Professor Philomen Probert FBA

Greek, Latin and Anatolian languages and literatures; history of linguistics, especially Greek and Latin grammarians; Indo-European historical and comparative linguistics; linguistic theory, especially prosody and diachronic syntax.

Elected 2024

A photo of Philomen Probert FBA. Photo: David Jeffrey

Fellow type: UK Fellow
Year elected: 2024
Honours: FBA
Sections: Classical Antiquity, Linguistics and Philology
Website: https://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-philomen-probert

Current post

University of Oxford Professor of Classical Philology and Linguistics; Fellow, Wolfson College

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor William Fitzgerald FBA

Latin poetry, reception of the ancient world, neoclassicism, comparative literature, music and literature.

Professor David Adger FBA

Syntactic theory; grammatical variation across and within languages; interactions between syntax and other areas of grammar, including morphology, semantics, and sociolinguistics; syntax in cognitive science

Professor Catherine Morgan FBA

Classical archaeology of the Mediterranean, the Adriatic and the Black Sea; Greek political organisation; Greek religion; island studies; Archaic poetry

Professor Philomen Probert FBA

Current post

University of Oxford Professor of Classical Philology and Linguistics; Fellow, Wolfson College

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor William Fitzgerald FBA

Professor David Adger FBA

Professor Catherine Morgan FBA

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Professor Philomen Probert FBA

Current post

University of Oxford Professor of Classical Philology and Linguistics; Fellow, Wolfson College

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor William Fitzgerald FBA

Professor David Adger FBA

Professor Catherine Morgan FBA

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