LINGUIST List 23.4474: Jobs: Cog Sci, General Ling, Art History, Metrics: Post Doc, Universiteit Leiden

LINGUIST List 23.4474
Fri Oct 26 2012 Jobs: Cog Sci, General Ling, Art History, Metrics: Post Doc, Universiteit Leiden Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org>
Date: 25-Oct-2012 From: Rooryck <j.e.c.v.rooryckhum.leidenuniv.nl> Subject: Cognive Science, General Linguistics, Art History, Metrics: Post Doc, Universiteit Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: Universiteit Leiden Department: LUCL Job Location: Leiden, Netherlands Web Address: http://www.lucl.nl Job Rank: Post Doc Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Cognition, Art History, Metrics Description: The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) will be funding the Horizon research project 'Knowledge and Culture'. This project will be carried out as a collaboration between the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL), the Leiden University Centre for Arts in Society (LUCAS), the Meertens Institute (KNAW), and the University of Amsterdam (UvA). Prof. dr Johan Rooryck at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) of the Faculty of Humanities at Leiden University will be coordinating the research project. For more information, please see the full description of the project at http://www.hum.leiden.edu/lucl/job-opportunities/vacancies-at-leiden-university.html Knowledge and Culture: In various domains of cognitive science, a new paradigm holds that humans and non-human animals are born with a small set of hard-wired cognitive abilities that are task-specific, language-independent, and non-species-specific. These core knowledge systems are innate cognitive skills that have the capacity for building mental representations of objects, persons, spatial relationships, numerosity, and social interaction. In addition to core knowledge systems, humans possess species-specific, uniquely human abilities such as language and music. The 'core knowledge' paradigm challenges scholars in the humanities to ask the question how nurture and culture build on nature. This project examines the way in which innate, non specifically human, core knowledge systems for object representation, number, and geometry constrain cultural expressions in music, language, and the visual arts. In this research program, four domains of the humanities will be investigated from the point of view of core knowledge: (1) Music cognition (2) Language and number (3) Visual arts and geometry (4) Poetry, rhythm, and meter 4 Postdoc Positions in 4 Subprojects: Subproject 1: Music Cognition Teamleader: Prof.dr H. Honing (UvA) 1 Postdoctoral researcher in music cognition/ linguistics http://vacatures.leidenuniv.nl/wetenschappelijk/12-251-postdoctoral-researcher-in-music-cognition-linguistics-.html Subproject 2: Language and Number Teamleader: Prof.dr S. Barbiers (Meertens Institute/ UU) 1 Postdoctoral researcher in linguistics http://vacatures.leidenuniv.nl/wetenschappelijk/12-252-postdoctoral-researcher-in-linguistics-.html Subproject 3: Visual Arts and Geometry Teamleaders: Prof.dr.ir M. Delbeke (UGent) & Prof.dr C. van Eck (UL) 1 Postdoctoral researcher in art history http://vacatures.leidenuniv.nl/wetenschappelijk/12-254-postdoctoral-researcher-in-art-history-.html Subproject 4: Poetry, Rhythm, and Meter Teamleader: Prof.dr M. van Oostendorp (Meertens Institute/ UL) 1 Postdoctoral researcher in metrics http://vacatures.leidenuniv.nl/wetenschappelijk/12-253-postdoctoral-researcher-in-metrics-.html Application Deadline: 23-Nov-2012 Web Address for Applications: http://vacatures.leidenuniv.nl/wetenschappelijk/ Contact Information: Prof. dr. Rooryck Email: j.e.c.v.rooryckhum.leidenuniv.nl Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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