Professor Richard Hayward FBA

Linguistics
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
1987

Current post

Emeritus Professor of Ethiopian Linguistic Studies, SOAS, University of London

Past appointments

Soas, University Of London Emeritus Professor of Ethiopian Linguistic Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

1988 -

Soas, University Of London Professor of Ethiopian Linguistic Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

1988 -

Soas, University Of London Professor of Ethiopian Linguistic Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

1988 -

Publications

The Arbore language: a first investigation (including a vocabulary) 1985

Omotic language studies 1990

Tone and accent in the Afar noun York Papers in Linguistics 1991

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Karin Barber FBA

I am an anthropologist with a particular interest in popular culture, religion, and the verbal arts, both oral and written. Most of my research has been in the Yoruba-speaking area of Nigeria, and I am currently working on early Yoruba print culture.

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Professor John Healey FBA

Aramaic inscriptions of the Roman-period Near East (especially Nabataen & Syriac); associated historical, religious & legal studies; early development of the Arabic script; Ugaritic, Hebrew & Syriac philology & literature

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Professor David Arnold FBA

Modern History; History of South Asia, History of Science; History of Medicine; Social History

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