Alexander Lubotsky - Curriculum Vitae#
Education
- 1973 – 1976: Lomonosov University, Moscow (Linguistics)
- 1976 – 1980: Leiden University
- 1978: kandidaats (BA) Indo-Iranian
- 1980: doctoraal (MA) Comparative Indo-European Linguistics
- 1987: PhD Leiden (“Nominal accentuation in Sanskrit and Indo-European”, under supervision of Professor R.S.P. Beekes)
EMPLOYMENT
- 1980 – 1999: Assistant Professor (universitair docent), Leiden University
- 1999 – : full professor of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics, Leiden University
- 2006 – : Director of the Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics, Leiden University
- 1992 – : Leader of the project "Indo-European Etymological Dictionary"
GUEST LECTURES & VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS
- 1993, 2005: guest lectures Universität Wien (Austria)
- 1994: visiting professor Cornell University and Yale University (USA)
- 1996, 1999: guest lectures Harvard University (USA)
- 2002: guest lecture Collège de France (Paris, France)
- 2002: directeur d’études invité “École Pratique des Hautes Études” (Paris, France)
- 2007: guest lecture Universität Köln
- 2007: linguistic course “Sanskrit Historical Phonology”, Università di Palermo, Italy
- 2008: guest lectures Institut für Iranistik, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna
- 2013: linguistic course “Vedic Sanskrit”, Università di Pavia, Italy
AWARDS AND GRANTS
- 1997: Research grant (3 postdocs) for the “Indo-European Etymological Dictionary” project (NWO)
- 1992, 1998, 2008, 2009, 2012: Visiting grants for J. Hilmarsson, S. Starostin, R. Matasović, V. Sadovski, A. Korn (NWO)
- 2005, 2008, 2011: Research grants for the “Indo-European Etymological Dictionary” project (Brill)
ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS
- 1999 – : Chair, Department of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics
- 2001 – 2007: Organization of the annual Linguistic Olympics (+ “The 3rd International Linguistic Olympics” in 2005)
- 2008 – : Chairman of the section “Taal- en Literatuurwetenschappen”, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
- 2008 – : Member of the board “Stichting J. Gonda-Fonds” (KNAW)
- 2012 –: Vice-president “Indogermanische Gesellschaft”