Edith Moravcsik - Biography Curriculum Vitae#

I was born in Budapest in 1939. I received a doctoral diploma in Classics at the Eötvös Loránd University in 1963. I immigrated to the United States in 1964 as I was hired as an instructor of Latin by Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY. I began my studies in general linguistics in 1966 and received my PhD at Indiana University in 1971.

My first linguistics job was at the Language Universals Project at Stanford University from 1968 to 1972 and again 1975 - 1976. I taught at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 1976 to 2009 until my retirement. I have also held visiting positions at the University of California - Los Angeles, Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu, Justus Liebig University in Giessen, and the University of Vienna.

I was a visiting scholar twice at the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig. I have given papers at several conferences in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, The Czech Republic, and various places in the US.

In the course of my research in language typology and syntactic theory, I developed an interest in conflict resolution and published my first paper on the topic in 1993. This was followed by a number of studies on conflict resolution. I also served as a co-organizer of a conference on a related topic: competing motivations, and as a co-editor of the volume Competing Motivations in Grammar and Usage in 2014. Given that the issue of conflicts and their resolutions is ubiquitous not only in language and linguistic analysis but also in all walks of life including international and domestic politics, social relations, and everyday life, this topic continues to occupy my mind.

Outside my professional field, I love music, nature, reading, and spending time with people.