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Professor Nicholas Zair specializes in the history and development of classical languages, focusing on areas such as phonology and morphology. He researches writing systems particularly used to represent Italic languages including Latin, Oscan, Umbrian, and South Picene. His academic journey began with an education in Literae Humaniores at Oxford, earning an MPhil and DPhil in Comparative Philology and General Linguistics. Nicholas joined the University of Cambridge in 2010, where he was appointed as a Research Fellow at Peterhouse. He has progressively advanced his career through roles as a Research Associate within the Classics Faculty and subsequently as a Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, finally achieving professorship in 2025. He has extensive experience working on the (pre-)history of Celtic languages and the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European. Nicholas welcomes inquiries from potential graduate students interested in working on these topics.
University of Cambridge • Cambridge
Professor in the Faculty of Classics, specializing in Italic languages and historical linguistics.
University of Cambridge • Cambridge
Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Classics.
University of Cambridge • Cambridge
Lecturer in the Faculty of Classics.
University of Cambridge • Cambridge
Research Associate in Classics.
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