Dear all,
For a new Research Unit investigating heritage speakers across
registers, countries, and language constellations, we have two open
positions for linguistic graduates or postdocs (rank open) at the
University of Potsdam.
One is for a coordinator who organises cooperation across projects,
and one is for a transfer manager, who is responsible for coordinating
transfer activities into applied domains (education, bilingual
families, media).
Deadlines for applications are 4th and 9th of February.
These are two posts that are crucial for the whole group, so we would
be grateful if you could forward this to anyone who might be
interested.
The official job announcements are pasted in below.
Best,
Ulrike Freywald and Heike Wiese
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The University of Potsdam, Faculty of Arts, invites applications for
the following position by 1st April 2018:
*Coordinator*
Requisition No.: 14/2018
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). This is a temporary position limited
to a term of 3 years.
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 coordinator will be responsible for all coordination measures
within RUEG, including, e.g., group meetings, workshops and
conferences, collaborative work on documents and data, liaising with
speakers, support of distributed data collection and shared data
processing, and organisation of a network of early-career researchers.
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, have
strong organisational skills, and some experience with project
coordination and large collaborations.
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.
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 publications/talks/presentations, and (5) the master's or
PhD thesis, to University of Potsdam, Dezernat für Personal- und
Rechtsangelegenheiten, Am Neuen Palais 10, 14469 Potsdam by February
9th, 2018, to [log in to unmask]
For further information please contact: [log in to unmask]
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The University of Potsdam, Faculty of Arts, invites applications for
the following position by 1st 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
[log in to unmask] Late applications might be considered. Job
interviews will take place in February 2018.
For further information please contact: [log in to unmask]
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