28.497, Support: Arabic; Greek, Ancient; General Linguistics / Sweden

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Subject: 28.497, Support:  Arabic; Greek, Ancient; General Linguistics / Sweden

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Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 14:16:49
From: Mia Moncatar [maria.moncatar at sprak.gu.se]
Subject: Arabic; Greek, Ancient; General Linguistics, PhD, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

 Institution/Organization: University of Gothenburg 
Department: Department of Languages and Literatures 
Web Address: http://sprak.gu.se/ 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research
 
Specialty Areas: General Linguistics 
Arabic, Ancient Greek 
Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)
                      Greek, Ancient (grc) 

Description:

Type of employment: Fixed-term employment, 4 years
Extent: 100 %
Location: Department of Languages and Literatures, Gothenburg
First day of employment: 2017-09-01
Reference number: UR 2016/1254

The Department offers third-cycle education in nine subject areas: African
languages, Arabic, English, Ancient Greek, Japanese, Latin, Romance languages,
Slavic languages and German. More information is available at
http://sprak.gu.se/utbildning/forskarniva. The advertised positions concern
the subject areas Arabic and Ancient Greek. Applicants must indicate in their
application which subject area they are interested in.

Job assignments

The doctoral students will engage in third-cycle education in accordance with
the general syllabus for the respective subject areas they are admitted to
(see http://sprak.gu.se/utbildning/forskarniva/studieplaner/). They will be
expected to formulate and carry out a thesis project and complete the
coursework prescribed in said syllabi. The education will be documented in an
individual study plan established at the beginning of the programme. The
doctoral students will participate actively in the Department’s research
environment.

The advertised positions are for the subject areas Arabic and Ancient Greek.
As for Arabic, the studies will focus on the Arabic language and/or literature
and the plan for the thesis project must have a similar emphasis. As for
Ancient Greek, the studies will include the Byzantine period.

The advertised positions are limited in duration to 4 years and are carried
out on a full-time basis unless there are acceptable reasons to the contrary
(minimum half time). The positions may include departmental duties (such as
teaching) corresponding to up to 20% of a full-time post over the course of
study. If such tasks are required, the duration of the respective appointment
will be extended accordingly.

Eligibility

The doctoral students will engage in third-cycle education in accordance with
the general syllabus for the respective subject areas they are admitted to
(see http://sprak.gu.se/utbildning/forskarniva/studieplaner/). They will be
expected to formulate and carry out a thesis project and complete the
coursework prescribed in said syllabi. The education will be documented in an
individual study plan established at the beginning of the programme. The
doctoral students will participate actively in the Department’s research
environment.

The advertised positions are for the subject areas Arabic and Ancient Greek.
As for Arabic, the studies will focus on the Arabic language and/or literature
and the plan for the thesis project must have a similar emphasis. As for
Ancient Greek, the studies will include the Byzantine period.

The advertised positions are limited in duration to 4 years and are carried
out on a full-time basis unless there are acceptable reasons to the contrary
(minimum half time). The positions may include departmental duties (such as
teaching) corresponding to up to 20% of a full-time post over the course of
study. If such tasks are required, the duration of the respective appointment
will be extended accordingly.
 

Application Deadline: 15-Feb-2017 

Web Address for Applications: https://goo.gl/iIZSWL 

Contact Information: 
	Associate Head of Department, Gunhild Vidén
	Dept: Department of Languages and Literatures
	Email: phd at sprak.gu.se  


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