30.2702, Jobs: Dutch; English; German; Sociolinguistics: PhD Candidate, Maastricht University

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Subject: 30.2702, Jobs: Dutch; English; German; Sociolinguistics: PhD Candidate, Maastricht University

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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 13:59:19
From: Sabine Kuipers [limes at maastrichtuniversity.nl]
Subject: Dutch; English; German; Sociolinguistics: PhD Candidate, Maastricht University, Netherlands

 
University or Organization: Maastricht University 
Department: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Job Location: Maastricht, Netherlands 
Web Address: https://limes.maastrichtuniversity.nl
Job Title: PhD Linguistic and Cultural Borders
Job Rank: PhD Candidate; Researcher

Specialty Areas: Sociolinguistics 

Required Language(s): Dutch (nld)
                      English (eng) 
                      German (deu) 

Description:

Linguistic and cultural borders: transparent or not (1 fte):
In this project, the focus will be on how coal miners’ languages and cultures
in the former mining region north of Aachen in Germany (Low German/German
speaking) and the Eastern Mine District with Heerlen as its centre in the
Netherlands (Dutch/dialect speaking) are taken up in new contexts with new
actors, how they are authenticated and legitimated during public events that
are considered unique for the region. These two neighbouring areas are
separated by a national border but share a common coal mining past and a
common linguistic past. The area is still a multilingual one.

Questions that will be addressed are:
How is the national border between Germany (Aachen district) and the
Netherlands (south-eastern Limburg) softened or hardened as a linguistic and
cultural border through revitalization practices of the linguistic and
cultural coalmining past in both areas?
- What language(s)/linguistic features are used in the revitalization
practices and how are they reproduced in mediatizations (songs, poetry,
linguistic landscapes and soundscapes, reminiscence practices, commodities,
spoken and written texts in mining museums, parodies, carnival practices
etc.)?
- Do these practices confirm old stereotypes or do they create new ones?

The researcher will be based at Maastricht University, Faculty of Arts and
Social Sciences, and undertake a 6-month secondment at the University of
Duisburg-Essen, Institute for German Studies.

Any inquiries about the position or the project may be addressed to the
supervisor, prof. dr. Leonie Cornips (leonie.cornips at maastrichtuniversity.nl).

Requirements:
You are invited to apply for a 4 year PhD position in the project “LIMES – the
hardening and softening of borders”. This project has received funding from
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the
Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 847596.

Because the PhD candidates work in a larger research project, team work is
essential. In addition to individual work on their dissertations, the PhD
candidates will contribute to regular project team meetings and joint academic
publications. The PhD candidates will receive extensive training, including
regular supervision, training by the Graduate Schools of the relevant
faculties, and the partner organisations, where they can benefit from a
secondment.

Candidates will be judged on the basis of the requirements outlined below.
Candidates should make sure that their application letter demonstrates how
they meet these requirements:
- Knowledge and interest on the topics covered by the relevant PhD project;
- Advanced skills in sociolinguistics, research design and relevant
quantitative and/or qualitative analysis, as demonstrated in education and/or
work so far;
- Strong analytical skills;
- Outstanding writing skills;
- Show an obvious interest in academic research, particularly qualitative
research methods;
- Have the capability of autonomously conducting original research as well as
working in a team;
- Fluency in oral and written English; willingness to invest in learning
German and/or Dutch (and orienting towards the dialect) as used in the border
area to be examined.

Application:
Applicants need to submit an application package. Please check the website at
the application link provided below for all eligibility criteria and
application requirements and how to apply. The deadline for submitting your
application is 26 August 2019.



Application Deadline: 26-Aug-2019 
	  
Email Address for Applications: limes at maastrichtuniversity.nl 
Web Address for Applications: https://limes.maastrichtuniversity.nl/vacancies/linguistic-and-cultural-borders-transparent-or-not-1-fte 
Contact Information:
	Prof. dr. Leonie Cornips 
	Email: leonie.cornips at maastrichtuniversity.nl 


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