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Fields of expertise
- Modern
Greek Studies
(language, literature, and culture);
Byzantine Studies
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Classics (Ancient Greek and Latin
languages, literatures, and cultures); Ancient
Philosophy
- Theoretical Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics;
Philosophy
of Language
Current
research areas
- Ethnic categories and the
Greek language
- Explanations for
semantic shifts in the Greek lexicon
- The concept of identity and its
implications
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
- 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: Affiliate Student in 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
Books
Formal training for
university teaching
- University
of Oxford, Faculty of Classics (for the teaching of
Latin and Ancient Greek)
- Princeton
University, Center for Teaching and Learning (for
teaching at US universities)
- University
of Oxford, Academic Staff Development &
Training (for teaching Classics and Ancient
History)
- 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
Some
institutions where lectures have been given upon
invitation
Mirror site: pietrobortone.com
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