Agnes Korn

Agnes Korn is a linguist affiliated with the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) at the Center for Research on the Iranian World (CeRMI). Her work spans historical linguistics, comparative linguistics, and typology, with a focus on Iranian languages, particularly Baluchi and Bashkardi.

• PhD in Comparative Linguistics (Indo-European Studies), Frankfurt am Main (2003)
• HDR (Habilitation) in Comparative Linguistics, Frankfurt am Main (2010)
• Master’s in Indo-European Studies, University of Vienna (1996)

Her research explores the historical grammar of Persian, dialectological variation in Western Iran, and the documentation of minority Iranian languages. She has supervised theses through INALCO and contributed to projects on Bashkardi and Balochi dialects.

Recent publications examine word order in Bashkardi (2025), grammaticalization in Iranian (2020), and isoglosses in Iranian classification (2019). She has received awards for excellence in Iranian studies and research cooperation.

• European Award of Iranian Studies (2007)
• Award for Research Cooperation and High Excellence in Science (2008)
• Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall and Jesus College, Cambridge (2015)