Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann
Academic Level E
College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann, D.Phil. (Oxford), Ph.D. (Cambridge) (titular), is listed among Australia's top 30 Living Legends of Research (2024) by The Australian newspaper.
In 2023 he was awarded the Rubinlicht Prize for his outstanding contribution to Yiddish scholarship.
He is Chair of the Jury, Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage; author of Revivalistics: From the Genesis of Israeli to Language Reclamation in Australia and Beyond (Oxford University Press, New York, 2020, 352 pages), the revolutionary bestseller Israelit Safa Yafa (Israeli - A Beautiful Language) (Am Oved, Tel Aviv, 2008, 256 pages), Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, 304 pages) and -- as 诸葛漫 (= Ghil‘ad Zuckermann): 多源造词研究 (A Study of Multisourced Neologization) (ECNU Press, Shanghai, 2021, 420 pages).
He held 5-year competitive fellowships from both National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (2017-2021) and Australian Research Council (ARC) (2007-2011).
Zuckermann is a leading international expert in 10 fields:
(1) Revivalistics, a global, comparative, trans-disciplinary field of enquiry surrounding language reclamation (e.g. Hebrew, Barngarla Aboriginal language of South Australia; Nharangga, South Australia; Bayoongoo, Western Australia), revitalization (e.g. Adnyamathanha, South Australia) and reinvigoration (e.g. Irish; Welsh);
(2) Hebrew, Israel, Jewish Studies, Jewish languages, Semitic languages;
(3) Language in culture and society (including nationhood, religion, politics, identity), Cross-Cultural Communication;
(4) English as the World's Language;
(5) Language, AI, wellbeing, health (including for Indigenous and minority people);
(6) Lexicology, lexicography, forensic linguistics (including trademarks, brand names and Intellectual Property - acting as Expert Witness in courts all over the globe);
(7) Contact linguistics, linguistic evolution;
(8) Lexical expansion, camouflaged borrowing (including phono-semantic matching);
(9) Multiple causation, cross-fertilization, horizontal gene transfer in languages;
(10) Historical linguistics
Hebrew name: גלעד צוקרמן
Chinese name: 诸葛漫
Japanese name: ギラード・ツッカーマン
D.Phil. (Oxon.), University of Oxford, England, United Kingdom, conferred on 25 November 2000.
Ph.D. (Cantab.) (titular), University of Cambridge, England, United Kingdom, conferred on 13 December 2003.
M.A. (summa cum laude), Tel Aviv University, Israel, 1997.
I.B., United World College of the Adriatic (Collegio del Mondo Unito dell'Adriatico), Duino, Trieste, Italy, 1989.
Professor Zuckermann is a hyperpolyglot, fluent in a plethora of languages.
Leadership: Professor Zuckermann has led various organizations such as the Australian Association for Jewish Studies (AAJS), Australasian Association of Lexicography (AustraLex) and Oxford University L'Chaim Society.
Grants: Professor Zuckermann has received millions of dollars in research fellowships and grants, including two distinct 5-year ones from both the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (2017-2021) and the Australian Research Council (ARC) (2007-2011).
Publications: Professor Zuckermann has published hundreds of peer-reviewed articles and bestseller books including by Oxford University Press and Palgrave Macmillan.
Teaching/Supervision: Professor Zuckermann has taught dozens of courses in linguistics and the Humanities. He has supervised dozens of postdoctoral fellows, Ph.D. and M.A. students.
LEARNED SOCIETIES
Australian Association for Jewish Studies (AAJS) (Elected President thrice 2017-23)
Australasian Association for Lexicography (AUSTRALEX) (Elected President, 2013-15)
Academy of Oriental Scholars (Shanghai) (Elected Fellow)
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) (Elected Fellow)
Foundations for Endangered Languages (FEL) (Elected Board Member)
Institute for Communication in Health Care, Australian National University (Elected Member)
The International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry (Elected Board Member)
European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS) (Elected Member)
Centre for Research on Language Change (CRLC)
Linguistic Society of America (LSA)
The Philological Society
Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)
International Pragmatics Association (IPrA)
Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics (SPCL)
Australian Linguistic Society (ALS)
National Association of Professors of Hebrew (NAPH)
Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée (AILA)
Association for Jewish Studies (AJS)
- 2024 Listed among Australia's top 30 Living Legends of Research (2024) by The Australian newspaper.
- 2023 Awarded the Rubinlicht Prize for contribution to Yiddish scholarship.
