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Fields of expertise
- Classics (Ancient Greek
and Latin languages, literatures, and
cultures)
- Modern
Greek Studies (language,
literature, and culture)
- Ancient Philosophy; Philosophy of Language;
Identity Studies
- Historical, Comparative,
and Descriptive Linguistics; Sociolinguistics
Current
research areas
- Greek ethnic
categories and the Greek language
- The concept of identity in a
cross-disciplinary perspective
- The interrelation
between language and nation(ality)
- Explanations
for semantic shifts
Some past
awards
- Harvard University, Dumbarton
Oaks: Summer Research Fellowship
in Byzantine Studies
- Princeton University, Center for Hellenic Studies:
Research Fellowship
- Berlin Institute for Advanced Study (Wissenschaftskolleg): Fellowship
- University of Oxford Wolfson College:
Research Fellowship in the Humanities &
Social Sciences
- Uppsala
University, Collegium
for Advanced Study (SCAS): Fellowship
- Princeton
University, Wilson College: College
Fellowship
- Bucharest Institute for Advanced Study
(NEC): Fellowship
- UIC Institute for the Humanities: Research
Fellowship
- Onassis Foundation:
Scholarship at the University of Athens
- Wingate Foundation: Scholarship at the
University of Oxford
Education
- University of
Oxford: D.Phil. in Greek Philology
- University
College London: Scandinavian Studies
- University
of Oxford: M.Phil. in
Comparative Philology
- University of
Oxford: M.St. in Linguistic Theory
- King’s College
London: B.A. in Classical, Medieval, & Modern
Greek
Formal training for university
teaching
- University
of Oxford, Faculty of Classics (for the teaching of
Latin and Ancient Greek)
- University
of Oxford, Academic Staff Development &
Training (for teaching Classics and Ancient
History)
- Princeton
University, Center for Teaching and Learning (for
teaching at US universities)
- University
of Oxford, Academic Staff Development & Training
(for tutorial teaching)
- University
of Oxford, Department of Continuing Education (for
lecturing and small-group teaching)
Lexicographical work
- Oxford
University Press: Etymologist for the Oxford English
Dictionary
- Bloomsbury
Publishing, London: Etymologist for the Encarta
World Dictionary
Books
Some
institutions where lectures have been given upon
invitation
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