Lutz Edzard#
| Membership Number: | 7630 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LINGUISTIC STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.orientalistik.phil.fau.de/person/lutz-edzard/ |
| Publication Link: | https://cris.fau.de/search/?model=publication&query=lutz%20Edzard |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2013 Professor of Arabic and Semitic Linguistics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
- 2002 - 2013 Professor of Semitic Linguistics at the University of Oslo
- 1999 - 2001 Fellow of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation at the University of Oslo
- 1994 - 2002 Lecturer for Arabic and Semitic languages at the University of Bonn
- 1994 - 1996 Assistant researcher at the University of Munich, Department of International Law, Project ”Arabische Vertragssprache”, sponsored by the German Research Council (DFG)
- 1994 - 1995 Visiting Scholar at the United Nations (an der Translation and Editorial Division) and at New York University
Fields of Scholarship
- Jewish languages / language varieties (Judeo-Arabic, Yiddish, etc.)
- Phonology
- The linguistic surface of anti-Semitic statements
- Arabic and Semitic linguistics
- Diplomatic documents in Semitic languages
- Comparative Semitic lexicography
Honours and Awards
- Since 2016 Ordinary Member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences
- Since 2017 Vice-Dean for International Affairs at the Faculty of Humanities and Theology of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
- Since 2024 Officer for combating Anti-Semitism at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
