Professor Dr. Krishnan Ram Prasad

Biography

Krishnan Ram-Prasad is a Junior Research Fellow in Classics Linguistics at Merton College, University of Oxford. His research focuses on comparative Indo-European syntax and syntactic reconstruction. He completed his PhD in 2022, which investigated syntax, relative clauses, and Proto-Indo-European, along with the development of a research monograph with Cambridge University Press. His interests also extend to comparative diachronic syntax, where he develops synchronic analyses of ancient Indo-European languages. He has a particular specialism in Latin, Ancient Greek, Sanskrit, and Hittite. In addition to his syntactic research, Krishnan advocates for critical decolonial approaches within the fields of Classics and Comparative Philology. He tutors a variety of undergraduate courses in both Linguistics and Classics, imparting knowledge through language classes in Latin, Ancient Greek, Sanskrit, and Old English. His teaching repertoire complements his research interests, linking pedagogical practices to academic inquiry.

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