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(Note: Numbers such as "12PhD", etc., refer to PhD positions in the original posting. Please see the bottom of this mail for further details.)
The new Cluster ROOTS – Social, Environmental, and Cultural Connectivity in Past Societies in the frame of the German Excellence Initiative explores social, environmental, and cultural processes that have substantially shaped past human development (and which are still active today). Research is organized in six research units (i.e. subclusters) covering six foci: (1) Environmental hazards and impacts; (2) Dietary intake and disease; (3) Knowledge production, technology, and innovation; (4) Population agglomeration and urbanisation; (5) Social differentiation and inequalities; and (6) Conflict and conciliation. The ROOTS ‘Reflective Turn’ will enable cross-disciplinary dialogue and enquiries within and between research foci, providing an overarching theoretical frame.
The Research Associates and Doctoral positions participate in the ROOTS Young Academy. The ROOTS Young Academy brings together young experts from an array of disciplines, which support ROOTS research with innovative research ideas. The Young Academy provides young researchers with excellent conditions for a successful career and personal development.
Therefore, we invite applications for the following positions to begin as early as possible: [...]
Candidates are invited to submit proposals for PhD research projects addressing one or more of the following themes of ROOTS (as assigned to one of the six ROOTS subclusters):
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13PhD Doctoral Position: Socio-linguistic methods and material culture
Profile: Historical Linguistics, Methods of Quantitative Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
The successful candidate shall conduct work on linguistic aspects of social stratification in North India from a historical perspective, with special reference to the eastern Ganges Basin. She/He will work in close cooperation with scholars from both general linguistics as well as from archaeology, taking not only theoretical sociolinguistic aspects of historical language stratification into account but also aspects of material culture. Research will address these aspects in different social and economic groups from this region, e.g. hunter and gatherer societies (or social groups which until recently fell within this group and have since changed to a more sedentary lifestyle), farming communities, and others.
Integration into the research agenda of ‘ROOTS of social inequality’ is expected as well as co-operation with other subclusters. The position offers for cooperation with the Doctoral Positions 12PhD, 16PhD, 17PhD, 18PhD as well as with the Research Associate Position 08RA.
Required qualifications: Eligible candidates must hold an outstanding university degree (MA or equivalent) in General Linguistics, Indo-European Linguistics or in a related linguistic field with a focus on historical linguistics. The successful candidate will have a keen interest in historical linguistics, which can also be demonstrated by his / her publications, and will be familiar with various quantitative methods in linguistics. Complementary expertise in historical sociolinguistics and/or in the area of language contact will be an asset. Knowledge of a modern South Asian language is desirable and/or the willingness to obtain a basic knowledge of spoken and written Hindi within the first six months of the grant.
Contact: Johannes Müller and Henny Piezonka (subcluster-speakers)
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For the Doctoral Positions, please send the following documents as a single .pdf document:
All documents must be submitted in English, with the exception of the copy of the master-thesis.
All documents must be submitted in English.
The application deadline for all positions is 06/05/2019 [= May 6, 2019]. Please include the code of the job you are applying for at the beginning of your cover letter!
Please address your application to:
Search Committee
Speaker Prof. Dr. Johannes Müller,
Cluster of Excellence ROOTS,
Kiel University,
Leibnizstraße 3, 24118 Kiel,
Germany
via e-mail (application@gshdl.uni-kiel.de)
For additional information, please contact:
PD Dr. Mara Weinelt, mweinelt@gshdl.uni-kiel.de, +49 431 880-1639
or
Dr. Andrea Ricci, aricci@gshdl.uni-kiel.de, +49 431 880-5871
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For further details including details of submission of application, see: https://www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/stellen/extern/wiss
In English: Click: Researchers for the new Cluster "Roots"
In German: Click: Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter*innen für den Exzellenzcluster "Roots"