<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">The University of British Columbia is hiring in the area of English historical linguistics and corpus linguistics (among other areas). Please see our job advertisement.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font color="#0069d9" class=""><u class=""><a href="https://linguistlist.org/issues/29/29-3154.html" class="">https://linguistlist.org/issues/29/29-3154.html</a></u></font></div><div class=""><font color="#0069d9" class=""><u class=""><br class=""></u></font></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Laurel Brinton<br class="">Department of English Language and Literatures<br class="">#397-1873 East Mall<br class="">University of British Columbia<br class="">Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1<br class="">Canada<br class="">(604) 822-4461<br class=""><a href="http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/lbrinton/" class="">http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/lbrinton/</a></div></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">**************************************</div><div class=""><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Date:</strong><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> 03-Aug-2018 </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">From:</strong><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Sian Echard <mary.ramsay</span><span class="fa fa-at" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1; font-family: FontAwesome; font-size: 14px; text-rendering: auto; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"></span><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://ubc.ca" class="">ubc.ca</a>></span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Subject:</strong><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> English; Cognitive Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Discourse Analysis; Historical Linguistics; Pragmatics: Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada</span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(33, 118, 245); font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="fa fa-envelope" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1; font-family: FontAwesome; font-size: inherit; text-rendering: auto; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"></span>E-mail this message to a friend</a><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">University or Organization: University of British Columbia </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Department: Department of English Language and Literatures </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Job Location: British Columbia, Canada </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Web Address: </span><a href="https://english.ubc.ca/" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(33, 118, 245); text-decoration: none; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">https://english.ubc.ca/</a><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Job Title: Contemporary and Historical English Linguistics</span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Job Rank: Assistant Professor</span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Specialty Areas: Cognitive Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Discourse Analysis; Historical Linguistics; Pragmatics; World Englishes </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Required Language(s): </span><a href="https://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/LLDescription.cfm?code=eng" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(33, 118, 245); text-decoration: none; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">English (eng)</a><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> English </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Description:</span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Department of English Language and Literatures at the University of British Columbia seeks to appoint a tenure-track Assistant Professor in contemporary and historical English linguistics. A specialty in one or more of the following areas is highly desirable: </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- World Englishes or Global Englishes, </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- Corpus linguistics, </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- Cognitive linguistics, </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- Pragmatics, and/or </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- Stylistics. </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Department offers three undergraduate Majors streams: in English Literature, in English Language, and in a new, combined program in Language and Literature. The Language program covers history and structure of English as well as studies in rhetoric and discourse. The Department is engaged in an ongoing program of curriculum renewal, and welcomes applicants with innovative ideas about undergraduate and graduate courses in Language and in the combined Language/ Literature emphasis. </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Department is committed to equity and diversity. Applicants are asked to include, as part of their application materials, a separate statement describing past experience in activities that promote diversity and inclusion, broadly understood, and/or plans to make future contributions. </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Applicants must have a PhD (or provide solid indication of imminent completion), publications, and experience teaching at the post-secondary level; they are expected to provide strong evidence of active and excellent research, and demonstrate a record of, or potential for, high quality teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The successful candidate will be expected to maintain an active program of research, teaching, graduate supervision, and service. </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Applicants should apply through the UBC Faculty careers website, at the application link below, by October 15, 2018 and they must be prepared to upload (in the following order): </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- A letter of application, </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- A current CV containing full contact information, </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- Evidence of teaching effectiveness (such as evaluations and/ or peer reviews; </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- Complete teaching dossiers are not requested at this stage), </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- The diversity statement described above, and </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- An example of their published research. </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In addition, applicants should arrange for three confidential letters of reference to be forwarded by the same deadline via email attachment to english.recruitment</span><span class="fa fa-at" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1; font-family: FontAwesome; font-size: 14px; text-rendering: auto; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"></span><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://ubc.ca" class="">ubc.ca</a>. </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Position start date: </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">July 1, 2019. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. This position is subject to final budgetary approval. Please consult the departmental website for details on our programs, faculty, and activities: </span><a href="http://www.english.ubc.ca/" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(33, 118, 245); text-decoration: none; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">www.english.ubc.ca</a><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Métis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Application Deadline: 15-Oct-2018 </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Web Address for Applications: </span><a href="https://www.hr.ubc.ca/jobs/faculty.php?job_id=30788" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(33, 118, 245); text-decoration: none; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">https://www.hr.ubc.ca/jobs/faculty.php?job_id=30788 </a><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Contact Information:</span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dr. Sian Echard </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Email: mary.ramsay</span><img align="absbottom" apple-inline="yes" id="0110A047-4D2E-4328-9E01-08397C72D9FB" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" src="cid:CAB1A4F7-2714-4329-B9E7-670517386DAE@hitronhub.home"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://ubc.ca" class="">ubc.ca</a> </span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: roboto, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Phone: 604-822-5127 </span></div></div></body></html>