Prof. dr. Ranko Matasović, MAE

CURRICULUM VITAE

1968: born in Zagreb

1986-1990: studied linguistics and philosophy at the University of Zagreb

1990-1996: assistant, Department of Linguistics, University of Zagreb

1990-1992: graduate studies of linguistics, University of Zagreb

1992: M. A. in linguistics, University of Zagreb

1993: research fellowship at the University of Vienna (mentor: prof. dr. Radoslav Katičić)

1995: research fellowship at Oxford University (mentor: prof. dr. Anna Morpurgo-Davies)

1995: Ph. D., University of Zagreb (mentor: prof. dr. Radoslav Katičić)

1996-2000: Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Zagreb

1996- Head of the Chair of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics, Zagreb

1997-1998: Fulbright Fellowship, University of Wisconsin (Madison) (mentor: prof. dr. Andrew Sihler)

1998-1999: Chair of the Department of Linguistics, University of Zagreb

2000-2004 Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Zagreb

2002: Awardee of the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences for a lasting contribution to philology

2002- Head of the Department of Language and Linguistics of Matica hrvatska (Matrix Croatica)

2002-2003: Humboldt fellowship, Bonn University (mentor: prof. dr. Stefan Zimmer)

2004- Full Professor of Linguistics, University of Zagreb

2006-2012 Associate Member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

2011 (Summer Semester): Guest Professor in the University of Georgia (Athens, USA)

2012: Full Member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

2015 (Summer Semester): Researcher in the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig (Host: Martin Haspelmath)

2015 (Winter Semester): Guest Professor in Heidelberg University

2019: Winner of the prize Bulcsú László of the Croatian Philological Association for life's achievement in philology

2020: Head of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Committee for the Norm of the Croatian Standard Language

2022: Elected Fellow of Academia Europaea (European Academy of Sciences, London), Section of Linguistic Sciences

2022 (Summer Semester): Guest Professor in University of Hokkaido (Sapporo)

2022: Elected member of UNESCO's Expert Committee for the World Atlas of Languages (WAL)

2023: Elected Secretary of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts' Department of Philological Sciences