28.4925, Jobs: Applied Linguistics; Psycholinguistics: Professor, Erfurt University

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Subject: 28.4925, Jobs:  Applied Linguistics; Psycholinguistics: Professor, Erfurt University

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Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 10:37:39
From: Gila Schauer [gila.schauer at uni-erfurt.de]
Subject: Applied Linguistics; Psycholinguistics: Professor, Erfurt University, Thuringia, Germany

University or Organization: Erfurt University 
Department: Linguistics
Job Location: Thuringia, Germany 
Web Address: https://www.uni-erfurt.de/en/linguistics/
Job Title: Professor of Applied Linguistics (Psycholinguistics)
Job Rank: Professor

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Psycholinguistics 

Description:

The Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Erfurt (Thuringia, Germany)
invites applications for the following Professorship for the Winter Term 2018
/ 2019: Professor (W2 level, with tenure track to W3 level) of Applied
Linguistics with special focus on Psycholinguistics .

Duties:

The successful candidate will conduct their research and teaching in the area
of Applied Linguistics in accordance with the teaching requirements: They will
primarily offer relevant seminars for our MA Programme in Applied Linguistics:
Acquisition, Processing and Use of Language; they will also, depending on
their qualifications, contribute to teaching in our philological (i.e.
language-based) programmes at the Faculty of Philosophy. 

Requirements:

In addition to the general requirements for professorial posts, applicants
need to fulfil the prerequisites that are laid down in §77 Thüringer
Hochschulgesetz (Thuringian legal code for higher education). 

Applicants are required to have a Ph.D. or other doctoral qualification in a
relevant area for this post, and a Habilitation (second doctoral degree) or a
comparably body of academic work, as well as excellent publications in the
area of applied linguistics (focus: psycholinguistics).  They will be expected
to actively participate in postgraduate training offered in the research group
“Sprachbeherrschung” which is part of one of the University’s main foci
“education”. Successful applicants will further have relevant teaching
experience and knowledge of the German language.  

Additional Information:

The W2 level Professorship initially is available for a fixed-term period of 5
years. In accordance with the career track program at the University of Erfurt
(https://www.uni-erfurt.de/forschung/karrierewege/erfurter-career-track/), it
is planned that if the person appointed to the fixed term W2 professorship
passes their evaluation at the end of their fixed-term W2 professorship, the
W2 professorship will then be transformed into a permanent W3 level
professorship. 

The University of Erfurt strives to increase the number of women in its
academic staff and therefore strongly encourages women to apply. Candidates
with disabilities who have equal qualifications will be given preference. 

The appointee is expected to relocate to the wider Erfurt area. The successful
applicant is expected to contribute foundational, interdisciplinary courses to
the “Studium Fundamentale”, which is partially taught in English. 

Please note that only the German version of this job posting is legally
binding. This version can be obtained here:
https://www.uni-erfurt.de/personal-und-recht/ausschreibungen/ 

Application Procedure & Deadline:

Please submit your application including a cover letter, curriculum vitae,
teaching and publication records, student evaluations, as well as copies of
all relevant official documents and transcripts in electronic form (*.pdf)  by
31st December 2017 stating the vacancy no 70/2017. Please also complete the
application form which is available here:
https://www.uni-erfurt.de/personal-undrecht/ausschreibungen/ (second page of
the English / German call for applications pdf). Applications should be
e-mailed to Universität Erfurt Philosophische Fakultät at the application
email below.

Note:

The University of Erfurt regrets that it cannot reimburse any costs arising
from the application process.

Application Deadline: 31-Dec-2017 

Email Address for Applications: dekanat.philfak at uni-erfurt.de 
Contact Information:
	Dean Prof. Dr. Gila Schauer 
	Email: dekanat.philfak at uni-erfurt.de 

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