{"id":3845,"date":"2012-05-29T00:55:29","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T00:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/?p=3845"},"modified":"2012-08-22T16:49:39","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T16:49:39","slug":"postdoctoral-fellowships-at-rutgers-the-state-university-of-new-jersey-usa-non-colonial-language-of-africa-general-linguistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/?p=3845","title":{"rendered":"Postdoctoral fellowships at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (USA): Non-Colonial Language of Africa; General Linguistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rutgers.edu\/sites\/core\/files\/imagecache\/home_news_event_thumb\/\/sites\/core\/files\/career-knight62.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"62\" height=\"62\" \/>The Department of Linguistics at Rutgers University in New Brunswick is\u00a0offering a half-year fellowship for postdoctoral residence at RutgersUniversity, for spring, 2013. All applicants must have a Ph.D. in hand\u00a0before their residency and must be native speakers of a non-Colonial\u00a0language of Africa. This postdoctoral position is funded by the\u00a0NSF-supported Afranaph Project and the Afranaph Fellow will be expected to\u00a0spend at least 20 hours per week working on the project. Preference will be\u00a0given to applicants within five years of the completion of their degrees,\u00a0but interested candidates with more experience are encouraged \u00a0to apply.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Successful applicants will be those who most closely fit the needs of the\u00a0project. The six months of support includes a stipend of $22,000 and funds\u00a0to cover round-trip travel expenses from the candidate\u2019s country of origin.<br \/>\nFurther details are to be posted at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.africananaphora.rutgers.edu\/\">http:\/\/www.africananaphora.rutgers.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Applications should include a curriculum vitae, three letters of reference,\u00a0a cover letter that names those writing in support, supporting documents,\u00a0such as essays in progress or published work (limited to no more than two),\u00a0and a short statement including a summary of research interests. Applicants\u00a0who do not have a Ph.D. when applying, but who expect to have their Ph.D.\u00a0in hand before the fellowship begins, should include a letter from their\u00a0advisor concerning their expected date of completion. Applications received\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">before April 15, 2012 are assured consideration, but we will continue to\u00a0accept applications until the position has been filled.<\/span> All applications,\u00a0letters of reference and materials should be sent to the application\u00a0address below or sent online to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:safir@ruccs.rutgers.edu\">safir@ruccs.rutgers.edu<\/a>, with \u2018Afranaph\u00a0Postdoc Application\u2019 in the subject heading.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rutgers University is an AA\/EO employer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Attention Ken\u00a0 Safir ,\u00a0Afranaph Project,<br \/>\nDepartment of Linguistics<br \/>\nRutgers University<br \/>\n18 Seminary Place<br \/>\nNew Brunswick \u00a0 NJ \u00a008901<br \/>\nUSA<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ken \u00a0Safir<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/linguistlist.org\/jobs\/get-jobs.cfm?JobID=94742&amp;SubID=4542106\">click here to access email<\/a><br \/>\nPhone:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0732-932-7289<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Linguistics at Rutgers University in New Brunswick is\u00a0offering a half-year fellowship for postdoctoral residence at RutgersUniversity, for spring, 2013. All applicants must have a Ph.D. in hand\u00a0before their residency and must be native speakers of a non-Colonial\u00a0language of Africa. This postdoctoral position is funded by the\u00a0NSF-supported Afranaph Project and the Afranaph Fellow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-postdoct","category-research-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3845"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3845"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4656,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3845\/revisions\/4656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}