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THE PROGRAM’S FACULTY, 2009–2010

Professors appointed at various departments of the University but with research pursuits and teaching interests in Indo-European Studies comprise the Program’s faculty and the “Committee to Administer the Ph.D. in Indo-European Studies”.

  • Craig Melchert, A. Richard Diebold Professor of Indo-European Studies, Head of the Program
    Linguistics
    Contact
    OFFICE: Campbell Hall, Room 2126B
     
    Research interests
    Indo-European linguistics
    Anatolian languages and linguistics
  • Vyacheslav V. Ivanov, Professor
    Slavic Languages & Literatures
    Contact
    OFFICE: Humanities, Room 320
    TEL.: 1-310-825-6397
     
    Research interests
    Indo-European linguistics, mythology and poetics
    Balto-Slavic
    Anatolian and Tocharian languages and linguistics
  • Stephanie Jamison, Professor
    Asian Languages & Cultures
    Contact
    OFFICE: Royce Hall, Room 276B
    TEL.: 1-310-206-7736
     
    Research interests
    Vedic and Classical Sanskrit
    Indo-Iranian poetics and linguistics
  • Joseph F. Nagy, Professor
    English
    Contact
    OFFICE: Humanities, Room 278
    TEL.: 1-310-825-3674
     
    Research interests
    Celtic languages and linguistics
    Celtic literatures, mythology and folklore
    Old English
  • Christopher Stevens, Associate Professor
    Germanic Languages
    Contact
    OFFICE: Royce Hall, Room 334B
    TEL.: 1-310-206-4948
     
    Research interests
    Germanic languages and linguistics
  • Brent Vine, Professor
    Classics
    Contact
    OFFICE: Dodd Hall, Room 289B
    TEL.: 1-310-825-1121
     
    Research interests
    Indo-European linguistics
    Greek and Latin linguistics
    Mycenaean
    Italic dialects
  • Calvert Watkins, Professor-in-Residence*/Professor Emeritus†
    *Classics; Program in Indo-European Studies
    †Harvard University Departments of Linguistics and the Classics
    Contact
     
    Research interests
    Linguistics and poetics of all earlier Indo-European languges and societies, particularly Greek, Latin and Italic, Celtic, especially Early Irish, Anatolian, especially Hittite and Luvian, Vedic Indic, and Old Iranian
    Historical linguistic theory and method
    Indo-European genetic comparative literature

EMERITI

  • Raimo Anttila, Professor Emeritus
    Linguistics
    Research interests
    Indo-European linguistics
    General linguistics
  • Jules Levin, Professor Emeritus
    Program in Indo-European Studies
    University of California, Riverside Department of Comparative Literature & Foreign Languages
    Research interests
    Baltic and Slavic languages and linguistics
  • Jaan Puhvel, Professor Emeritus
    Classics
    Research interests
    Anatolian languages and linguistics
  • Hartmut E. F. Scharfe, Professor Emeritus
    Asian Languages & Cultures
    Research interests
    Indic studies
  • Hanns-Peter Schmidt, Professor Emeritus
    Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
    Research interests
    Indo-Iranian studies

RESEARCH ASSOCIATES

  • Dr. Karlene Jones-Bley
  • Dr. Ronald Richards
  • Dr. Christopher Wilhelm

COOPERATING FACULTY

  • Henning Andersen, Professor Emeritus
    Slavic Languages & Literatures
    Research interests
    Slavic and Baltic languages
    General linguistics
  • Andras Bodrogligeti, Professor
    Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
    Research interests
    Iranian studies
  • Giorgio Buccellati, Professor Emeritus
    Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
    Research interests
    Near Eastern archaeology
  • Jesse Byock, Professor
    Scandinavian Section
    Research interests
    Old Norse language and culture
  • Elizabeth Carter, Professor
    Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
    Research interests
    Near Eastern archaeology
  • S. Peter Cowe, Professor
    Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
    Research interests
    Armenian
  • Susan B. Downey, Professor
    Art History
    Research interests
    Mediterranean and Near Eastern art and archaeology
  • Robert K. Englund, Professor
    Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
    Research interests
    Assyriology
    Anatolian studies
  • Eric Jager, Professor
    English
    Research interests
    Old English
  • Donka Minkova, Professor
    English
    Research interests
    History and structure of English
    Old English
  • Sarah P. Morris, Professor
    Classics
    Research interests
    Mediterranean and Near Eastern art and archaeology
  • James A. Schultz, Professor
    Germanic Languages
    Research interests
    Middle High German language and literature
  • M. Rahim Shayegan, Assistant Professor
    Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
    Research interests
    Iranian history
  • Kendra Willson, Assistant Professor-in-Residence
    Scandinavian Section
    Research interests
    Old and Modern Icelandic language, literature, and culture
    Nordic language history
  • Hossein Ziai, Professor
    Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
    Research interests
    Iranian studies