- 2017-21 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grant APP1129796 (with Prof. Alex Brown): Examining the impact of language reclamation on social and emotional well being among the Barngarla. (FIVE YEARS)
- 2007-11 Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Fellowship DP0770414: Language Revival in the Middle East: The Genesis of Israeli ('Modern Hebrew') – Lessons for the Revival of No-Longer Spoken Australian Languages. (FIVE YEARS)
- 2017-23 President (elected three consecutive times), Australian Association for Jewish Studies (AAJS).
- 2014 Elected Fellow, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS).
- 2013-present Barngarla Aboriginal Language Reclamation, Aboriginal Language Support (ILS/ILA), Australian Government (Project Manager).
- 2022-4 Bayoongoo Aboriginal Language Reclamation (Western Australia), First Languages Australia.
- 2013-15 Traditional Cultural Expressions in Aboriginal Australia and Torres Straits Islands, Ministry for the Arts, Attorney-General’s Department, Australian Government (Project Manager).
- 2013-15 Visiting Professorial Scientist, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
- 2013-15 Elected President, Australasian Association for Lexicography (AUSTRALEX).
- 2012-13 Special Guest, Israel Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- 2011 Oriental Scholar Distinguished Professorial Fellow, Shanghai, China.
- 2010 Project 211 Distinguished Professorial Fellowship, China.
- 2002 British Academy Research Grant.
- 2000-1 Memorial Foundation of Jewish Culture Postdoctoral Fellowship (New York).
- 2001 Dorot Postdoctoral Fellowship.
- 1997-2000 Scatcherd European Scholarship, University of Oxford.
- 1997-2000 Denise Skinner Graduate Scholarship, St Hugh’s College, Oxford.
- 1997-2000 Memorial Foundation of Jewish Culture Doctoral Scholarship (New York).
- 1997-8 Harold Hyam Wingate Scholarship (London).
- 1996-7 British Chevening Scholarship, British Foreign Office.
- 1993-7 Scholarship at the Interdisciplinary Programme for Fostering Excellence (later known as the Adi Lautman Interdisciplinary Programme for Outstanding Students), Tel Aviv University.
Nicknames: 'Sir Galahad' (Oxford), 'Giladiator' (UT Austin), 'Zucchi' / 'Zucky' (UWC Adriatic)
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:
2024-present Jury Chair, Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage
2014-present Elected President thrice (February 2017 - 2023), Vice-President (2014-2017), Australian Association for Jewish Studies (AAJS)
2004-present Elected President (2013-2015), Vice-President (2011-13), Australasian Association for Lexicography (AUSTRALEX)
2014 Elected Fellow, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
(AIATSIS), Canberra.
2011 Elected Fellow, Academy of Oriental Scholars, Shanghai.
2012-present Elected Board Member, Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL).
2014-present Elected Board Member, Leyvik House, The Israeli Center for Yiddish Culture, Tel Aviv.
2019-present Elected Board Member, Online Museum of Jewish Theatre (https://www.jewish-theatre.com/he/about).
2014-present Advisor, International Academic Board, The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP).
2021-present Advisory Board Member, Speech Pathology, The University of Adelaide.
2014 Rapporteur, UNESCO International Conference on Language (e.g. Suzhou, China, 5-6 June 2014).
Elected Member, Institute for Communication in Health Care (ICH), Australian National University.
Elected Board Member, International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry.
CONSULTANCY (selection):
1998-present Expert Witness / Consultant in (corpus) lexicography, trademark analysis, branding, Intellectual Property, translation, discourse, style and lexical choice analysis, cross-cultural communication, plagiarism and any other aspect of forensic linguistics – in court cases all over the globe, e.g. USA, UK, Philippines, Singapore and Australia.
1998-present Consultant, Oxford English Dictionary (OED): Introduced various new words (e.g. bogan, mondegreen, cameltoe, graffiti, gelati) and etymologies (e.g. matres lectionis).
2016-present Partner, Centre for Australian Studies, Universität zu Köln.
2007-present Consultant, Yale University Press (YUP).
2002-present Consultant, Oxford University Press (OUP).
2009-present Consultant, Cambridge University Press (CUP).
2020-21 Consultant, Minority Rights Group International: evaluating UNESCO's efforts regarding the International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019.
2017-20 Consultant, CJZ Film Production Company, Australia.
2009-14 Internationalization Adviser, Development Office, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
2005-11 Consultant, Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, University of Miami.
Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann is a born lecturer and sought-after keynoter.
