Jesse Lundquist

Jesse Lundquist is an Assistant Professor of Classics at Princeton University, specializing in Indo-European languages and cultures with a focus on the earliest poetic traditions in Ancient Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, and the Anatolian branch. His scholarly background includes degrees in Latin & Linguistics from the University of Manchester, Indo-European Studies from UCLA (2017), and research fellowships at Harvard and Wolfson College, Oxford.

• Education
  • University of Manchester (Latin & Linguistics)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (Indo-European Studies, 2017)

Lundquist’s research centers on historical linguistics and literary analysis, particularly how metrical systems influenced morphology in ancient texts. His work on Proto-Indo-European derivational morphology, Homeric accentuation, and Sanskrit metrical traditions has been published in a 2021 paper series. He is currently completing a monograph on nominal stem-class transformations in Greek epic hexameter and exploring proto-language reconstructions of meters, myths, and phraseology.

His recent scholarship engages comparative philology, accentuation systems, and Indo-European linguistic evolution, though specific publication titles are not detailed here. He collaborates with scholars like Anthony Yates (UCLA) on Proto-Indo-European accent reconstructions.

• Scientific Awards
  • Fellow in Classics, Harvard University
  • Junior Research Fellow in Comparative Philology, Wolfson College, Oxford

Lundquist integrates linguistic analysis with literary traditions, emphasizing the interplay between poetic practices and grammatical structures. He maintains a connection to sustainable homesteading through cofounding the literary journal Rustica and resides in New Jersey, where he enjoys cycling and outdoor activities.