Ghil'ad Zuckermann

Ghil'ad Zuckermann
גלעד צוקרמן
Zuckermann in 2011
Born (1971-06-01) 1 June 1971 (age 53)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (D.Phil.)
University of Cambridge (Ph.D.)
Tel Aviv University (M.A.)
United World College of the Adriatic
Known forHybridic theory of Israeli Hebrew,
Classification of camouflaged borrowing,
Phono-semantic matching,
Revivalistics,
Language reclamation and mental health
AwardsRubinlicht Prize (2023), President of the Australian Association for Jewish Studies (since 2017), Chair of the Jury for the Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage (since 2024)
Scientific career
FieldsLinguistics,
Revivalistics
InstitutionsChurchill College, Cambridge[1]
The University of Queensland[2][3][4]
The University of Adelaide[5]
Flinders University[6]

Ghil'ad Zuckermann (Hebrew: גלעד צוקרמן, pronounced [ɡiˈlad ˈt͜sukeʁman]; (1971-06-01)1 June 1971) is an Israeli-born language revivalist[7] and linguist who works in contact linguistics, lexicology and the study of language, culture and identity.[8]

Zuckermann was awarded the Rubinlicht Prize (2023) "for his research on the profound influence of Yiddish on modern Hebrew",[9][10] and listed among Australia's top 30 "living legends of research" (2024) by The Australian.[11]

He is the Chair of the Jury for the Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage (since 2024).[12][13]

  1. ^ Hideous Spectre of Censorship, Times Higher Education, 15 August 2003: "Ghil'ad Zuckermann is Gulbenkian Research Fellow at Churchill College, University of Cambridge. He is currently in residence at the Rockefeller Foundation's Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio, Italy."
  2. ^ Middle Eastern mindset for UQ guest lecturer, UQ, 25 August 2009.
  3. ^ Announcement of lectures, seminars, etc., Cambridge University Reporter, September 2008.
  4. ^ Black Fire on White Fire, ABC, with Prof. Zuckermann from the University of Queensland, 30 May 2010.
  5. ^ University Staff Directory: Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann, University of Adelaide. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann, Academic Level E, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University".
  7. ^ Alex Rawlings, 22 March 2019, BBC Future, The man bringing dead languages back to life ("Ghil'ad Zuckermann has found that resurrecting lost languages may bring many benefits to indigenous populations – with knock-on effects for their health and happiness"). Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  8. ^ "edX". Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  9. ^ Rubinlicht Awards and Performance by Evgeny Kissin, Preservation of Yiddish Culture and Heritage.
  10. ^ Linguist Ghil’ad Zuckermann and Leivik House volunteer Shoshana Kroitero win Rubinlicht Prize, The Forward
  11. ^ RESEARCH 2024: Australia's living legends of research, The Australian.
  12. ^ JIAPICH 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  13. ^ Linguistics - Collaborations, UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN

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