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Full Professor (W2)
Contemporary English Linguistics
at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
We are inviting applications for |the position of full professor in the area of
contemporary English linguistics, to be filled as soon as possible. The
successful candidate will have a demonstrated research and teaching fo-
cus on the empirical study of the contemporary English language based
on approaches from the spectrum of cognitive theories (e.g. cognitive lin-
guistics, cognitive grammar, construction grammar, usage-based ap-
proaches). One focus of their work should be in a subfield of linguistics,
with multimodality and/or semantics/pragmatics being particularly wel-
come.
The successful candidate will teach in all study programs offered by the
Department of English Studies at the bachelor's and master's level and
have teaching experience ideally in more than one subfield of English lin-
guistics. In addition, a demonstrable interest in collaborating with literary
studies and participating in planned interdisciplinary research networks is
expected. Experience in acquiring third-party funding is desirable. The
Department of English Studies at RWTH Aachen is particularly committed
to high-quality teaching and expects the successful candidate to have a
corresponding profile and commitment. As participation in academic self-
administration is expected, evidence of previous involvement in this area
is desirable.
The requirements include a doctoral degree and additional research ex-
perience, such as a habilitation (post-doctoral lecturing qualification) or
equivalent achievements gained as a university researcher or professor or
in a research position outside academia. Teaching ability and dedication
are essential and the application should include proof of this. Fluent Ger-
man is not required to start the position but the successful candidate will
be expected to hold classes in German within the first 5 years.
