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Linguist, research leader and editor working across historical linguistics, corpus methods, multilingualism and human-AI language interaction.
Yan Kapranov
Dr Habil. Yan Kapranov is Professor at the School of Humanities and Fine Arts, VIZJA University in Warsaw, Poland. His academic work connects historical and comparative linguistics with corpus-based research, translation studies, multilingualism, European studies and the changing relationship between language and artificial intelligence.
He combines research and teaching with the leadership of international educational projects, academic journals and interdisciplinary scholarly initiatives. His work has developed across Ukraine, Finland and Poland and is grounded in cross-border academic cooperation.
01 / Current roles
Current appointments
Academic work across teaching, research, international cooperation and scholarly publishing.
01 / Warsaw
VIZJA University
Professor, School of Humanities and Fine Arts
Warsaw, Poland · 2025–present
02 / Ukraine
Tavria State Agrotechnological University
Professor, Department of Foreign Languages
Ukraine · 2024–present
03 / Leadership
Academic and editorial leadership
Leadership roles in research, international projects, journal publishing, teaching and doctoral supervision.
02 / Academic formation
Academic trajectory
Advanced qualifications in historical linguistics built on language studies, teaching, interpreting and translation.
Kapranov holds the degree of Doctor of Sciences in Philology, specialising in historical linguistics, and received the academic title of Full Professor in 2023. His habilitation was formally recognised by the University of Warsaw in 2025. Earlier qualifications include a PhD in Philology and Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in English and Italian language studies, teaching, interpreting and translation.
2025
Habilitation recognised
Formally recognised by the University of Warsaw.
2023
Full Professor
Academic title of Full Professor.
DSc
Doctor of Sciences in Philology
Specialisation in historical linguistics.
Earlier
Language and philology qualifications
PhD in Philology and BA and MA degrees in English and Italian language studies, teaching, interpreting and translation.
03 / Fields and identifiers
Professional profile
A compact map of research expertise, interdisciplinary work, academic languages and researcher identifiers.
01 / Foundations
Core research
Historical and comparative linguistics; macrocomparative studies; corpus linguistics; lexicography and etymology.
02 / Across fields
Interdisciplinary work
Translation; multilingualism; migration and identity; European studies; language and artificial intelligence.
03 / Languages
Academic languages
English, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian.
04 / Research identity
Identifiers
ORCID 0000-0003-2915-038X
Scopus Author ID 57201493699
ResearcherID Q-8138-2017