His teaching interests include Linguistics, Revivalistics (language reclamation, revitalization and reinvigoration), Aboriginal Languages, Jewish Languages, English as a Global Language and Israeli (Reclaimed Hebrew).
Professor Zuckermann has created, convened and taught a plethora of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, for example the following:
edX MOOC (Massive Open Online Course): Language Revival: Securing the Future of Endangered Languages
The Wonder of Language: an intro to Linguistics
Introduction to Language in Culture and Society
Revivalistics, Cross-Fertilization & Wellbeing
Languages in the 21st Century: Cultural Contact and New Words
Languages in a Global Society
Hebrew
Language Planning
Cross Cultural Communication
Semantics
Revival Linguistics
Enquiring Mind
Morphology and Syntax
Phonology and Phonetics
Language and Meaning
Foundations of Linguistics
Language and Ethnography of Communication
Adelaide Linguistics Research Colloquium
Critical Thinking and Academic Writing: How to be both Original and Scholarly
Contact Linguistics
Historical Linguistics
Lexical Expansion: Camouflaged Borrowing
Multiple Causation
Linguistic Research Writing
Arabic
Psychometric Testing
SUPERVISION (selection)
Prof. Zuckermann has been Postdoctoral Supervisor e.g. of the following:
- Professor CHEN Yan (Yancheng Teachers University)
- Professor YAO Chunlin (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing)
- Dr XU Jia Phoebe (Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai)
- Professor JIN Zhiru (Jilin Normal University)
Prof. Zuckermann has been Ph.D. Supervisor e.g. of the following:
- Dr Afifa Eve KHEIR FERRO: Code Mixing in Arabic and Israeli (Ph.D. completed successfully, with distinction)
- Dr YANG Jie (Jessica): Language Planning in China and in Australia (Ph.D. completed successfully)
- Dr Penelope CASHMAN: Phonetics Applied to Music Pedagogy (Ph.D. completed successfully, with distinction)
- Dr Yosep B. KROON: The Grammar of Solor – Lamaholot, an Endangered Language of Flores, Eastern Indonesia (Ph.D. completed successfully)
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Dr Nga Thuy NGUYEN: Language Contact and Lexical Expansion in Vietnamese (Ph.D. completed successfully)
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
- 2013-present Founder and Organizer, Adelaide Language Festival (e.g. 29 November 2017, 16-17 May 2014).
- 2002-present Annual Conference Organizer, Consultant,Leyvik House, The Israeli Center for Yiddish Culture, Tel Aviv. (Conferences organized also at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem).
- 2021-23 Co-organizer, AAJS (Australian Association for Jewish Studies) 2023 Adelaide: Jews, Art and Wellbeing, Flinders University, City Campus, Adelaide, 12-14 February 2023.
- 2017-18 Co-organizer, AAJS (Australian Association for Jewish Studies) 2018 Perth: By the Rivers of Babylon: Memory, Emotion and Jews, St Catherine’s College, University of Western Australia, 11-12 February 2018.
- 2016 Co-organizer (with the Hon. Revd Dr Lynn Arnold AO FAICD), The 10th Conference of the International Society of Symmetry, Cathleen Lumley College, The University of Adelaide, 1-6 December 2016.
- 2013-14 Organizer, AAJS (Australian Association for Jewish Studies) 2014 Adelaide: Jews, Judaism and Hybridity, The University of Adelaide, 9-11 February 2014.
- 2012-13 Organizer, AUSTRALEX (Australasian Association for Lexicography) 2013: Endangered Words, and Signs of Revival, The University of Adelaide, 25-27 July 2013.
- 2008-09 Organizer, AWAAL (Australian Workshop on Afro-Asiatic Linguistics,Brisbane, 11-13 September 2009.
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIP
- 2004-present Editorial Board Member, Journal of Language Contact.
- 2013-present International Advisory Board Member, Topics in Humor Research, John Benjamins.
- 2016-present Advisory Board Member, Controversies. John Benjamins.
- 2021-present Editorial Board Member, Sustainable Multilingualism.
- 2016-present Editorial Board Member, Potsdam Linguistic Investigations (Potsdamer Linguistische Untersuchungen / Recherches Linguistiques à Potsdam), Peter Lang.
- 2007-present Editorial Board Member, Mizrekh: Jewish Studies in the Far East.
- 2007-present Editorial Advisory Board Member, The Open Applied Linguistics Journal.
- 2009-present Editorial Board Member, Jewish Contemporary Review.
