Annie Burman

Short presentation

I am a Classical linguist and epigraphist. My research focuses on Etruscan and Sabellic epigraphy, bilingualism, language shifts and death in ancient Italy and the history of linguistics and epigraphy. I have been conducting research on the Swedish Etruscologist Olof August Danielsson’s collection of squeezes and field notes since 2021. I am currently leading the project “Etruscans in the Archive: Epigraphy and Intellectual History through the Lens of the Uppsala Etruscological Collection”.

Biography

I received my PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2018 for my thesis De Lingua Sabina: A Reappraisal of the Sabine Glosses. I was awarded a BA (2011) and an MPhil (2012), both in Classics, from the University of Cambridge and an MA degree in modern history from Uppsala University (2013). My research interests include pre-Roman languages of Italy, ancient bilingualism, the linguistic classification of fragmentary languages, Roman antiquarianism during the Republic and Early Empire, and ethnic identities in ancient Italy. I also have an interest in Classical reception, early modern European study of language and Swedish Gothicism.