Ulrike Zeshan - Curriculum Vitae#


QUALIFICATIONS
  • 1990-1996 MA, University of Cologne (linguistics, oriental studies, English)
  • 1996-1999 PhD, University of Cologne (linguistics)
  • 2007/08 PGCert Research Student Supervision, UCLan

PROJECTS
  • 2011 – ongoing European Research Council “Multilingual behaviours in sign language users” EUR 1,169,936.
  • 2010 – 2013 Endangered Languages Documentation Programme “Documentation of Mardin Sign Language, Turkey” £74,980.
  • 2009 – 2013 EUROCORES (European Science Foundation / UK Research Councils) “Endangered sign languages in village communities” £218,452.
  • 2009 – 2011 Education Partnerships in Africa (British Council) “Training and employability for the deaf communities in Ghana and Uganda” £58,757.
  • 2008 – 2011 UK-India Education and Research Initiative (British Council) “Distance education for sign language users” £51,569.

PROFESSIONAL ROLES
  • Peer reviews for European Science Foundation, UK Research Councils, National Science Foundation (US), Australian Research Council, German Research Council, Volkswagen Foundation, Leverhulme Trust, journals Language, Linguistics, Journal of Linguistics
  • Conference committees: TISLR, SIGN
  • Series editor, Sign Language Typology and Sign Languages and Deaf Communities, De Gruyter Mouton
  • Work with UNESCO and the Foundation for Endangered Languages
  • Director, Intl Deaf Empowerment Foundation

INVITED/KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

2004 European Science Foundation (ESF); 2006 ‘Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research TISLR9’; 2007 ‘Association for Linguistic Typology ALT7; 2009 ‘Berkeley Linguistics Society 35’, 2011 UNESCO Expert Meeting and World Federation of the Deaf; 2013 International Cognitive Linguistics Conference ICLC12


PUBLICATIONS OUTLETS

Sign Language and Linguistics, Language, Linguistic Typology, Studies in Language; Typological Studies in Language, World Atlas of Language Structures, CUP, OUP

LANGUAGES

German, English, Dutch, French, Turkish, Arabic, Hindi, Urdu; Indian, Turkish and British Sign Languages
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