The journal Linguistics & Polyglot Studies wishes a Happy Milestone Birthday to Dr Hikaru Kitabayashi, professor emeritus of Daito Bunka University in Tokyo, Japan, and co-president of the American Society of Geolinguistics.

He is a recognized expert in geolinguistics, linguistic ethnography, medieval history and genealogy. Thanks to his work and support, research on geolinguistics (geopolitics of language) spread from the USA to Japan and later to Nepal, creating an international network of scholars and language activists.

Among others, he edited the volumes Multilingual Perspectives in Geolinguistics (2015), Geolinguistic Studies in Language Contact, Conflict and Development (2017–2018), and Recent Research in Geolinguistic Ethnography (2018–2019). Now, he supervises the journals Geolinguistic Studies: Language Contact, Conflict, Development and Education in Japan and the Journal of Himalayan Geolinguistics in Nepal.

We are proud that Prof. Kitabayashi is a member of the Editorial Board, an author and a reviewer of Linguistics & Polyglot Studies. His publications in our journal are available here:

https://philnauki.mgimo.ru/index.php/jour/search?authors=H.%20AND%20Kitabayashi

Many happy returns and many fruitful projects ahead!