Denomination

English translation: field

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German term or phrase:	Denomination
English translation:	field

13:23 Jan 13, 2016

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German term or phrase: Denomination

Anyone know a commonly used term for "Denomination" in the sense of assigning a professor to a specific field?
In Germany, "Denomination" means something like a deputation or assignment of an academic, see here: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denomination_(Wissenschaft)

Emal Ghamsharick KudoZ activity Questions: 10 (none open) (3 without valid answers) Answers: 23 Germany
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field

Explanation:
In English, denomination is one's attachment to a religion, or the religion itself.
I'm still looking for some references.

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Note added at 44 mins (2016-01-13 14:07:40 GMT)
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area of study

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Note added at 19 hrs (2016-01-14 08:34:35 GMT)
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In response to your note, I would still suggest field, but perhaps supplement it with 'of responsibility'

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Ramey Rieger
Germany
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field

Ramey Rieger

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denomination

Johanna Timm, PhD

(academic) designation

Jonathan MacKerron

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(academic) designation

Explanation:
finds garners a few googles in association with university professors

Jonathan MacKerron
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

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Asker: Designation is more like the title: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_designations_in_the_United_States

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denomination

Explanation:
“denomination” is the term used in academic publications describing the German concept
https://goo.gl/07dbcK
https://goo.gl/84Pgse
The already established professorship in German Computational Philology (with a focus in Medieval Studies) will be complemented by two new professorships with the denominations W3 German Linguistics – Corpus and Computational Linguistics, and W2 Modern German Literature – Digital Literary Studies. The Institute thus aims to consolidate its profile in German Studies while further intensifying its commitment to the Digital Humanities that started over ten years ago.
https://textencodinginitiative.wordpress.com/2015/02/05/2-dh...

Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
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German
PRO pts in category: 20

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field

Ramey Rieger
Germany
Local time: 01:05
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English
PRO pts in category: 20

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Asker: "Denomination" means something like the job description, but not exactly. Like the CFO's "denomination" would be to watch finances. It doesn't have to be his specialization.

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