Colin Phillips
Language scientist. Aging runner. Oxford, UK & College Park, MD, USA.
- Postdoc opportunity with any of my Oxford colleagues funded by the British Academy. Expressions of interest due next week! www.humanities.ox.ac.uk/british-acad...
- Really looking forward to having Danijela as another great language colleague in Oxford … and better yet that she’ll be joining me at @somervillecollege.bsky.social
- Opportunity for early career researchers to spend 3 years working with us in Oxford. Cool surroundings, interesting people. Eligibility: need some UK academic connection. Get in touch if interested! Details: www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/11...
- Looking forward to seeing this cool new building take shape, joining the wild architectural mash-up at the top of my street.
- More postdoc opportunities in Oxford! 3-year British Academy Fellowships, for start in 2026. For work in any area of linguistics. Expressions of Interest (brief!) for internal competition due July 28. www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/06...
- Yet another open-rank position in language in Oxford! This one is in Applied Linguistics. You get to join Oxford's excellent Dept of Education, and also be my colleague at the fabulous @somervillecollege.bsky.social , which I cannot recommend too highly. Details: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
- Finally sharing this video of my inaugural lecture, 1 year ago today. Such a treat to get to tell the story about things and people that I care about, with many of them in the audience. ... If I sound a bit rattled, that was due to the loud protest right outside. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM3-...
- Really excited that Devyani will soon be joining us in Oxford, strengthening connections between English and Linguistics. www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/05...
- Interested in spending a couple of years in Oxford as a Marie Curie postdoc? It's a great environment to develop your research career (and a wonderful place to live). Expressions of interest due June 2nd. Contact potential mentors now. Details: www.humanities.ox.ac.uk/marie-sklodo...
- Come join us in Oxford as we move into our new home in the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities (opening Oct '25). We are looking to fill THREE fixed-term lecturer positions: in Semantics/Pragmatics, Psycholinguistics, and Linguistics with French. www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/05...
- It’s no accident that so many UMD language scientists have won these awards over the years. As they say, culture eats policy for breakfast. Also, Rachel is the BEST. So well deserved.
- LSC member @rachelromeo.bsky.social received the Graduate Mentor of the Year Award, awarded by the UMD Graduate School! Congratulations Rachel 🥳
- I was sorry to miss this event at Planet Word Museum featuring Mark Seidenberg and Maryellen MacDonald. Great to see that it’s now available to watch online.
- Looking to get away for a while? The Leverhulme Visiting Professorships scheme could fund a senior academic to spend 3-12 months in Oxford doing research, teaching, and more. Get in touch if interested! www.leverhulme.ac.uk/visiting-pro...
- Another postdoc opportunity in Oxford. Any subfield of linguistics. Expressions of Interest for the British Academy International Fellowship due Feb 4. www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/01...
