[Histling-l] Fwd: [Lingtyp] Job posting: Historical Linguistics @ U Bern

[Claire Bowern]

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From: Fernando Zúñiga <fernando.zuniga at isw.unibe.ch>
Date: Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 1:54 PM
Subject: [Lingtyp] Job posting: Historical Linguistics @ U Bern
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Open rank professorship (oP/aoP/AssP TT) in Historical Linguistics
100%

The University of Bern offers an open rank professorship, succession of
Prof. Dr. George van Driem) in Historical Linguistics as either an
Extraordinary, Ordinary, or Assistant Professor with tenure track,
depending on qualifications and experience, at the Institute of
Linguistics, starting 1st February 2022.

Applicants will be expected to cover the whole field of theoretical and
empirical studies of language change with respect to both teaching and
research, with a focus on languages outside the Indo- European family
(e.g., languages from Central, South, and Southeast Asia, or the Pacific)
and possibly a complementary focus (e.g., Historical Sociolinguistics).
The successful applicant should be willing to co-operate with neighboring
disciplines and institutions in the Faculty and the Bernese Center for the
Study of Language and Society. As co-director of the institute, s/he will
be expected to be involved in academic administration; therefore, a good
working knowledge of German is indispensable. Previous experience in
negotiating external funding of research projects is essential.
Academic requirements for this position are a completed Ph.D. plus a
"Habilitation" or an equivalent qualification (ordinary/extraordinary
professorship) or an excellent Ph.D. and an elaborate Habilitation project
(Assistant professorship with tenure track). An application for job sharing
is possible.
The University of Bern is committed to equal opportunities and the
promotion of diversity in employment. In particular, it strives to increase
the number of women in senior academic positions, and supports job sharing
and dual-career hiring. The Faculty of Humanities welcomes applications
from people with disabilities, People of Color, and people who, in the
Swiss context, are from ethnic minority backgrounds.
Applications including a CV, teaching concept, list of publications, list
of courses taught, list of externally funded projects, and information on
previous employment and participation in academic administration are to be
submitted in electronic form only as PDF files by March 28th 2021 (to Mr.
Korbinian Seitz: korbinian.seitz at histdek.unibe.ch).
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