The Italian Association of Germanic Philology (AIFG) brings together almost all professors and researchers in the Disciplinary Scientific Area GERM-01/A, as well as faculty from neighboring disciplinary scientific fields, adjunct faculty and unstructured PhDs.

The founding act of the Italian Association of Germanic Philology can be considered the meeting that took place in Rome at the headquarters of the Italian Institute of Germanic Studies in Villa Sciarra-Wurts on May 31-June 1, 1974 among a group of professors in the discipline. The purpose of this“First Meeting of Germanic Philologists” was, as stated in the Minutes, “to establish a direct relationship with all the professors of the discipline and to give a start to an active collaboration between the university sites.” At the proposal of Prof. Piergiuseppe Scardigli it was also decided to hold an annual meeting of Italian Germanic philologists. Since then the Italian Association of Germanic Philology has organized at least one scientific conference annually, as part of which the members’ meeting is also held. On February 7-9, 2024, the fiftieth annual conference of the Italian Association of Germanic Philology was held at the University of Florence, dedicated to the theme of education and training in the Germanic Middle Ages: on the first day of the conference proceedings, a panel discussion on the first 50 years of the AIFG was held, with the participation of Professors Maria Giovanna Arcamone and Patrizia Lendinara, and Professors Fulvio Ferrari, Fabrizio Raschellà, Alessandro Zironi and Verio Santoro. At the bottom of the section is a PDF of the brochure containing a list of the Association’s conferences and the proceedings, which contain an abstract of the proceedings of the annual conferences. During the XIth conference of Germanic philologists held in Turin on May 25 and 26, 1984, the members’ assembly, with Prof. Giulia Mazzuoli as president, unanimously decided to establish the Italian Association of Germanic Philology, a constitution later perfected in Udine on May 31, 1991 at the notary Dr. Nicola Chiumarulo with the participation of members Anna Maria Luiselli Fadda, Maila D’Aronco, Renato Gendre, Loredana Lazzari and Maria Vittoria Molinari. The association, as stated in the deed of incorporation, “has as its purpose the promotion and dissemination of Germanic Philology studies.”

Elected by the Members’ Meeting and serving for a three-year term, the President and Councilors make up the Board of Directors of the Association. The Board of Directors is responsible for the direction and management of the Association, as well as the organization of scientific conferences and any other cultural activities.

2024 – today

Alessandro Zironi (chair), Concetta Giliberto, Rosella Tinaburri.

2021 – 2024

Alessandro Zironi (chair), Maria Grazia Cammarota, Rosella Tinaburri.

2015-2020

Verio Santoro (Chair), Marina Buzzoni, Letizia Vezzosi.

2009-2014

Fulvio Ferrari (chairman), Lucia Sinisi, Alessandro Zironi.

2003-2008

Fabrizio D. Raschellà (Chair), Fulvio Ferrari, Valeria Micillo.

1997-2002

Patrizia Lendinara (Chair), Raffaella Del Pezzo.

1991-1996

Anna Maria Luiselli Fadda (Chair), Renato Gendre.

1988-1990

Giulia Mazzuoli Porru (Chair) Anna Maria Luiselli Fadda.

1985-1987

Giulia Mazzuoli Porru (Chair), Maria Vittoria Molinari.

Chairman: Alessandro Zironi (Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna)

Governing Council: Concetta Giliberto (University of Palermo); Rosella Tinaburri (University of Cassino and Lazio Meridionale)

Secretariat: Davide Bertagnolli (Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna )

(Registration: 13.6.1991. Amendments: 5.6.2003; 7.6.2007; 26.5.2022)
1. The Italian Association of Germanic Philology (AIFG), whose purpose is the
promotion and dissemination of studies in Germanic philology, is hereby established. The Association is non-profit making.
2. The headquarters of the Association shall be established every three years at the office of the current President.
3. The Association shall consist of ex officio members, co-opted members and honorary members. All members
enjoy the same rights, except as provided in Article 13 of these
Bylaws. Institutions and bodies, both public and
private, may also be members of the Association………..

The Italian Association of Germanic Philology (AIFG) uses the instrument of the
Bylaws to fully implement the provisions of its Statute and realize its purposes.

A. Eligibility and Voting Methods
1. General rules regarding eligibility in the Bodies of the AIFG.
1.a. All structured members as defined in Article 3 of the
Bylaws are eligible for elective office.
b. Those who have already held the same
office for two consecutive terms are not immediately eligible for re-election…….

DECLARATORY OF THE DISCIPLINE (MIUR, DM May 2, 2024)
GERM-01/A PHILOLOGY AND GERMAN LINGUISTICS
The scientific-disciplinary field exercises its scientific and didactic-training activity on languages, literatures and cultures belonging to the Germanic group and their texts, with special attention to the ancient, medieval and protomodern, evaluated with the use of philological, paleographical, codicological, epigraphical, linguistic and literary-critical methodologies, also with ecdotic purposes of the original texts, as well as comparative aspects and interference with non-Germanic linguistic areas. Includes reflection on theoretical and practical issues of pure translation processes in a broad sense, and on the use of humanistic information technology in the edition, analysis and processing of texts and corpora. It also includes the reconstruction of Germanic and the study of its relations with Indo-European as well as diachronic and synchronic linguistic analysis in its phonological, morphological, syntactic, lexical, pragmatic, and textual aspects also from a contrastive perspective and in the field of contact linguistics with special reference to its use in the field of problems and methodology of teaching modern Germanic languages and literatures.