Marek Majer

historical linguist, Slavicist, Indo-Europeanist | occasional freelance translator

Łódź, Łódzkie, Poland

About

• RESEARCH: historical linguistics | Slavic languages and neighboring areas (esp. Baltic languages & languages of the Balkans) | Indo-European linguistics • OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: teaching | outreach/expertise | translation | editing

Experience

  • Assistant Professor at University of Lodz
    Sep 2017 - Present · 8 yrs 10 mos

    Department of Slavic Philology [Katedra Filologii Słowiańskiej]

  • Translator at Freelance Translation
    May 2004 - Present · 22 yrs 2 mos

    Working with a wide range of text types (academic papers, museum exhibition materials, advertisements etc.). Mostly English ⇄ Polish, although I have also made significant use of my knowledge of other languages (e.g. Bulgarian or Russian, or historical languages such as Old Church Slavic and Ancient Greek) in my translation work, primarily when dealing with scholarly texts.

  • Teaching Fellow at Harvard University
    Sep 2013 - May 2016 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    Department of Linguistics / Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

  • Research Assistant at University of Oslo
    Jun 2009 - Feb 2010 · 9 mos

    Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas [Institutt for filosofi, ide- og kunsthistorie og klassiske språk]