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CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Uli Kozok

HIPLL, University of Hawai'i

2540 Maile Way, Honolulu HI 96822

 

 

 

Photo: Public Display of Pusaka (Sacred Heirlooms) Kerinci, Sumatra 2000


PERSONAL DATA ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS EMPLOYMENT HISTORY OTHER ACTIVITIES ORGANIZATIONS

PERSONAL DATA    
  Full name: Ulrich Kozok
  Date of birth: 26 May 1959; Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Federal Republic of Germany
  Nationality German. Permanent resident of New Zealand & USA
  Contact: Email; Ph. +1 (808) 956 7574; Fax 956 5978
  Present position:

Associate Professor, Department of Hawaiian and Indo- Pacific Languages and Literatures, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, U.S.A.


ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
  MA, 1989 University of Hamburg, Seminar für Indonesische und Südseesprachen. Thesis: Bilang-bilang. Die Klagelieder der Karo-Batak
 

PhD, 1994

(Magna cum laude) in Batak languages and literatures. University of Hamburg, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Department of Austronesian Languages and Cultures. University of Hamburg. Thesis: Die Bataksche Klage. Toten-, Hochzeits- und Liebesklagen in oraler und schriftlicher Tradition'.

LANGUAGE COMPETENCY
  Indonesian: Near-native fluency in reading, comprehension, writing. ACTFL Speaking Scale: Superior
  Malay: Excellent listening comprehension, fluent reading, including Arabic (Jawi) and Sumatran Surat Ulu scripts. ACTFL Speaking Scale: Advanced High
  Batak: Intermediate mid-high speaking and listening comprehension, but excellent reading comprehension in Karo Batak; limited speaking, but good reading competence in Angkola, Mandailing, Pakpak, Simalungun, Toba, including the Batak scripts.
  German:

Native

  East-Frisian: Excellent reading, very good listening comprehension. ACTFL Speaking Scale: Intermediate High
  English:

Upper Advanced reading, listening, and writing skills. ACTFL Speaking Scale: Advanced High

  Dutch: Excellent reading, very good listening, and upper-intermediate speaking comprehension. ACTFL Speaking Scale: Adavanced Low
  Other: I studied Latin for six, and Greek for three years at high school. I have limited reading knowledge of French, and Spanish, and fair reading knowledge of Italian.

 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2005­ Associate Professor, HIPLL, UHM
2005 Honorary Visiting Scholar. School of Asian Studies, University of Auckland (May-August)

2001­2005

Assistant Professor in Indonesian, Department of Hawaiian and Indo- Pacific Languages and Literatures, College of College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA.

2000–2001 Senior Lecturer in Indonesian, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Auckland, New Zealand (NB: The position of Senior Lecturer in New Zealand educational nomenclature is equivalent to US associate professor).

1994–1999

Lecturer in Indonesian, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Auckland, New Zealand (NB: The position of Lecturer in New Zealand educational nomenclature is equivalent to US assistant professor). 1998-2001 Head of the Indonesian Section.

1993

Guest Lecturer at the Carl v. Ossietzky-University, Oldenburg (Germany).

1993–1994

University of Hamburg – Part Time Lecturer.

1990–1991

University of North Sumatra – Honorary Lecturer.

1988–1989

Teachers’ Training College, Medan – Full-time Lecturer.

1987

Short time employment (6 months), archaeological excavation in Biberach (Germany).


RELATED ACTIVITIES

2005

Convener of the Material Development for Distance Education Workshop in Yogyakarta, Indonesia (1-31 July 2005).

2004 Convener of the Workshop for the Transliteration and Translation of the Tanjung Tanah Manuscript. Jakarta (December 2004)
2003

Coordinator of the COTIM advanced Indonesian Study Abroad Program in coopeation with Sam Ratulangi University, Manado.

1996

Coordinator of the Indonesian language summerschool programme for New Zealand university students in cooperation with Gadjah Mada University.


MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

2005-

International Council for Malay Language – Majlis Antarabangsa Bahasa Melayu (MABM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Representative for North America.

2002-

Council of Teachers of Southeast Asian Languages (COTSEAL)

200-

Consortium for the Teaching of Indonesian and Malay (COTIM)

2000-2001

International Council for Malay Language – Majlis Antarabangsa Bahasa Melayu (MABM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Representative for New Zealand.

1999-

New Zealand Society of Translators and Interpreters (NZSTI)

1998-

American Association for Asian Studies (AAAS)

1998-

Masyarakat Pernaskahan Nusantara (MANASSA), Indonesia

1996-

The Australian Society of Indonesian Language Educators (ASILE)

1994-

New Zealand Association of Asian Studies

1994-

European Association of Southeast Asian Studies (EUROSEAS)

1991-

Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology (KITLV), Leiden, NL

Board Member of Academic Journals

2001-

Member of the International Advisory Board of the Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching (e-FLT), Singapore.

1997-

Member of the Editorial Board of the international scholarly journal Indonesia and the Malay World. University of London, UK.