Notes on Contributors Frédéric Armao is currently an associate professor at the University of Toulon (France). His primary research focuses on the link between Irish folklore (both modern and contemporary) and Celtic mythology. His work has examined the evolution of Irish calendar festivals from their pre-Christian beginnings through their syncretic contemporary celebration. His forthcoming book, Uisneach or the Center of Ireland, will be published by Routledge and is prefaced by Michael D. Higgins. Bożena Gierek holds MA and PhD degrees in Religious Studies, habilitation degree (Dr. hab.) in Cultural Studies, MA degree in Economy (specialization: economics of tourism). She is an associate professor in the Centre for Comparative Studies of Civilizations at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. Her field of research is: comparative cultures, with a special interest in death, rituals, and Celtic culture; sociolinguistics; nonverbal communication. She is the author of numerous publications, including four books on Celtic culture, a co-author of lexica and encyclopaedia in the field of religion. Her recent book is Język irlandzki jako element tożsamości kulturowej Irlandczyków w Republice Irlandii w XX i XXI wieku [=The Irish Language as an Element of Cultural Identity of Irish People in the Republic of Ireland in the 20th and 21st Centuries], 2018. Ilze Kačāne, PhD, is a senior researcher at the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences at Daugavpils University (Latvia) and Head of the Centre of Cultural Research within the Institute. She is an expert at the Latvian Council of Science in the commission “Humanities and Social Sciences” in the research area “Literary studies,” and in the commission “Social Sciences” in the research area “Sociology and social work.” She is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies. Her methodological expertise lies in comparative cultural studies; she is the editor of Journal of Comparative Studies. She has broad experience in the implementation of international research projects, including the Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development (FP7, Horizon 2020). Cur-
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