Postdoctoral Fellowship at the MCMP (LMU Munich)
Postdoctoral fellowship (1y) in situated semantics
Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP)
LMU Munich, Germany
* Submission deadline: June 15, 2016 *
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) at
Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich is seeking applications
for a 1-year postdoctoral fellowship in situated semantics. The
fellowship is sponsored by Kristina Liefke's LMU Junior Research
Fund project "Rich Situated Natural Language Content". The starting
date for the fellowship is *August 1, 2016*. (A slightly later
starting date may be negotiated.) The successful candidate has a
background in philosophy, linguistics, or cognitive science and is
conducting research in situation semantics, semantic contextualism,
dynamic semantics, and/or situated cognition. The candidate will be
expected to (i) conduct research on the information-dependence of
the semantic content of natural language, and (ii) help with the
preparation of an interdisciplinary grant proposal on the project
topic. Experience in experimental linguistics/philosophy is an
advantage, but not required.
APPLICATIONS
Applications (including a cover letter that addresses, among others,
the candidate's academic background and research interests, a CV, a
list of publications, a sample of written work, and the names of two
referees) should be sent by email (ideally everything in a single
PDF file) to office.hartmann@lrz.uni-
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline: June 15, 2016
Notification: July 01, 2016
Starting date: August 01, 2016
THE MCMP
The MCMP hosts a vibrant research community of faculty, postdoctoral
fellows, doctoral fellows, master students, and visiting fellows. It
organizes at least two weekly colloquia and a weekly internal
work-in-progress seminar, as well as various other activities such
as workshops, conferences, summer schools, and reading groups. The
successful candidate will partake in all of the MCMP's academic
activities and enjoy its administrative facilities. The official
language at the MCMP is English. *Knowledge of German is NOT required*.