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LUCL is hosting the ERC Starting Grant project entitled The Linguistic Roots of Europe’s Agricultural Transition (principal investigator Dr. G.J. Kroonen). The EUROLITHIC project will be carried out in cooperation with the Leiden University Faculty of Archaeology, the Towards a New European Prehistory project at the University of Gothenburg and the Copenhagen University Center for Geogenetics.
The aim of the EUROLITHIC project is to approximate the exact timing, routes and cultural encounters by which various Indo-European linguistic groups established themselves in prehistoric Europe. This will be done by working towards a maximally complete reconstruction of the palaeoenvironment, palaeoeconomy and dietary habits of their speakers, and comparing the result to the agricultural, pastoralist, etc. practices that reconstructed for these groups with the help of historical linguistics.
The postdoc is required to
The employment of the postdoc will be for a period of two or three years starting September 2018 at the earliest (first a contract of 12 months with an extension of 12 or 24 months after positive evaluation of capabilities and compatibility) and must lead to the successful submission of 3-5 peer-reviewed articles. Appointment will be under the terms of the Collective Labour Agreement of the Dutch Universities. Salary range, depending on education and work experience, from €2,588 to €4,757 gross per month (pay scale 10 or 11), based on a full-time appointment.
Leiden University offers an attractive benefits package with additional holiday (8%) and end-of-year bonuses (8.3 %), training and career development and sabbatical leave. Our individual choices model gives you some freedom to assemble your own set of terms and conditions. Candidates from outside the Netherlands may be eligible for a substantial tax break. More at https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/working-at/job-application-procedure-and-employment-conditions.
Diversity
Leiden University is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from members of underrepresented groups.
Leiden is a typical university city, hosting the oldest university in the Netherlands (1575). The University permeates the local surroundings; University premises are scattered throughout the city, and the students who live and study in Leiden give the city its relaxed yet vibrant atmosphere.
Leiden University is one of Europe's foremost research universities. This prominent position gives our graduates a leading edge in applying for academic posts and for functions outside academia. More at https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/working-at.
The Faculty of Humanities is rich in expertise in fields such as philosophy, religious studies, history, art history, literature, linguistics and area studies covering nearly every region of the world. With its staff of 995, the faculty provides 27 master’s and 25 bachelor’s programmes for over 7,000 students based at locations in Leiden’s historic city centre and in modern buildings in The Hague.
Leiden University has a longstanding tradition in research in the world’s languages and features unique linguistic expertise. LUCL (https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/humanities/leiden-university-centre-for-linguistics) combines current theoretical insights and modern experimental methods in its research profile area “Language Diversity in the World”. For more information: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/research-dossiers/language-diversity.
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