Lily Kahn

Prof Lily Kahn is a Professor of Hebrew and Jewish Languages at the University College London (UCL), Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies. She holds a BA (2003), MA (2004), and PhD (2008) from UCL, specializing in Hebrew and Yiddish philology. Her research focuses on Hebrew in Eastern Europe, Hasidic Yiddish, Jewish languages, and endangered language revitalization. She teaches Hebrew, Yiddish, and historical linguistics and co-convenes the interdepartmental BA in Ancient Languages.

Prof Kahn supervises dissertations in Hebrew, Yiddish, translation studies, and Semitic linguistics. She is fluent in Hebrew, Yiddish, English, Spanish (Latin American), and reads several ancient languages including Aramaic and Ugaritic. No scientific awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.