LINGUIST List 8.278

Wed Feb 26 1997

Jobs: English, Postdoc, French Linguistics

Editor for this issue: T. Daniel Seely <seelylinguistlist.org>

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  • Chair, Language Division, Position in English at ICU, Tokyo
  • Mary Ann Mroz, Postdoctoral Fellowship Available
  • Ian Watson, Lectureship in French Linguistics

    Message 1: Position in English at ICU, Tokyo

     Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 14:07:20 +0900
    From: Chair, Language Division <hiroseicu.ac.jp>
    Subject: Position in English at ICU, Tokyo


    ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION IN TOKYO

    The Department of English, Division of Languages at International Christian University, a Christianity-based university in Tokyo announces a tenure-track opening at the assistant or associate professor level.

    The candidate must have specialized interest in teaching English for academic purposes in an intensive English Language Program and be qualified to teach Teaching of English as a Foreign Language and Issues of English Language Education in Japan. The starting date is April 1, 1998, for an initial three-year contract. In addition to teaching responsibilities, the successful candidate should also be willing to take on administrative responsibilities in the English Language Program and university-wide committee work.

    Requirements: Doctorate in hand in Applied Linguistics or Linguistics, publications and evidence of scholarly potential, Japanese/English bilingual competence. Teaching experience at secondary and/or university levels preferred. International experience, administrative experience and interests desirable.

    Review of candidates begins February 1, 1997, and will continue until the position is filled. Please send c.v., names and addresses only of three references to: English Search Chair, Division of Languages, International Christian University, 3-10-2 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181, Japan. Fax +81-422-34-6983. E-mail (inquiries only) <languageicu.ac.jp>

    ICU is a private, co-educational, bilingual liberal arts university founded in 1949 by Christians in Japan and in the USA with 2,400 students, six divisions, and four graduate programs, one of which includes a Ph.D. in English Education. The campus is located on 160 quiet and wooded acres in the western suburbs of Tokyo. Home page <http://www.icu.ac.jp>;

    Chair, Language Division International Christian University 3-10-2 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181, Japan Telephone (0422)33-3557 Fax (0422)34-6983

    Message 2: Postdoctoral Fellowship Available

     Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 10:48:06 -0500
    From: Mary Ann Mroz <mamrozMIT.EDU>
    Subject: Postdoctoral Fellowship Available


    The Mind-Articulation Project at MIT's Department of Linguistics and Philosophy has a postdoctoral fellowship available in 1997-1998 for interdisciplinary study of psycholinguistics and the cognitive neuroscience of language. We seek a recent PhD whose work substantially combines linguistics and neuroscience, with a background in imaging strongly preferred. Applicants must be willing to spend a considerable amount of time in Japan working at the Tokyo Mind-Articulation Project site.

    The postdoctoral fellow would join existing research groups at MIT studying language acquisition, language processing, and linguistic competence using a variety of experimental and modeling techniques. These techniques include MEG and fMRI imaging, as well as experimental studies of human sentence processing and acquisition.

    The application consists of a CV, samples of written work, and three letters of recommendation. Please send them to:

    Postdoc Selection Committee for Mind Articulation c/o Wayne O'Neil, PI Department of Linguistics and Philosophy 20D-213, MIT Cambridge, MA 02139

    The deadline is April 15, 1997, for one-year fellowships beginning September 1997.

    If you will be at the Cognitive Neuroscience meeting in Boston (March 23-25), please arrange an interview by contacting Wayne O'Neil, waoneilmit.edu, (617) 253-2557.

    Questions about the fellowships may be sent to the Mind-Articulation Project at mindmit.edu, or via snail-mail to the Project at:

    MIT Room 20C-228 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307

    (617) 258-7242

    Visit our web site: http://broca.mit.edu/mind.html

    Message 3: Lectureship in French Linguistics

     Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 17:52:00 +0000 (GMT)
    From: Ian Watson <ian.watsonphonetics.oxford.ac.uk>
    Subject: Lectureship in French Linguistics


    UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD - LECTURERSHIP IN FRENCH LINGUISTICS

    The university proposes to appoint a Faculty Lecturer in French Linguistics with effect from 1 October 1997 or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful candidate may be offered a tutorial fellowship at St Catherine's College, and college lecturerships ar Queen's, St Hugh's, and St John's Colleges, in which case the combined university and college salary would be according to age on a scale up to 33,767 sterling per annum (under review). Additional college allowances may be available. Further particulars and an application form may be obtained from the Secretary of the Modern Languages Board, 37 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JF U.K. e-mail: peter.gamblesmodern-languages.oxford.ac.uk Tel: +44 1865 270753 Fax: + 44 1865 270757 The closing date is 28th FEBRUARY 1997.