Matasović Ranko, F.C.A.

Full members V. Department of Philological Sciences
Matasović Ranko

Date of birth:

  • 05/14/1968

Place of birth:

  • Zagreb

Addresses:

  • I. Lučića 3, 10000 Zagreb

Phones:

  • Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences +385 01 6120 047
  • Department of Philological Sciences +385 01 4895 172

Emails:

Matasović Ranko, F.C.A.

Full members V. Department of Philological Sciences

Academic titles:

  • doctor of Science
  • fellow of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Institutions:

  • Professor – Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb

Functions in Academy:

  • secretary – Department of Philological Sciences (1/1/2023 – …)
  • member of the Presidency – Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (1/1/2023 – …)
  • deputy secretary – Department of Philological Sciences (11/01/2021 – 12/31/2022)

Membership in Academy:

  • full member – Department of Philological Sciences (05/10/2012 – …)
  • associate member – Department of Philological Sciences (05/18/2006 – 05/10/2012)

Curriculum Vitae

  • 1968: born in Zagreb
  • 1986-1990: studied linguistics and philosophy at the University of Zagreb
  • 1990-1996: assistant, Department of Linguistics, University of Zagreb
  • 1990-1992: graduate studies of linguistics, University of Zagreb
  • 1992: M. A. in linguistics, University of Zagreb
  • 1993: research fellowship at the University of Vienna (mentor: prof. dr. Radoslav Katičić)
  • 1995: research fellowship at Oxford University (mentor: prof. dr. Anna Morpurgo-Davies)
  • 1995: Ph. D., University of Zagreb (mentor: prof. dr. Radoslav Katičić)
  • 1996-2000: Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Zagreb
  • 1996- Head of the Chair of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics, Zagreb
  • 1997-1998: Fulbright Fellowship, University of Wisconsin (Madison) (mentor: prof. dr. Andrew Sihler)
  • 1998-1999: Chair of the Department of Linguistics, University of Zagreb
  • 2000-2004 Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Zagreb
  • 2002: Awardee of the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences for a lasting contribution to philology
  • 2002- Head of the Department of Language and Linguistics of Matica hrvatska (Matrix Croatica)
  • 2002-2003: Humboldt fellowship, Bonn University (mentor: prof. dr. Stefan Zimmer)
  • 2004- Full Professor of Linguistics, University of Zagreb
  • 2006-2012 Associate Member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • 2011 (Summer Semester): Guest Professor in the University of Georgia (Athens, USA)
  • 2012: Full Member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • 2015 (Summer Semester): Researcher in the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig (Host: Martin Haspelmath)
  • 2015 (Winter Semester): Guest Professor in Heidelberg University
  • 2019: Winner of the prize Bulcsú László of the Croatian Philological Association for the life’s achievement in philology
  • 2020: Head of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Committee for the Norm of the Croatian Standard Language