Michał Németh

Michał Németh is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Linguistics and Translation Studies, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. His academic career spans roles at Jagiellonian University, Adam Mickiewicz University, and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, with postdoctoral research supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and European Research Council. He holds a habilitation (2020) and PhD in Turkology (2011), both from Jagiellonian University.

• Research Focus: Turkic philology, Karaim language, historical linguistics, etymology, and Slavic-Hungarian language interactions.
• Awards: ERC Starting Grant (2018–2024), Humboldt Return Fellowship (2018–2019), multiple rector awards for scientific/didactic achievements, and scholarships from Polish and German institutions.
• Publications: Specializes in Karaim Bible translations, dialectology, and phonological evolution. His 2023 work explores the stemma codicum of early Karaim translations, while 2021 studies pluperfect tense morphology. He also analyzes Polish texts written in Hebrew script and Slavic loanwords in Turkic languages.
• Academic Service: Founding editorial member of Almanach Karaimski and Karaite Archives, and contributor to critical editions of Karaim manuscripts.