CURRICULUM VITAE VICTOR A. FRIEDMAN Andrew W. Mellon Professor Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures•University of Chicago•1130 East 59th Street•Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-0732(office)/-8033(department)/-7030(FAX) e-mail: [email protected] web page: http://home.uchicago.edu/~vfriedm/ PERSONAL DATA: Born: Chicago, IL, 18 October 1949 Home Address: 5538 South Blackstone Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 Home Phone/Fax: 773-955-1376 EDUCATION: Ph.D. University of Chicago. Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Department of Linguistics (The first dual Ph.D. in the Divisions). June 1975. Dissertation: The Grammatical Categories of the Macedonian Indicative: A Study in Syntax, Semantics, and Structure (defense passed with Distinction). M.A. University of Chicago. Slavic Languages and Literatures. June 1971. B.A. Reed College, Portland, OR. Russian Language and Literature. 1966-1970. Thesis: Gusli-Samogudy: A Study of Form and Content in the Russian Magic Tale. (received grade of AA, equivalent of highest honors) Certificate University of Skopje, Yugoslavia. Fourth and Fifth Annual Seminars for Macedonian Language, Literature and Culture. Summers 1971, 1972. Audit Portland State University, Portland, OR. Intensive Serbo-Croatian. Summer 1970. Certificate Leningrad State University, USSR. CIEE Russian Language Program. Summer 1969. EMPLOYMENT: University of Chicago Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities (2000-present), Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures (Chairman 1997-2000 and 2001-04), Department of Linguistics, Department of Anthropology (associate appointment), and the College 1993-present Director, Center for East European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (CEERES) 2005-2015 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Professor Department of Slavic Languages 1984-93 (Chairman 1987-93) Associate Professor Department of Slavic Languages 1979-84 Assistant Professor Department of Slavic Languages 1975-79 CONTRACT/GUEST: Slavic Research Center, University of Hokkaido Visiting Scholar, October 2010 Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee Invited guest, March 2010 Research Center for Areal Linguistics, Macedonian Academy of Arts and Sciences Visiting Fellow, September 2008 - June 2009 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Moderator, Balkan Studies Training Workshop for Junior Scholars, June 2007 Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty Guest Professor, May 2007, May 2008 Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig Visiting Fellow, September 2006. Research Center for Linguistic Typology, LaTrobe University, Australia Visiting Fellow, August - November 2004 University of Prishtina Guest Professor, May 2002 University of Helsinki Visiting Scholar, November 2000 National University of Malaysia Visiting Scholar, October 2000 Kyoto University Visiting Scholar, October 1999 Central European University - Budapest Professor, Summer Course lecturing on Romani Language, Identity, and Standardization, July 1999, July 2001, July 2003 University of Skopje - Institute for Sociological, Political, and Juridical Research Professor & Section Organizer, International Summer School “The Bright Side of the Balkans: Mutuality in a Common Future," Section 1: The Roots of Common Balkan Identity - The Roots of Mutuality, June 1999 Cornell University Professor, LSA Linguistics Institute, Topics in Balkan Linguistics, July-August 1997 United Nations Senior Political and Policy Analyst, Analysis and Assessment Unit, Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (O/SRSG), United Nations Protection Forces (UNPROFOR), June-August, 1994 Victor A. Friedman/Curriculum Vitae 2 COURSES: Linguistics Courses: Language Contact; Language, Power, and Identity in Southeastern Europe; Introduction to Slavic Linguistics; South Slavic Linguistics; Balkan Linguistics; Comparative East South Slavic Linguistics; Comparative Slavic Linguistics through Bai Ganyo; Structure of Albanian; History of Albanian; Albanian Dialectology; Bulgarian for Slavists; Structure of Lak; History of Macedonian; Structure of Macedonian; Romani Linguistics; History of Russian; Structure of Russian; Perspectives on Language in the Humanities; History of BCS; Structure of BCS; Advanced Old Church Slavonic; Language Courses: Albanian (three levels); Bulgarian; Georgian; Lak; Macedonian (three levels); Old Church Slavonic; Russian; Romani; Turkish. Other Courses:; Macedonian Literature; Bulgarian Literature A. Konstantinov’s Do Čikago i nazad; Croatian Language and Nationalism; Balkan History from the Early Middle Ages to the Present; Balkan History from the Arrival of the Sklavenoi; Balkan history from 1371. PUBLICATIONS ARTICLES 1. The Relative Clauses in Slavic (with Zbigniew Gołąb). The Chicago Which Hunt. Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society. 1972. 30-46. 