26.4924, Jobs: Indo-European; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Typology: Full Professor, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

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Subject: 26.4924, Jobs: Indo-European; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Typology: Full Professor, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

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Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2015 11:09:56
From: Markus Steinbach [msteinb at gwdg.de]
Subject: Indo-European; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Typology: Full Professor, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

University or Organization: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 
Department: Linguistic Department
Job Location: Göttingen, Germany 
Web Address: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/433167.html
Job Title: General Linguistics
Job Rank: Full Professor

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Typology 

Required Language(s): Indo-European

Description:

The Faculty of Humanities at Georg-August-University Göttingen invites applications for a level W3 professorship in general linguistics, starting 01.4.2016.

The successful candidate will be responsible for academic duties in the entire range in general linguistics with a focus on historical comparative, Indo-European linguistics and be fully knowledgeable in language typology. Indo-European linguistics is an integral component of the Göttingen linguistics program. Expected is a research area in empirical, preferably historical, comparative linguistics, with modern standards, compatible and bordering with synchronic theoretical linguistics.

Candidates are required to have a thematically relevant, outstanding PhD thesis, and should have obtained other scientific qualities, such an assistant professorship or habilitation, and proven experience in academic teaching. The ideal applicant has an interdisciplinary orientation, and is able to cooperate in current and future linguistic research clusters, specifically in the Courant Centre "Text Structures", and in the joint linguistic research network “Language and Cognition”. Ideally, the candidate is open for collaboration with the Göttingen Centre for Digital Humanities. The successful candidate will also contribute to the development of linguistic curricula at the Faculty of Humanities. Active participation in academic administration will be expected.

For more information, please check the application URL below.

The University of Göttingen is an equal opportunity employer. Applications of women are strongly encouraged and will receive special attention as far as legal restrictions permit. Part-time employment is negotiable. Applications of disabled persons will be given preferential treatment to those of other candidates with equal qualifications. Researchers from abroad are specifically invited for application.

Applicants are requested to submit their application, by email only, together with an academic CV, a record of their teaching experience, a list of academic publications, and copies of academic degree certificates as a single PDF file within six weeks after the publication of this advertisement (by 11 December 2015) to the application e-mail address below. Applications should be addressed to the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities: Dekan der Philosophischen Fakultät der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Humboldtallee 17, 37073 Göttingen.

For more information: marina.glemnitz at zvw.uni-goettingen.de

Application Deadline: 11-Dec-2015 

Email Address for Applications: marina.glemnitz at zvw.uni-goettingen.de 
Web Address for Applications: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/518137.html 
Contact Information:
	Prof. Markus Steinbach 
	Email: msteinb at gwdg.de 

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