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Prof. Diana Forker is a full professor of Caucasus Studies and Languages of the Caucasus at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, holding a Heisenberg Chair. She leads research in East and West Caucasian languages, focusing on language documentation, sociolinguistics, and typology. Her work emphasizes endangered languages, contact phenomena, and areal linguistics.
- Education: MA in Linguistics (Leipzig), PhD in Linguistics (Leipzig, 2011), Habilitation (Bamberg, 2016).
- Positions: Full Professor at Jena (2019–present), Substitute Professor at Jena (2016–2019), Lecturer at Bamberg (2011–2016), Feodor Lynen Fellow at James Cook University (2013–2014).
Research Interests: Language documentation of minority Caucasian languages, sociolinguistic dynamics in the Caucasus, grammatical typology, and language contact. She directs projects like LexCauc and has contributed to corpora and dictionaries for minority languages.
Awards: Georg von der Gabelentz Award, Otto Hahn Medal, Wilhelm von Humboldt Prize, and Habilitationspreis (Best Habilitation).
Grants & Projects: Major funding from Volkswagen Foundation, DFG (Heisenberg Program), and BMBF, focusing on Caucasus resilience, language contact, and digital lexicons.
Teaching: Courses on Caucasus cultures, linguistic anthropology, and Caucasian languages. Supervises PhD and MA students in ethnolinguistics and sociolinguistics.
