Paul Sidwell

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Paul Sidwell
Born	Paul James Sidwell
Nationality	Australian
Other names	Paul J. Sidwell
Alma mater	University of Melbourne (Ph.D.)
Known for	Proto-Austroasiatic reconstruction
Scientific career
Fields	Historical linguistics, Austroasiatic languages
Institutions	Australian National University
Thesis	A reconstruction of Proto-Bahnaric  (1998)
Website	Official website

Paul James Sidwell is an Australian linguist based in Canberra, Australia who has held research and lecturing positions at the Australian National University. Sidwell, who is also an expert and consultant in forensic linguistics, is most notable for his work on the historical linguistics of the Austroasiatic language family, and has published reconstructions of the Austroasiatic, Bahnaric, Katuic, Palaungic, Khasic, and Nicobaric proto-languages.^[1] Sidwell is currently the President of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS) and also regularly organises the International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics (ICAAL).