2. Za nekoi osobenosti na makedonskiot glagol od glednata točka na generativnata semantika (Macedonian: On some characteristics of the Macedonian verb from the viewpoint of generative semantics). Makedonski jazik, Vol. 25, 1974. 205-210. 3. Macedonian Language and Nationalism During the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries. Balkanistica, Vol. 2, 1975. 83-98. Reprinted in Macedonian Review, Vol. 16, No. 3, 1976. 280-292. 4. Dialectal Synchrony and Diachronic Syntax: The Macedonian Perfect. Papers from the Parasession on Diachronic Syntax. Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society. 1976. 96-104. 5. Structural and Generative Approaches to an Analysis of the Macedonian Preterite. Slavic and East European Journal, Vol. 20, No. 4, 1976. 460-464. 6. The Question of a Bulgarian Indefinite Article. Bulgaria: Past and Present. Columbus: American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. 1976. 334-340. 7. Peasant and National Culture in Southeastern Europe: A Comment. Balkanistica, Vol. 3, 1976. 59-62. 8. The Morphology of Case in Southeast Serbian Dialects. Folia Slavica, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1977. 76-88. 9. A Problem in Grammatical Invariance. The CLS Book of Squibs. Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society. 1977. 42-43. 10. Dostoevsky on the Meaning of Humanity. Maledicta, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1977. 40. 11. Macedonian Toponomastics: Popular Etymologies and Etymological Popularities. Maledicta, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1977. 41. 12. On Christian-Moslem Relations in the Balkans. Maledicta, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1977. 42. (Reprinted in Opus Maledictorum: A Book of Bad Words, ed. by Reinhold Aman. New York: Marlowe & Co. 1996. 4.). 13. Latent Accusative Tendencies in the Skopje Dialect. Maledicta, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1977. 68-73. 14. Turco-Slavica. Maledicta, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1977. 185-188. 15. The Zaporozhian Letter to the Turkish Sultan: Historical Commentary and Linguistic Analysis. Slavica Hierosolymitana, Vol. 2. Jerusalem: Magnes. 1978. 25-138. 16. On the Semantic and Morphological Influence of Turkish on Balkan Slavic. Papers from the Fourteenth Regional Meeting: Chicago Linguistic Society. Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society. 1978. 108-118. 17. Influence vs. Convergence in Areal Phenomena. The Southeast Conference on Linguistics Bulletin, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1979. 1-8. 18. Toward a Typology of Status: Georgian and Other Non-Slavic Languages of the Soviet Union. The Elements: A Parasession on Linguistic Units and Levels. Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society. 1979. 339-350. 19. Verbal Categories in the Languages of the Balkans (Report). The American Philosophical Society Yearbook 1979. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. 1979. 331. 20. Elementary Russian Obscenity. Maledicta, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1979. 197-204. (Reprinted in Opus Maledictorum: A Book of Bad Words, ed. by Reinhold Aman. New York: Marlowe & Co. 1996. 89-96. ). 21. The Study of Balkan Admirativity: Its History and Development. Balkanistica, Vol. 6, 1980. 7-30. 22. Admirativnost vo balkanskite jazici: Kategorija protiv upotreba. [Macedonian: Admirativity in the Balkan languages: Category vs. Usage]. Makedonski jazik, Vol. 30, 1980. 121-129. 23. Admirativity and Confirmativity. Zeitschrift für Balkanologie, Vol. 17, No. 1, 1981. 12-28. 24. The Pluperfect in Albanian and Macedonian. Folia Slavica, Vol. 4, No. 2-3, 1981. 273-282. 25. Nekoi zabeleški za indirekten govor i prekažuvanjeto vo makedonskiot i albanskiot jazik. (Macedonian: Some observations on indirect speech and renarration in Macedonian and Albanian). Makedonski jazik, Vol. 32-33, 1981-1982. 769-776. 26. Reportedness in Bulgarian: Category or Stylistic Variant? International Journal of Slavic Linguistics and Poetics, Vol. 25-26, 1982. 149-163. 27. Balkanology and Turcology: West Rumelian Turkish in Yugoslavia as Reflected in Prescriptive Grammar. Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics, Vol. 2, Amsterdam: Rodopi. 1982. 1-77. 28. Admirativity in Bulgarian Compared with Albanian and Turkish. Bulgaria Past and Present, ed. by D. Kosev, Vol. 2. Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. 1982. 63-67. 29. Grammatical Categories and a Comparative Balkan Grammar. Ziele und Wege der Balkanlinguistik. (Balkanologische Veröffentlichungen, Vol. 8). Berlin: Osteuropa-Institut an der Freien Universität Berlin. 1983. 81-98. 30. Značenie na otdavna minalo vreme za istorijata na bălgarskija ezik. (Bulgarian: The significance of the pluperfect for the history of the Bulgarian language). Dokladi. Istoričeski razvoj na bălgarskija ezik. Părvi meždunaroden kongres po bălgaristika. Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. 1983. 111-126. 31. Vocabulary Elements in Early Macedonian Lexicons. Maledicta, Vol. 7, 1983. 164-166. 32. Status and the Lak Verbal System. Folia Slavica, Vol. 7, No. 1-2, 1984. 135-149. 33.