- 2010-present Editorial Board Member, Israeli Journal of Humor Research: An International Journal.
- 2011-20 Associate Editor, International Journal of Language Studies.
- 2016-20 International Advisory Board Member, CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture.
- Aboriginal issues
- China
- Contemporary Cultural & Political Issues
- Culture
- Dialects
- Education - Aboriginal
- English language
- Ethnic affairs/Multiculturalism
- Foreign countries and people
- Humour
- Indigenous Australia
- International relations
- Italy
- Leadership
- Linguistics
- Memory
- Migration
- Pacific Islands
- Socio-linguistics
- South-East Asia
- Translations
- United Kingdom
- AI in the service of social good
- Barngarla Aboriginal language
- Cross-cultural communication
- Cultural contact as manifested in language
- English as a global language
- Etymology
- Forensic linguistics
- Hebrew
- How new words emerge
- Indigenous wellbeing
- Israel
- Jewish languages
- Language and health
- Language and wellbeing
- Language revival
- Language, society, identity, nationhood and religion
- Trademarks
- Yiddish
FIELD RESEARCH
Chair Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann has conducted field research in 100 countries all over the globe, for example in most of the 34 province-level administrative divisions of China, in every state of the USA except Alaska (i.e. 49 states), all over the Middle East, Europe (e.g. Italy and Germany), Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), India, Canada, Mauritius, Réunion, Central America (e.g. Cuba, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic), South Africa, Namibia, Pacific Ocean (e.g. Fiji, Norfolk Island, Cook Islands, New Caledonia)…
RESEARCH GRANTS
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grant (APP1129796): Examining the Impact of Language Reclamation on Social and Emotional Wellbeing among the Barngarla ($1,111,633) (Chief Investigator, with Alex Brown, 5 years, 2017-2021).
Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Australian Research Fellowship (DP0770414): Language Revival and Cultural Hybridity in the Middle East: The Genesis of Israeli ('Modern Hebrew') – Lessons for the Revival of No-Longer Spoken Australian Languages ($585,000) (Sole Chief Investigator, 5 years, 2007-2021).
Barngarla Aboriginal Language Reclamation, Aboriginal Language Support (ILS/ILA), Ministry for the Arts, Attorney-General’s Department, Australian Government (Project Manager).
Creating Multimodal Learning Resources for Iaai (Ouvéa Island), a Kanak Language of New Caledonia, French Government (Contributor).
Bayoongoo (Western Australia) Aboriginal Language Reclamation through Songs, First Languages Australia (Project Manager).
Traditional Cultural Expressions in Aboriginal Australia and Torres Straits Islands, Ministry for the Arts, Attorney-General’s Department, Australian Government (Project Manager).
Internationalization of China’s Linguistics, Key Research Project of Excellence, Shanghai International Studies University. (Chief Investigator).
Mobile Language Team, Aboriginal Language Support (ILS), Ministry for the Arts, Attorney-General’s Department, Australian Government ($1,050,000) (Collaborator).
Barngarla Aboriginal Language Reclamation, Aboriginal Language Support (ILS), Office For The Arts (OFTA), Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sports, Australian Government (Project Manager).
Shanghai ‘Oriental Scholar’ Professorial Fellowship.
Project 211 Fellowship, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.
Arabic article by Zuckermann, 1 (docx)
Arabic article by Zuckermann, 2 (docx)
Arabic article by Zuckermann, 3 (docx)
Article in Korean, Zuckermann (pdf)
Barngarla place names and regions in South Australia (2022) (pdf)
Constrained literature, Zuckermann (pdf)
Covers of Prof. Zuckermann's Books (pdf)
Galinyala Port Lincoln, July 2024, Barngarla Aboriginal language revival (pdf)
Is translation possible? In Hebrew (pdf)
Mnemonics, Zuckermann, 2011, Word Ways (pdf)
Oxbridge Paradox (Pair o' Docs): D.Phil. (Oxon.) and Ph.D. (Cantab.) Transcripts (pdf)
Red El Haam, with Gitit Holzman (pdf)
St Hugh's College CHronicle, 2019 (pdf)
St Hugh's College Chronicle (pdf)
St Hugh's College Chronicle (pdf)
St Hugh's College Chronicle (pdf)
St Hugh's College Chronicle (pdf)
Stephen Fry on Ghil'ad Zuckermann (m4a)
Zuckermann, Etymythology, Othering, Language, Religion, Theo-linguistics (pdf)
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