Positions in Languages and Cultures

Description

Language allows humans to engage in meaningful and complex interactions with others, but it is more than merely a tool. Choices in language use and discourses including the choice to exclude or forbid the use of given language(s) greatly impact and define human indentities, societies, politics, and cultures, both in the past and present. Embedded in the multilingual northern Netherlands, we seek to strengthen our expertise in the interconnectedness between language, identity and cognition, with a keen interest for minority and regional language use. Defining borders is central within this theme. Borders may pertain to the role of language in defining international relations, in negotiating meaning and rules of conduct across borders in discourses surrounding problems such as climate change, but may also pertain to how linguistically inclusive or exclusive practices shape human relations and cognitive and mental health.

We are looking for candidates with areas of expertise that may include but are not limited to:

• The link between language and cognition
• The link between language and wellbeing
• The role of language in defining identities and social networks
• (multi)lingual practices and policies in education
• Discourse and interaction analysis of political discourse (e.g., in the sustainability narrative)
• Linguistic practices in democratic societal transformation
• The role of language in defining international relations and securatization

Teaching

Depending on the candidates’ experience and expertise they will be embedded in one or more of the following degree programmes:

• BA programmes in English Language and Culture; European Languages and Cultures; Linguistics, Middle Eastern Studies, Classical Languages and Cultures, International Relations and Organizations; Minorities and Multilingualism
• (Research)MA programmes Linguistics; International Relations; Language and Cognition, Modern History and International Relations

Research

Depending on the candidates’ experience and expertise they will be embedded one or more faculty research institutes and centres and university-wide research schools and centres. Options include but are not limited to:

Faculty of Arts:

• Groningen Research Institute for the Study of Culture (ICOG):
  • Centre for International Relations (CIRR)
  • Centre for the Study of Democratic Cultures and Politics (DemCP)
  • Centre for Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG)

University-wide research institute and schools:

• Rudolf Agricola School for Sustainable Development
• Interdisciplinary School for Behavior and Cognitive Neuroscience (BCN)

How to apply?

For information about the application procedure including the application form, see the application procedure page.

Information

For more information about the positions in Languages and Cultures - Language in cultural-political contexts you may contact prof. Merel Keijzer

Please do not use the email address shown above to apply.