Position - Linguistics and Arabic Lexicography Program

The Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (DI) was founded in Qatar in 2015 as a Doha-based independent institution of higher education. The Institute offers MA and PhD programs in two schools: the School of Social Sciences and Humanities and the School of Economics, Administration and Public Policy. The Institute adopts a student-centred approach to learning, promotes interdisciplinary research, and uses Arabic as the primary language of instruction, with fluency in English a requirement.

DI aims to graduate researchers and practitioners who can advance knowledge and better the human condition, while upholding the highest scientific, professional, and ethical standards. It provides advanced leadership-focused training that emphasizes the competencies necessary to satisfy the region's needs in sustainable development and intellectual advancement. The Institute upholds the guiding principles of academic freedom and emphasizes the values of integrity and professionalism.

The Linguistics and Arabic Lexicography Program seeks to form an elite group of researchers qualified to practice scientific research in accordance with its principles and global standards, in the fields of linguistics, lexicography, terminology, and associated applications of these sciences. It also seeks to enhance the intellectual independence of the researchers and their critical thinking, and to enable them to possess the tools of systematic research and global scientific standards;

to be able to employ their scientific knowledge and research experience in order to meet the needs of the region, and to contribute to addressing the issues of the Arabic language by scientific processing based on the achievements of theoretical and applied linguistics in the field of lexicology. The program offers a unique composition in the Arab homeland; as it allows the student to delve into the issues of linguistics on the one hand, and to integrate the science of the lexicology and lexicography, using the concepts presented by modern linguistics, and what lexicography has developed, to examine the various aspects related to the lexicon: its sources, the construction of its corpus, its processing mechanisms and its relationship to its community.

Linking theoretical formation with practical applications, it seeks to invest the knowledge achieved theoretically and practically in solving some of the problems of the Arabic language and its contemporary lexicons, so that it can fix some of the shortcomings observed in the field of the Arabic lexicography and can contribute to the production of modern Arabic dictionaries and a historical dictionary of Arabic.

The Linguistics and Arabic Lexicography Program seeks to hire a faculty member at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor with expertise in linguistics and the ability to teach both general linguistics and modern Arabic linguistics. The successful candidate will teach graduate courses in the program, supervise MA and PhD students, and undertake other academic and administrative responsibilities as assigned.

The appointment will commence in August/September 2027.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Hold a doctorate degree in the field of Linguistics
• Demonstrate a track record of scientific research and publications in their field of specialization and related areas in international peer-reviewed journals that align with their academic rank.
• Possess competence and experience in graduate-level teaching.
• Exhibit proficiency in the Arabic language.
• Be capable of attracting external support and funding for research.
• Be willing to engage in collaborative, interdisciplinary research with other members of the program and/or institute.
• Have the potential to build a global reputation in specialized research fields.