The Indigenous Languages Education program offers the innovative Master of Indigenous Languages Education (http://sydney.edu.au/koori/studying/postgrad.shtml) and is currently staffed by John Hobson (http://sydney.edu.au/koori/staff/jhobson.shtml) and Susan Poetsch (http://sydney.edu.au/koori/staff/poetsch.shtml). The Koori Centre also offers a unit of study in the revitalising Gamilaraay language from north-west New South Wales and, in 2011, will begin offering the new unit Re-awakening Australian Languages. We are keen to foster collaboration with others in the field, both from within Australia and overseas, to enhance our own activities and contribute our experience and perspectives to theirs.

Visiting scholars will be expected to take part in learning and research in the University and client communities, and contribute to:

 

• program teaching,
• staff colloquia,
• guest lectures,
• publishing research or conference papers for inclusion in the Koori Centre’s research profile.

During the term of their visit, scholars will be provided with:

• a desk (possibly shared, in an office shared with program staff),
• computer,
• local telephone line,
• University e-mail and networked staff services,
• reasonable access to printing and photocopying,
• staff library access, and
• attendance at relevant seminars and lectures (with the permission of the instructor).

Interested persons are requested to provide an expression of interest of not more than three pages including:

• an overview of the research work or other activities proposed to be undertaken during their visit,
• the expected outcomes of the visit,
• the intended term and timing of the visit (one year maximum),
• academic qualifications,
• current employment details - position, duties, current supervisor’s name and contact details, institution (including address),
• previous employment history,
• names and contact details of two referees who may be consulted, and
• a list of publications for the last five years.

Please note that the Koori Centre cannot provide financial assistance to visiting scholars. Visiting scholars need to have made provision for their
travel, accommodation, sustenance and incidental costs while in Sydney. Indicative information on the cost of living in Sydney can be found on the University of Sydney website (http://www.usyd.edu.au/current_students/accommodation/sydney.shtml and http://www.usyd.edu.au/future_students/international_postgraduate_research/costs_scholarships/living_costs.shtml). Applicants are strongly advised to make their own independent enquiries about living costs.