27.3976, Jobs: French; Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Discourse Analysis; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Associate Professor, Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain

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Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2016 14:56:20
From: Philippe Hiligsmann [philippe.hiligsmann at uclouvain.be]
Subject: French; Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Discourse Analysis; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Associate Professor, Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium

 
University or Organization: Université Catholique de Louvain 
Department: Faculté de Philosophie, arts et lettres - Institut Langage et Communication
Job Location: Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium 
Web Address: http://www.uclouvain.be/emploi-academiques.html
Job Title: French Language and linguistics, and multilingual communication
Job Rank: Associate Professor; Professor

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Discourse Analysis; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Required Language(s): French (fra)

Description:

Vacancy Reference :   10736 / FIAL 006 / 2017 (to be quoted in any
correspondence)

The Université catholique de Louvain invites applications for a tenure track
or tenured  full time position in French language and linguistics,
multilingual communication.

The successful candidate will develop research activities in the field of
French language and linguistics (with a special focus on French for specific
purposes and/or business French) and on the development of communicative
competence. The successful  candidate will have expertise in one or more of
the following research topics: empirical linguistics, language and cognition,
experimental linguistics, quantitative approaches. Her/his research activities
will be developed in collaboration with researchers from the Institute for
Language & Communication.

He or she will assume teaching activities mainly in the following areas:
French language and linguistics (mainly French for specific purposes/business
French), and statistical methods in language and linguistic research.

Starting date : 1st  September,  2017

Further information : 

Professor Philippe Hiligsmann, dean FIAL – doyen-fial at uclouvain.be
Professor Philippe Verhaegen, research director ILC  –
president-ilc at uclouvain.be

Localization :  

Humanities Sector
Faculté de philosophie, arts et lettres (http://www.uclouvain.be/en-fial.html)
Institut Langage et Communication (http://www.uclouvain.be/en-ilc.html) 

General conditions:

Tasks : the applicant will:

- be responsible for teaching courses at all study levels (i.e. undergraduate
and postgraduate), as well as in programmes of continuing education;
- supervise the final diploma research (i.e. theses) of undergraduate and
graduate students, as well as PhD students;
- be involved in (and/or supervise, promote) research programmes;
- contribute to the international visibility of the University through
teaching and research excellence;
- contribute to activities of the University with a societal impact in the
fields of the economy, socio-cultural changes or cooperation with developing
countries.
 
Qualifications : the applicant must have

- a PhD degree in French linguistics or any related discipline;
- a significant scientific record with international publications;
- either  studied abroad for an extensive period or have had substantial
experience outside UCL;
- experience in and the aptitude for teaching at university level;
- the capacity to work within a team of teachers and to integrate research
findings into teaching;
- creativity and must be open to teaching innovation and interdisciplinarity;
- the capacities required to undertake academic research at a high level and
to advise, or lead, a research team;
- good knowledge of both spoken and written French and English. If this is not
the case, the applicant accept to learn French and/or English in order to be
able to teach in French and English within 2 years.

Fluency in other languages is an additional advantage.



Application Deadline: 15-Nov-2016 
	  
Web Address for Applications: http://www.uclouvain.be/emploi-academiques.html 
Contact Information:
	Professor and dean Philippe Hiligsmann 
	Email: philippe.hiligsmann at uclouvain.be 


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