Lecturer–PhD Candidate in French Linguistics and Francophonie Leiden University in Netherlands

Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) invites applications for a fully funded PhD position in the ERC Starting Grant project LangPro: Professional Opportunities in the Early Modern Language Sector (1550–1650) . The project is directed by Dr Alisa van de Haar, with Prof. Nadine Akkerman as co-supervisor. The position is based at Leiden University in the Netherlands and starts on 1 January 2027. The PhD project focuses on women in the early modern language sector . The successfu...

PhD position at the University of Amsterdam on the linguistic effects of child language brokering in multilingual families . The project examines how multilingual children translate and mediate for others in everyday life, and how these experiences shape the maintenance of the heritage language and the development of the second language in children and their parents. The position is part of an NWO-funded interdisciplinary project, Small voices, big words: Effects of child language brokering in i...

Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Linguistics at Cornell University (Society for the Humanities / Department of Linguistics) for Academic Years 2027–2029. This is a postdoctoral opportunity for scholars using linguistic methods to address broad humanistic questions. The fellowship welcomes research in historical linguistics, semantics, pragmatics, computational linguistics, phonology, and sociolinguistics , with interdisciplinary connections to philosophy, literature, history, and anthropology. ...

Hong Kong Polytechnic University is advertising a Postdoctoral Fellow position in the Department of English and Communication for a project titled “Corpus-based oral English assessment: Evaluating PolyU students’ spoken English proficiency and communication competency and implications for AI-driven pedagogy” . The project sits at the intersection of Applied Linguistics , Education , and AI-supported language research. The appointee will conduct independent and collaborative research, collect spo...

University of Southampton Doctoral College is sharing in-person supervisor induction sessions for PhD supervisors. These are not student openings, but professional development sessions for staff involved in doctoral supervision. Topic: PhD supervision, doctoral supervision, research supervision, supervisor induction. What is offered: Paul Clarkson will run two in-person sessions with group discussions, case studies, and resources to support supervisors in their role. Dates: Tuesday 8 September, ...