One of the reasons this website exists is to provide resources to visitors who want to know more about the topics with which this site concerns itself. One of these major topics is linguistics. The purpose of this post is to provide just a few links to video lectures (or interviews) on linguistics by prolific scholars and thinkers so that our audiences can educate themselves about some of the big names in the field of linguistics and their ideas about language, culture, cognition, and more. This is, of course, a companion piece to a previous blog post that provided links to lectures on language and linguistics, but this post connects to lectures by women and people of color (rather than white males) in order to give a more complete representation of the racial, ethnic, sexual, and intellectual diversity of the field.
One of the reasons this website exists is to provide resources to visitors who want to know more about the topics this site concerns itself with. One of these major topics is linguistics. The purpose of this post is to provide just a few links to video lectures (or interviews) on linguistics by prolific scholars so that our audiences can either educate themselves or learn more about some of the big names in the field of linguistics and their ideas about language, culture, cognition, and more. We understand that these pioneering voices in 20th- and 21st-century linguistics are all somewhat on the older side, white, and male, which is why we will soon be doing a similarly structured companion piece to this post that provides links to lectures delivered by nonwhite and nonmale voices in the field.
Starita, Augusto. 12 March 2015. “Noam Chomsky.” Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia, 18 November 2020, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noam_Chomsky_.jpg.
“William Labov.” 05 October 2015. Linguistic Society of America, Linguistic Society of America, 18 November 2020, https://www.linguisticsociety.org/news/2015/10/05/laurels-linguists-william-labov.
The semester’s end is approaching, and with that approach come Thanksgiving, final exams, and the Naugle Communication Center’s last English Conversation Hour of the semester. The event is an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students at Georgia Tech who are learning English as a second or other language to come together in a Microsoft Teams meeting to socialize and practice their conversational English. The WCP’s World Englishes Committee and Dr. Rob Griffin, the Center’s English language learning specialist, are partnering with the Communication Center to host this event.
Photo taken from Student Life, Florida Gulf Coast University, https://www.fgcu.edu/studentlife/. Accessed 07 November 2020.
The Department of Language and Literature at Florida Gulf Coast University invites applications for an Assistant Professor of Early World Literature, beginning fall semester 2021. We welcome applications from PhDs in English or related fields, including Comparative Literature and Global Literature. Expertise in non-Western traditions is preferred. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values at FGCU and in our department. Therefore, we encourage applications from individuals who will contribute to diversity in higher education and who have the potential to advance the department’s DEI goals: to achieve a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive scholarly environment; to engage and include a more culturally and racially diverse student audience through a curriculum that integrates the literary traditions of several continents; and to advocate for more study of foreign languages and cultures on our campus.
The successful candidate will be expected to teach at both the undergraduate and graduate levels; maintain an active research agenda; contribute to the English program’s course and curriculum development; and provide service to the Department, College, and University through various committees and/or initiatives. The teaching assignment will include upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level courses in early world literatures and cultures as well as composition and literature survey courses in the university’s General Education program.
Florida Gulf Coast University is a comprehensive university dedicated to quality education, research, and service. All faculty are expected to be excellent teachers, responsive to changing professional needs, and committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive academic community; invested in the innovative delivery of instruction resulting in improved student learning; committed to the effective use of technology including distance learning; engaged in producing peer-reviewed scholarship; and dedicated to providing service to the College, University, and Community.
Job Description
Typical duties include but are not limited to:
Plans and teaches 6 courses per year (3 courses, 9 hours per semester) in assigned course.
Prepares syllabi, instruction materials, coordinates lectures, test, and evaluates.
Maintain highest possible standards of classroom instruction.
Keeps abreast of new information and developments in field of instruction.
Maintains Professional skills through regular professional development, and other activities appropriate to higher education faculty.
Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.
The program seeks applicants who will make strong teaching contributions to our department’s general education program, English BA, English MA, and World Literature minor programs; advise students; help to develop a robust curriculum in World Literature; work with the local community on service-learning projects, and serve on department, college, and university committees.
Additional Job Description
Required Qualifications:
Earned Ph.D. in English or a related discipline by the time of appointment from a regionally accredited institution or equivalent accreditation.
