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August 19, 2009
Linguistics & Russian/Slavic Studies, McGill
Deadline: 15 November 2009
The Department of Linguistics, McGill University, invites applications for a tenure-track position at the level of Assistant Professor, effective 1 August 2010. This is a joint appointment between Linguistics and one of the following departments: German Studies, Hispanic Studies, Italian Studies, or Russian and Slavic Studies. The successful candidate will be an experimentalist, working on the acquisition or processing of the syntax (or related specializations) of German, Italian, Spanish or Russian. Additional assets include a demonstrable ability to teach courses on topics such as the grammatical structure of the language in question, the history of the language, dialect variation, bilingualism, etc.
General qualifications: PhD in linguistics and demonstrated excellence in research and teaching in the area(s) of specialization. Duties will include undergraduate and graduate teaching, graduate research guidance and administrative responsibilities. Duties will be split equally between the two departments sharing the joint appointment.
Salary: McGill scale.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority. English is the language of instruction at McGill, but knowledge of French is an asset.
McGill University is committed to equity in employment and diversity. It welcomes applications from indigenous peoples, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, women, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities and others who may contribute to further diversification.
Applicants should send a letter of introduction, C.V., samples of research, teaching evaluations and any additional supporting documents to the address below. Three letters of recommendation should be sent under separate cover.
Prof. Glyne Piggott
Chair, Search Committee
Department of Linguistics
McGill University
1085 ave Docteur-Penfield
Montreal (Que)
Canada H3A 1A7
Email : connie.digiuseppe@mcgill.ca
Web site : http://www.mcgill.ca/linguistics
Posted by uunguyen at August 19, 2009 11:17 AM