A Memorial Service was held for Anna Morpurgo Davies on Saturday 20th June 2015 in Somerville College.
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'Observing language change and language processing: Old manuscripts, new brains'
Professor Aditi Lahiri gave the lecture on Friday 8th May 2015.
The Faculty was very sorry to announce the death of Professor Emmon Bach, in November 2014.
Congratulations to Louise Mycock, who is the winner of the OUSU Teaching Award for the 'Most Acclaimed Lecturer' in the Humanities Division.
The Faculty was deeply sorry to learn of the death, on 25th April 2014, of Professor Jim Higginbotham.
Oxford Linguistics has been ranked fourth in the world by the QS World Rankings.
By a decree dated 18 December 2013, gazetted on 23 December 2013, the President of Romania awarded Professor Martin Maiden, the Professor of the Romance Languages, the title of Commander in ‘Ordinul Naţional “Serviciu Credincios”’ (‘The National “Faithful Service” Order’).
Congratulations to Dr Richard Ashdowne, formerly a Ling-Phil student, on the completion of the Oxford University-based Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources.
Professor Martin Maiden, FBA, Professor of the Romance Languages and Fellow of Trinity, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Bucharest on 26 September 2013, in recognition of his work in promoting Romanian Studies.
We are delighted to announce that Professor Aditi Lahiri, the Professor of Linguistics, has been elected an honorary life member of the Linguistic Society of America.
A team of academics from Oxford University have been sent to a remote area of Indonesia in order to save a language spoken by only three people.
An interactive session with four distinguished Oxford scholars on the relevance of the humanities was held recently at the British Council. Read more: https://www.telegraphindia.com/1110222/jsp/calcutta/story_13613863.jsp
Oxford University wants more Calcuttans in its humanities and social sciences classrooms. Read more: https://www.telegraphindia.com/1110222/jsp/calcutta/story_13617658.jsp
Aditi Lahiri, Professor of Linguistics at Oxford, has been honoured with a prestigious award for her ‘significant contribution’ in the field of Philology, Linguistics, and Literature.
Professor Lahiri is the first Chair of the newly formed Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics at Oxford, which was launched on 1 August 2008.