Ian Roberts - Curriculum vitae#
POSITIONS HELD
- 2000- Professor of Linguistics, University of Cambridge.
- 2000- Professorial Fellow, Downing College, Cambridge.
- 1996-2000 Professor and Head of English Linguistics, Universität Stuttgart, Germany.
- 1991-1996 Professor and Head of Linguistics, University of Wales, Bangor.
- 1991-1993 Chargé de cours, département de linguistique générale, Université de Genève.
- 1986-1991 Maître-assistant, département de linguistique générale, Université de Genève.
- 1985-1986 Assistant de linguistique anglaise, département de linguistique générale, Université de Genève.
EDUCATION
- 2006 DLitt, University of Cambridge.
- 1981-1985 Ph.D., Dept. of Linguistics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. (Thesis: The Representation of Implicit and Dethematized Subjects, Supervisor: Osvaldo Jaeggli).
- 1983-1984 Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- 1979-1980 M.A. Candidate, Dept. of Modern Languages, University of Salford, Manchester.
- 1975-1979 University of Wales, Bangor, B.A. Linguistics/French.
- 1977-1978 Université de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France, Auditeur Libre, Sections de Linguistique et de Phonétique.
HONOURS
- 2008- Member of Academia Europaea.
- 2007- Ordinary Fellow of the British Academy.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
- 2007- Arts and Humanities Research Council Grant "Structure and Linearisation in Disharmonic Word Orders" (with Anders Holmberg (University of Newcastle)) (£875,000).
- 2004-2006 Arts and Humanities Research Council Grant for Regional Collaboration in graduate teaching in South-East England (£9,800).
- 2004-2006 British Academy South-East Europe Collaboration Grant "Interface Interpretation" (with Ianthi Tsimpli (University of Thessaloniki), Anna Roussou (University of Patras)) (£4,900).
- 2002-2007 Arts and Humanities Research Council Grant "The Null Subject Parameter and the Theory of Parameters" (with David Willis (University of Cambridge), Anders Holmberg (University of Newcastle)) (£375,000).
- 1995-1997 British Academy Research Grant "The Synchrony and Diachrony of Second-Position Phenomena" (with Anna Roussou (University of Wales, Bangor)) (£25,000).
- 1995-1996 U.K. Educational and Social Science Research Council Grant "The Acquisition of Welsh Clause Structure" (with Bob Morris-Jones (University of Wales, Aberystwyth), Bob Borsley and Michelle Aldridge (University of Wales, Bangor) (£41,000).
- 1992 University of Wales Research Grant "The Syntax of Clitic Pronouns in the Dialects of North Western Italy" (with Mair Parry (University of Wales, Aberystwyth)) (£1,700).
- 1989 Prix Latsis de l'Université de Genève (SFr 25,000).
- 1979-1980 Departmental Scholarship, Dept. of Modern Languages, University of Salford, Manchester, U.K.
Invited and Honorary Positions
- 2008 Invited Professor, GLOW Summer School, Universitat Pompeu-Fabra, Barcelona (August)
- 2008 Invited Professor, LOT Summer School, Utrecht University (July)
- 2007 Invited Professor, EALing Autumn School, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris (September)
- 2007 Invited Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong (May)
- 2007 Invited Professor, 2nd LISSIM Spring School, Kausani, Uttarranchal, India (March-April)
- 2007 Invited Professor, Federal University of Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil (December)
- 2007 Invited Professor, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil (November)
- 2002 Invited Professor, Universidade Nacional de Brasília, Brazil (July)
- 2000 Invited Professor, Girona International Summer School in Linguistics (July)
- 1999-2000 Visiting Professor, Università degli Studi di Siena (October-April)
- 1999 Invited Professor, Thermi International Summer School in Linguistics (July)
- 1997-2002 Honorary Professor, University of Wales
- 1997-98 Gastprofessor, University of Vienna (March, June)
- 1996 Visiting Erasmus Professor, Université de Genève (May)
- 1996 Visiting Professor, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil (March)
- 1995 Visiting Professor, University of California, Los Angeles (April - June)
- 1994 Invited Lecturer, 25th Annual Meeting of the Associação Brasileira de Lingüística (September)
- 1994 Invited Professor, Girona International Summer School in Linguistics (July)
- 1994 Visiting Professor, University of Maryland, College Park, U.S.A. (January - April)
- 1993 Invited Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (August)
- 1993 Invited Professor, University of Venice (June)
- 1993 Invited Professor, University of Oxford (February-March)
- 1992 Invited Professor, Girona International Summer School in Linguistics (July)
- 1992 Invited Professor, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil (April)
- 1990 Gastprofessor, University of Vienna (October-December).
- 1990 Invited Professor, UNICAMP, Brazil (July-September).
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- 2007, 2009- Member of the Review Panel, European Research Council.
- 2004-2006 Co-organiser, Advanced Core Training in Linguistics Universities of Cambridge, London and Essex.
- 2003 Co-organiser, 4th Conference on Comparative Celtic Syntax, University of Cambridge.
- 2002- Abstract Reviewer, GLOW Colloquium.
- 2001- Abstract Reviewer, Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop, Diachronic Generative Syntax Conference, Incontro di Grammatica Generativa, West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, North Eastern Linguistics Society, Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition, CHRONOS.
- 2000- Member of the Editorial Board Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics, Cambridge Monographs in Linguistics, Cambridge Language Guides, Cambridge Syntax Guides.
- 1994-1996 President, Association of Heads and Professor of Linguistics, Great Britain.
- 1993-2001 Chairman, Generative Linguistics in the Old World.
- 1993-1998 Member of the Editorial Board, Probus
- 1992- Member of the Editorial Board, The Linguistic Review.
- 1992 Co-organiser, 1st Conference on Comparative Celtic Syntax, University of Wales, Bangor.
- 1991-1993 Co-Managing Editor, Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory.
- 1991-1993, 2000- Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Linguistics.
- 1990- Member of Editorial Board, Linguistic Inquiry.
- 1990- Member of Editorial Board, Documentos de Estudos de Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada.
- 1990-1995 Member of the European Science Foundation European Language Typology Project (EUROTYP). Group 3: "Subordination and Complementation".
- 1990-1991 Member of the Reading Committee, GLOW Colloquium, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden.
- 1990 Member of the Organizing Committee of the First Conference on Generative Diachronic Syntax, York, England, 10 - 11 April.
- 1988- Prepublication reviewer: Cognition, The Linguistic Review, Language, Linguistic Inquiry, Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, Revue Canadienne de Linguistique, Journal of French Language Studies, Journal Of East Asian Languages, Linguistics, Diachronica.
- 1986 Member of the Organizing Committee of the 16th Meeting of the Northeastern Linguistics Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- 1983 Member of the Organizing Committee of the "Second West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics," University of Southern California.
- 1983 Student Representative, Dept. of Linguistics, University of Southern California.
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS
- The Philological Society
- Generative Linguistics in the Old World
- Linguistics Association of Great Britain
- Linguistic Society of America
- Foundation for Endangered Languages
- American Association for the Advancement of Science