Prof. Dr. Dr. Aleida Assmann
Languages, Historical anthropology of the media, generations in literature and society, conceptions of humanity, the history of reading, writing and memory
Prof. Dr. Jenny Larsson
Nominated by
- Swedish Research Council
- AcademiaNet member since 30.08.2017
- AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria
Employed by
- Stockholm University
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Arts and humanities
Field
Languages
Area of specialisation
Baltic Historical Linguistics, Indo-European Comparative Philology
Research interests
History of the Baltic languages, Old Lithuanian texts, Early Baltic religion, Indo-European languages, Sound change and Phonology, Ancient DNA and prehistoric migrations, Baltic and Slavic word formation and nominal compounds, Baltic and Slavic accentology, Language contact around the Baltic Sea.
Distinctions and Awards
Young Elite Researcher Award, awarded by the Danish Independent Research Councils
Young Leaders Fellowship, awarded by the Sasakawa foundation
Award from the FAIES association at UCLA.
Awarded the university gold medal by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark for my dissertation
Languages
English
Doctorate
- 2004
PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation
- 2010
Short CV/Education and training
Postdoctoral research projects
- 2008 – 2013External researcher on the project “Roots of Europe – Language, Culture and Migrations” (Centre of Excellence), University of Copenhagen
- 2007 – 2010Research grant awarded by the Danish Councils for Independent Research within the Elite Research Initiative. Title of project: Noun Formation in the Baltic Languages
- 2004- 2007 Research grant awarded by the Carlsberg Foundation. Title of project: Noun Formation in Indo-Iranian.
University of Copenhagen
- 2004Ph.D.-degree at the Dept. of General and Applied Linguistics. Title of dissertation:Studies in Baltic Word Formation
- 1999M.A. Master of Arts in Historical Linguistics (Baltic specialization), Dept. of General and Applied Linguistics. Language studies included in the degree: Latin, Ancient Greek, Sanskrit, Vedic, Avestan, Hittite, Old Irish, Old Norse, Old Icelandic, Old Prussian, Old Church Slavic, Gothic
- 1996B.A. Bachelor of Arts in Historical Linguistics (Lithuanian specialization), Dept. of General and Applied Linguistics
Lund University
- 2007M.Ed. Master of Education with a Professional Orientation, Dept. of Education
Selected projects
External researcher on the project “Roots of Europe – Language, Culture and Migrations” (Centre of Excellence), University of Copenhagen. 2008 – 2013.
Research grant awarded by the Danish Councils for Independent Research within the Elite Research Initiative. Title of project: Noun Formation in the Baltic Languages. 2007 – 2010.
Research grant awarded by the Carlsberg Foundation. Title of project: Noun Formation in Indo-Iranian. University of Copenhagen. 2004 – 2007.
Membership in scientific bodies/juries
Member of the Young Academy of Sweden / Sveriges unga akademi. The academy was established in 2011 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien)
Chair of the Young Academy of Sweden, 2015 – 2016
Member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies / Östersjöstiftelsen
Member of the Board of Directors of the Special Doctoral Programme in Language and Linguistics at Stockholm University
Member of Humtank
Director of Postgraduate Studies at the Department of Baltic languages, Finnish and German at Stockholm University, 2009 – 2015
Deputy Head of the Department of Baltic languages, Finnish and German at Stockhom University, 2010 – 2014
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