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Jenny LarssonProfessor

Forskning

Brief biography

Academic Degrees

Stockholm University

Professor of Baltic Languages
Docent in Baltic Languages

Major research projects

2019 - 2025: PI for the RJ-funded research programme LAMP - Language and Myths of Prehistory
2018 Invited fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study
2008 - 2013: External researcher on the project “Roots of Europe – Language, Culture and Migrations” (Centre of Excellence), University of Copenhagen.
2007 - 2010: Research grant awarded by the Danish Councils for Independent Research within the Elite Research Initiative. Title of project: Noun Formation in the Baltic Languages.
2004 - 2007: Research grant awarded by the Carlsberg Foundation. Title of project: Noun Formation in Indo-Iranian.

University of Copenhagen

Ph.D.-degree at the Dept. of General and Applied Linguistics. Title of dissertation:Studies in Baltic Word Formation (2004)
M.A. Master of Arts in Historical Linguistics (Baltic specialization), Dept. of General and Applied Linguistics (1999). Language studies included in the degree: Latin, Ancient Greek, Sanskrit, Vedic, Avestan, Hittite, Old Irish, Old Norse, Old Icelandic, Old Prussian, Old Church Slavic, Gothic.
B.A. Bachelor of Arts in Historical Linguistics (Lithuanian specialization), Dept. of General and Applied Linguistics (1996)

Lund University

M.Ed. Master of Education with a Professional Orientation, Dept. of Education (2007)

Awards and Distinctions

2017: Nominated by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) and elected member of AcademiaNet - Outstanding Female Academics.
2007: Young Elite Researcher Award, awarded by the Danish Independent Research Councils. (Det Frie Forskningsråds Ung Eliteforskerpris)
2002: Young Leaders Fellowship, awarded by the Sasakawa foundation.
2000: Award for Excellence, awarded by the FAIES association at UCLA.
1999: Awarded the university gold medal by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark for my dissertation.

Academy membership

2015-2016 Chair of the Young Academy of Sweden
2012: Elected member of the Young Academy of Sweden / Sveriges unga akademi. The academy was established in 2011 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien).

Board membership

2016-2019 The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies / Östersjöstiftelsen

Humtank

2017- Co-chair of Humtank

Research interests

• History of the Baltic languages.
• Old Lithuanian texts.
• Early Baltic religion.
• Comparative linguistics.
• Sound change and Phonology.
• Baltic and Slavic word formation and nominal compounds.
• Baltic and Slavic accentology.
• Language contact around the Baltic Sea.

Teaching

Stockholm university: Lithuanian Language, Baltic Linguistics, Language History and Phonetics, Baltic History, Culture and Society, Baltic Cultural History, Myth and folklore of the Balts, Baltic Accentology, Baltic and Balto-Fennic Language History, Language Contact and Language Change.

University of Copenhagen (1998-2008): History of the Lithuanian language, Gothic, Phonology (offered as a part of the course Indo-European Grammar), Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans.

Block seminars:

University of Oslo: Introduction to the Baltic languages and their history

University of Gothenburg: Introduction to Lithuanian

University of Copenhagen: The Baltic Languages

University of Gothenburg: History of the Lithuanian Language

Other activities

Deputy Head of the Department of Baltic languages, Finnish and German at Stockhom University (2010-2014).
Director of Postgraduate Studies at the Department of Baltic languages, Finnish and German at Stockholm University (2009-2015).
Co-organizer of the Historical Lingusitics Seminar at Stockholm University:Språkhistoriska seminariet

Member of the Board of Directors for the Linguistic Society (Språkvetenskapliga föreningen) at Stockholm University.
Member of the Board of Directors for the Special Doctoral Programme in Language and Linguistics (Forskarskolan i språkvetenskap), Stockholm University.

Science outreach/Public outreach

Populär historia: Yngre stenålder: Bönderna ville äga sin mark

Vetenskaplig talkshow: Vad är vetenskap?

Forskartorget på Bokmässan: På jakt efter språkets ursprung

Vetenskapligt samtal på kulturhuset: Språk. Tankar, ord och emojis

Krönika: Ett brinnande språkintresse

Artikel i Göteborgsposten: Språket kommer från stäppen

Forskarspaning på Vetenskapsfestivalen: Det våras för urspråket

Intervju om att etablera sig som forskare i Sverige

Gästblogg på Vetenskapsrådets nättidning Curie

Intervju: Stockholm ensamt i Skandinavien med fullständig utbildning i baltiska språk

Vetenskapsrådets forskningsöversikter