Special emphasis on Early World Literatures and Cultures.
Experience teaching at the college level in English or a related field.
Demonstrated potential for scholarship resulting in publication.
ABD will be considered if the degree is conferred by August 7, 2021. If the successful candidate is ABD, the appointment will be made at the Instructor level on a fixed contract. (If ABD is accepted, appropriate language to be included)
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
Experience with or commitment to the use of technology in distance learning and university teaching.
Interest in collaborating both within and outside the University in the development and delivery of instruction resulting in improved student learning.
Must value continued scholarship and service to the college and university.
The Department of Language and Literature at Florida Gulf Coast University invites applications for an Assistant Professor of Later World Literature, beginning fall semester 2021. We welcome applications from PhDs in English or related fields, including Comparative Literature and Global Literature. Expertise in non-Western traditions is preferred. Desired areas of specialization include, but are not limited to, modern and contemporary literatures of Asia, Central and South America, Africa, and the Middle East in the context of colonialism, post-colonialism, globalization, and contemporary critical theory. Additional research and teaching experience in digital media and the digital humanities would be welcome including media production, digital editing, modes of digital storytelling, dh projects for research and innovative use of digital tools in the classroom, and pedagogical approaches to new technologies.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values at FGCU and in our department. Therefore, we encourage applications from individuals who will contribute to diversity in higher education and who have the potential to advance the department’s DEI goals: to achieve a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive scholarly environment; to engage and include a more culturally and racially diverse student audience through a curriculum that integrates the literary traditions of several continents; and to advocate for more study of foreign languages and cultures on our campus.
The successful candidate will be expected to teach at both the undergraduate and graduate levels; maintain an active research agenda; contribute to the English program’s course and curriculum development; and provide service to the Department, College, and University through various committees and/or initiatives. The teaching assignment will include upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level courses in later world literatures and cultures as well as composition and literature survey courses in the university’s General Education program.
Florida Gulf Coast University is a comprehensive university dedicated to quality education, research, and service. All faculty are expected to be excellent teachers, responsive to changing professional needs, and committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive academic community; invested in the innovative delivery of instruction resulting in improved student learning; committed to the effective use of technology including distance learning; engaged in producing peer-reviewed scholarship; and dedicated to providing service to the College, University, and Community. Teaching assignments may be on the main campus or at off-campus sites within our region.
Job Description
Typical duties include but are not limited to:
Teaches 6 courses per year (3 courses, 9 hours per semester).
Plans and teaches courses in assigned course.
Prepares syllabi, instruction materials, coordinates lectures, tests, and evaluates.
Maintains highest possible standards of classroom instruction
Keeps abreast of new information and developments in field of instruction.
Actively participates in institutional meetings.
Maintains professional skills through regular professional development, and other activities appropriate to higher education faculty.
Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
The program seeks applicants who will make strong teaching contributions to our department’s general education program, English BA, English MA, and World Literature minor programs; advise students; help to develop a robust curriculum in World Literature; work with the local community on service-learning projects, and serve on department, college, and university committees.
Additional Job Description
Required Qualifications:
Earned Ph.D. in English or a related discipline by the time of appointment from a regionally accredited institution or equivalent accreditation.
Special emphasis on Later World Literatures and Cultures.
Experience teaching at the college level in English or a related field.
Demonstrated potential for scholarship resulting in publication.
ABD will be considered if degree is conferred by August 7, 2021. If the successful candidate is ABD, the appointment will be made at the Instructor level on a fixed contract.
Preferred Qualifications:
Preference will be given to candidates with experience teaching Later World Literature up to the 21st century as well as experience teaching first-year writing. Successful candidates will have a record of both excellence in teaching and successful scholarship in the field of Later World Literature and will have a research focus in the Early Modern, Modern, and/or Contemporary Literatures of Asia, Central and South America, Africa, or the Middle East. Research and teaching experience in digital media and the digital humanities is preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Experience with or commitment to the use of technology in distance learning and university teaching. Interest in collaborating both within and outside the University in the development and delivery of instruction resulting in improved student learning. Must value continued scholarship and service to the college and university.
Noam Chomsky
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