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Postdoctoral fellowship in situated semantics, Munich (Germany), Deadline: 15 Jun 2016

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Postdoctoral fellowship (1y) in situated semantics

  Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP)
               LMU Munich, Germany

       * Submission deadline: June 15, 2016 *
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JOB DESCRIPTION
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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
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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-muenchen.de by *June 15, 2016*. Hard copy applications 
are not accepted. Decisions will be communicated by *July 01, 2016*. For 
further information, please contact Dr. Kristina Liefke 
(Kristina.Liefke@lrz.uni-muenchen.de).

IMPORTANT DATES
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Submission deadline: June 15, 2016
Notification: July 01, 2016
Starting date: August 01, 2016

THE MCMP
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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*.

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