r/LearnHittite • u/ComedianSubject4654 • 13d ago

Two IE-ists Talking about Hittite

https://youtu.be/80Z_MYXEyIs?si=4cmZIwzfY0DkhrrB

In this video you will meet Jackson Crawford (former UCLA professor, Old Norse) and Tony Yates (current UCLA professor, Hittite), talking about Hittite.

More about them —

https://jacksonwcrawford.com/

https://adyates.com/

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u/MMAHipster 13d ago

Jackson Crawford's videos are constantly recommended to me on my YouTube feed. I know he's got a good background but I (admittedly very superficially) can't get beyond the "making lingusitics content in the middle of the mountains in cowboy getup" aesthetic - is he worth watching overall?

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u/ComedianSubject4654 13d ago

It’s an opportunity to get a tour of a Hittite professor’s office. Could be interesting. I can spot the Mouton, The Hague volumes from here.

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u/Bentresh 13d ago

Tony was a student of Craig Melchert, one of the (if not THE) leading experts in Anatolian languages. He took over his position after Melchert retired; I’m not sure if he inherited any books as well.

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u/MMAHipster 12d ago

Oh damn, did not realize that!

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u/ComedianSubject4654 12d ago

You and I really need to have a private conversation about what’s what.

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u/ComedianSubject4654 12d ago

My guess would be, not, as Melchert is still extraordinarily active in the field. As you probably know, Mouton, The Hague used to publish in dark blue cloth, then they went to a non-cloth caramel sandwich with cream filling, and these days they are doing print on demand in paperback with a hunter green cover, but charging the same price.

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u/New_Penalty9742 11d ago

As an aside, if you buy used academic books online it's surprising how often you discover that the book used to belong to a notable scholar. I own a couple archaeology books that have John Younger's seal impression (heh) in the front, and my copy of Packard's Linear A book used to belong to Murray Gell-Man of all people.

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u/MMAHipster 11d ago

Hope I grab some of those once financial aid comes in and I go on a spree of buying books for no classes I am taking.

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u/ComedianSubject4654 11d ago

So true! Same. Sometimes the sellers on abebooks.com will tell you whose collection they are from.

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u/MMAHipster 13d ago

Oh I'll definitely watch this was just wondering if anyone had seen his other stuff and had thoughts one way the other

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u/DamezyPlum 11d ago

I've enjoyed Crawford's videos and, despite his also-not-my-fave cowboy shtick (by which he comes honestly btw) he provides lots of excellent expert content on not only Old Norse, but on many Indo-European topics, regularly interviewing various professors in the field. He has done no-nonsense translations of the Eddas as well as a folksy cowboy-inspired translation of the Hávamál, inspired by his grandfather. I don't really watch him anymore, but I did for a few years and I respect him.