Milad Abedi

Milad Abedi is a doctoral student at the University of Zurich and Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INaLCO), focusing on the cultural history of Sino-Iranian lexical contacts. His thesis supervisors include Prof. Paul Widmer, Prof. Wolfgang Behr, and Prof. Agnes Korn (CNRS). He is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation as part of the Sino-Indo-Iranica Rediviva project (2020–2023), with defense scheduled for February 14, 2025.

• Education
  • PhD candidate in Comparative Grammar at University of Zurich (since 2020)
  • MA in Ancient Languages and Cultures of Iran, Allameh Tabataba’i University (2015–2019)
  • BSc in Molecular Biology, Islamic Azad University (2010–2015)

His research interests span language contact in Ancient Iran (Sino-Iranian, Elamite-Iranian, Middle Persian-Arabic), historical grammar of Persian, Ancient Iranian manuscripts (Pahlavi, Avestan), classical Persian literature, cuneiform epigraphy, and language documentation. His publications and presentations focus on lexical borrowings, etymological studies, and historical interactions between Indo-European and Asian languages.

Recent articles investigate topics such as Zoroastrian Middle Persian terminology, kinship terms in Indo-European languages, and metonymy in Achaemenid Elamite inscriptions. His work aligns with disciplines like Historical Linguistics, Iranian Languages, and Epigraphy.

Scientific Awards and Grants:

• Travel grant from Verband der Studierenden der Universität Zürich (2021)
• Travel grant from Allameh Tabataba’i University (2016)
• Top student in first semester of Master’s study (2016)

He has taught courses in Old Persian, Middle Persian, and classical Persian literature at the University of Zurich, co-organized workshops on sociolinguistics and historical linguistics, and contributed to media engagements through radio programs and TV documentaries on Iranian epigraphy.