant will be expected to work on language contact in 
Melanesia (here understood as encompassing all areas where 
Non-Austronesian languages are spoken, including Indonesia). The choice 
of the location and linguistic details of the project are up to the 
candidate to decide, but the project should be fieldwork-based and 
ideally involve contact between Non-Austronesian and Austronesian 
languages. Projects including a sociolinguistic component are very 
welcome. 

The Max Planck Research Group on Comparative Population Linguistics is 
an interdisciplinary group consisting of linguists, molecular 
anthropologists, and a social anthropologist devoted to the study of 
prehistoric language and population contact. Additional information can 
be found at our webpage: http://www.eva.mpg.de/cpl/
The group is tied in with the Department of Linguistics at the MPI for 
Evolutionary Anthropology, which has a strong focus on 
functional-typological research as well as on fieldwork-based language 
description; see http://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/.

Applicants are required to hold a PhD degree or at least to have 
submitted their PhD thesis at the time the project starts. Prior 
experience with linguistic fieldwork is imperative, familiarity with 
languages of Melanesia is highly desirable, and an interest in 
interdisciplinary research is important. The position will be available 
for an initial period of two years, with a possibility of extension.

Interested individuals should send a letter of application, description 
of the proposed research project, curriculum vitae, a sample of their 
writing, and the names and e-mail addresses of two referees to Brigitte 
Pakendorf by e-mail (pakendorf at eva.mpg.de 
<mailto:pakendorf at eva.mpg.de>). In addition, they should arrange for the 
letters of reference to be sent directly to Brigitte Pakendorf. The 
deadline for applications is January 10th, 2009, and the position will 
ideally be filled soon after that; however, the exact starting date is 
negotiable. For further information, please contact Brigitte Pakendorf.

The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer.


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Dr. Dr. Brigitte Pakendorf 
(Ph.D. Molecular Anthropology, Ph.D. Linguistics)
                                    
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6                       phone    +49 (0) 341 35 50 308
D-04103 Leipzig                         fax      +49 (0) 341 35 50 333
Germany                                 e-mail   pakendorf at eva.mpg.de
http://www.eva.mpg.de/cpl/
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