PhD in Descriptive/Documentary Linguistics in Indonesia

Original title: Two PhD candidates, Descriptive/Documentary Linguistics in Indonesia

• Collecting audio-visual linguistic and cultural data through fieldwork in Indonesia;
• Transcribing, annotating, analysing and archiving naturalistic language data;
• Testing and evaluating tools for automated linguistic data annotation and analysis;
• Presenting (joint) research results at workshops and conferences;
• Publishing (joint) research results and writing a PhD-thesis within the period of appointment;
• (Assisting in) teaching activities at bachelor level;
• (Assisting in) the organisation of knowledge dissemination activities
• Participating in meetings and training sessions of the project research group
• A Master’s degree in linguistics, completed before the start date;
• Demonstrated interest in language documentation, field linguistics, descriptive linguistics or similar;
• Excellent research and academic English skills;
• Working knowledge of Indonesian, or willingness to acquire this within the first half year of the project;
• A strong cooperative attitude and interest to engage in collaborative research;
• Fieldwork experience in a non-western context is a plus;
• Preference will be given to candidates from Indonesia in cases of equal suitability.
• A cover letter, in which you indicate which of the two positions you are applying for and explain your motivation;
• A full academic CV;
• A list of all Bachelor and Master-level modules you have taken, with an official transcript of grades;
• A writing sample, preferably your MA thesis and an article or term paper that you wrote that pertains to the topic of the position;
• The names and email addresses of two references, including your MA thesis supervisor(s), who may be approached by the selection committee (no reference letters).