[B900] Notizie/B - Bando: Chair of Italian Language and Culture

Mon Mar 26 19:55:51 CEST 2007

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    BOLLETTINO '900 - Notizie / B, aprile 2007

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SOMMARIO:

- Bando: Chair in Italian Language And Culture
   Universiteit Leiden, Faculteit der Letteren
   Scadenza: 31 marzo

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FACULTY OF ARTS, Leiden University
Bando: CHAIR IN ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

PROFILE

The holder of the chair will be responsible for the
Italian Language and Culture Programme and the related
research. The teaching mandate focuses on the
diachronic analysis of language phenomena in relation
to their historic and cultural context, using
modern linguistic approaches.

The teaching duties comprise teaching and
research in the field of Italian language and
culture, with specific emphasis on the diachronic
analysis of language phenomena in relation to
their historic and cultural context, using
modern linguistic approaches.

For teaching purposes, the position is part
of the department of Italian language and
culture. The department is part of the Gerard
Tuning Institute (a teaching institute which
comprises the departments of Languages and
Cultures of Latin America, French Language and
Culture, Italian Language and Culture, Literary
Studies and Linguistics). In terms of research,
the position falls under the Leiden University
Centre for Linguistics (LUCL). Part of the
position's research falls under the Pallas Research
Institute.

The Italian Language and Culture Department
has one chair, which has now been vacant for a
number of years. The Department houses experts
in the field of older literature, and language
acquisition is taught at a high level and in an
innovative way. In the field of linguistics,
both theoretical and historical linguistics are
represented. Within the framework of the Sector
Plan for Arts Faculties, a number of cooperation
projects have been set up with other faculties
in the region.

The professor to be appointed is responsible for
education and is involved in teaching programmes,
using various teaching methodologies, both in the
programmes offered by the Italian Language and
Culture Department and in the MPhil programmes in
Linguistics and Literature. The teaching contribution
is determined in consultation between the professor
and the management of the teaching and research
institutes. The planning of teaching programmes
and their specific organisation takes place as
much as possible in consultation with other
departments within and outside the Gerard Tuning
Institute.

The professor to be appointed is expected to
conduct research in the field of his or her
appointment. He or she is expected to further
develop existing research projects and initiate
new research, in particular PhD and postdoctoral
research. He or she is also expected to attract
funds from indirect funding sources in order to
finance this research. He or she is moreover
expected to play an active role within the LUCL.
In addition, the professor to be appointed is
expected to stimulate literary research falling
under the Pallas Research Institute.

The professor to be appointed is expected to
be able and willing to play an active role in
the management of the teaching institute (also
as chairman), in the research institute,
and within the faculty of Arts. He or she must
be prepared to promote the interests of
the discipline both within and outside of
the academic community, in the Netherlands,
Flanders and further abroad, in particular
in the partnership with other regional
universities in the context of the Sector
Plan for the Arts.

The candidate will have obtained his or her
doctorate, and has excellent research abilities
in the discipline of the appointment, as
demonstrated by an extensive list of
publications which have appeared in
nationally and internationally eminent
publications relevant to the specialist
field or in reputable periodicals.

In particular, the candidate will have
demonstrable language-theoretical, diachronic
and philological expertise, a thorough knowledge
of the Italian language in various historical
periods, and knowledge of and experience with
the study of texts from older stages of the
language. In addition, he or she will be
prepared to place the analysis of language
phenomena in a wider historical and cultural
context. The candidate will also have an
affinity with the discipline of Italian literature.

The candidate not only has a thorough knowledge
of Italian in its various historical
stages, but also has knowledge of one or
more Romance languages.

He or she has excellent teaching skills and broad
experience as an instructor within the academic
environment. He or she is able to stimulate and
renew the teaching in the Italian Language and
Culture Department, as well as set up and
supervise projects for educational reform.

He or she has demonstrable abilities in acquiring
external funding for education and research.

In addition, he or she also has demonstrable
management capacities and is a good team
leader with motivating and uniting abilities
and strong social skills.

In the event that the professor to be appointed
is not Dutch-speaking, he or she will be
expected to have acquired a good command of the
Dutch language within a period of two years.

A trial lecture and a test of the candidate's
management abilities will be an integral part
of the application procedure.

Candidates who wish to be considered for this position,
and those who wish to put forward potential candidates,
should apply in writing within four weeks of the
publication date of this advertisement to the Dean of
the Faculty of Arts, Prof. G.E. Booij, Postbus 9515,
2300 RA Leiden. The application should include a curriculum
vitae, a list of publications and a proposed plan
for future research. Interested parties can request
a profile for this position from the secretariat of
the Faculty Bureau, which
can be reached at the following number:

+31 071 5272318

or by e-mail at

faculteitsbestuur at let.leidenuniv.nl.

This profile is also available on our website
( http://www.letteren.leidenuniv.nl ) under the heading
Organisation => Vacancies. The Dean
of the Faculty will be pleased to provide further
information regarding this chair; he can
be reached at the number provided above.

Leiden University has a policy of active recruitment
of female staff. For this reason, women are
particularly invited to apply.

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(c) Bollettino '900 - versione e-mail
Electronic Newsletter of '900 Italian Literature
Notizie/B, aprile 2007. Anno XIII, 2.

Direttore: Federico Pellizzi
Redazione Newsletter: Michela Aveta, Eleonora Conti,
Anna Frabetti, Claudia La Via, Luisa Magnoli,
Giuseppe Nava, Saverio Voci.

Dipartimento di Italianistica
dell'Universita' di Bologna,
Via Zamboni 32, 40126 Bologna, Italy,
Fax +39 051 2098595; tel. +39 051 2098595/334294.
Reg. Trib. di Bologna n. 6436 del 19 aprile 1995.
ISSN 1124-1578

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