Harald Clahsen#
| Membership Number: | 3158 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LINGUISTIC STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.uni-potsdam.de/prim/staff/clahsen.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2011: Professor of Psycholinguistics, University of Potsdam
- Director of the Potsdam Research Institute for Multilingualism
- Visiting Professor, University of Essex
- 1993-2011 Professor of Linguistics, University of Essex
- 1983-93: Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Düsseldorf
- 1982-83 Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Wuppertal
- 1981-82 Research Fellow in Linguistics, University of Hamburg
- 1978-80 Research Fellow in Linguistics, University of Wuppertal
Fields of Scholarship
- Psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics
- Generative syntax and morphology
- Typical and handicapped first and second language acquisition
- Language impairments
Honours and Awards
- 2011-2016 Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, ‘International Award for Research in Germany’ (€ 5 Mio.)
- 2010 Alexander-von-Humboldt Professorship
- 2008 Fellow of the British Academy (FBA)
- 2007 Honorary Professorship for Cognitive Science, University of Amsterdam
- 1989-94 Gerhard-Hess Award, £350,000.
- 1988-90 vice-president of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft
