29.474, Support: Applied Linguistics; Transfer: PhD / Post Doc, University of Potsdam

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Subject: 29.474, Support: Applied Linguistics; Transfer: PhD / Post Doc, University of Potsdam

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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 11:47:17
From: Heike Wiese [heike.wiese at uni-potsdam.de]
Subject: Applied Linguistics; Transfer: PhD / Post Doc, University of Potsdam, Germany

 Institution/Organization: University of Potsdam 
Department:  

Level: PhD 

Duties: Project Work
 
Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics 
Transfer 

Description:

The University of Potsdam, Faculty of Arts invites applications for the
following position by 01st April 2018: Transfer Manager (Requisition No.:
201/2018) of the new Research Unit “Emerging Grammars in Contact Language
Situations: A Comparative Approach” (RUEG; speaker: Prof. Dr. Heike Wiese).
The position is for 20 hours of work per week (50 %). The salary is determined
by the collective bargaining agreement for public employees in Germany (TV-L
13 Ost). This is a temporary position limited to a term of 3 years in
accordance with Section 2 subsection 1 of the Academic Fixed-Term Contract Law
(WissZeitVG).

RUEG will investigate the linguistic systems and linguistic resources of
heritage speakers in both of their languages across different language pairs,
registers, and age groups. We will investigate speakers of Russian, Turkish,
and Greek as heritage languages in Germany and the U.S., in addition to German
as a heritage language in the U.S., as well as monolingual controls for
majority and heritage languages. The Research Unit provides an exciting
infrastructure including an interdisciplinary network of researchers and
international experts.
 
For more information see:
http://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/dspdg/projekte/rueg.html

The transfer manager will initiate, organise, and coordinate transfer
activities across projects, public relations dissemination, and outreach,
including, e.g., maintaining a blog and a website, organising public talks and
exhibitions and target group workshops, organising outreach activities to
bilingual families and heritage speaker communities, managing press releases
and media activities, and managing input for educational practice and policy. 

Applicants should:
- hold an MA or PhD in linguistics or related fields
- have a fluent command of German and English

The ideal candidate would be interested in multilingual settings, and have
some experience with engaging with the larger public, transfer into the
educational domain, and/or media cooperations.
The University of Potsdam hosts leading groups in the field of linguistics and
cognitive sciences
(http://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/cognitive-sciences/index.html). Potsdam is an
attractive historical city and its palaces are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
It is close to Berlin, a culturally vibrant city.

Under the laws of the federal state of Brandenburg, employees under this
contract are permitted to dedicate at least 33% of their contract time for
their scientific qualification. The University of Potsdam strives to maintain
gender balance among its staff. Severely disabled applicants shall receive
preference in case of equal qualifications. We expressly invite applications
from people with migration backgrounds.

Please send your application as a single PDF including: (1) a statement of
interests and motivation, (2) a full CV, (3) academic transcripts, (4) list of
publictions/talks/ presentations, and (5) the master's or PhD thesis, by
February 4th, 2018, to heike.wiese at uni-potsdam.de. Late applications might be
considered. Job interviews will take place in February 2018.
 

Application Deadline: 04-Feb-2018 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Heike Wiese 
	Am Neuen Palais 10, Institut fuer Germanistik 
	Potsdam 14469 
	Germany 
	
Contact Information: 
	Heike Wiese 
	heike.wiese at uni-potsdam.de  


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