Francesco Perono Cacciafoco (Ph.D.) is currently an Associate Professor in Linguistics at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China, where he teaches Historical Linguistics, History of English, and Language Documentation. His research interests focus on Historical Linguistics, on the etymological reconstruction of Indo-European (prehistoric) place names (Historical Toponomastics), on the study of Aegean Civilisations and Scripts, on the documentation of languages from South-East Asia (in particular, Papuan and Austronesian languages), and on the History of Cryptology and Crypto-linguistics. His expertise includes Comparative Literature, Classical Philology, Theoretical Linguistics, Historical Geography, and Palaeoanthropology.
Remus Crețan is (Ph.D.) is currently a Professor of Human Geography at West University of Timișoara, Romania. Dr Crețan’s recent research includes cultural geographies, urban, rural and regional studies, more specifically he has studied place naming, heritage, ethnic identities and social movements in Central and Eastern Europe. He has more than 20 years experience in teaching Toponymy, Economic Geography and Regional Geography of Europe.
Prospective authors may contact the Guest Editors via email:
Francesco Perono Cacciafoco (Ph.D.) francesco.perono@xjtlu.edu.cn
Remus Crețan (Ph.D.) remus.cretan@e-uvt.ro