Philomen Probert

From 1991 to 1995, Probert studied classics at Exeter College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.[1] Remaining at Exeter College, she undertook postgraduate studies in general linguistics and comparative philology, completing her Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree in 1997.[1] She then moved to St John's College, Oxford, where she undertook research towards her Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree under the supervision of Anna Morpurgo Davies.[1] She completed her DPhil in 2000 with a thesis titled "Studies in ancient Greek accentuation".[2][3] Her doctoral thesis won the 2002 Conington Prize from the Faculty of Classics.[4]

In 1999, Probert was appointed lecturer in Classical Philology and Linguistics at the University of Oxford and elected a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford.[1] In the 2006/2007 academic year, she researched relative clauses in Greek on fellowship at the Center of Hellenic Studies at Harvard University.[5] In 2011 she received a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship to continue this research.[6] In September 2016, she was awarded a Title of Distinction as Professor of Classical Philology and Linguistics.[7] She was the Acting President of Wolfson College between October 2017 and April 2018.[8]

Her research is focused on Ancient Greek, Latin, Anatolian and Indo-European linguistics, and the Graeco-Roman grammatical tradition.[9]

• Probert, Philomen (2003). A short guide to the accentuation of Ancient Greek. Bristol: Bristol Classical. ISBN 978-1853995996.
• Probert, Philomen (2006). Ancient Greek accentuation synchronic patterns, frequency effects, and prehistory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199279609.
• Probert, Philomen; Willi, Andreas, eds. (2012). Laws and rules in Indo-European. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199609925.
• Probert, Philomen (2015). Early Greek Relative Clauses. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198713821.