Gothic Winter School (Perugia, Jan. 27-28, 2025)”The Language and Texts of the Goths.” A Gothic Winter School entitled “The Language and Texts of the Goths” will take place on January 27 and 28, 2025. The Winter School is intended for doctoral students in Germanic Philology, Ph.D. students, and students in master’s degree programs who wish…
Call for Papers. Concluding Conference of PRIN 2022 “Monsters, Sorcerers, and Witches of Northwestern Europe: The Medieval and Early Modern Construction of Otherness in Literature for Popular Audiences." The final conference of PRIN 2022 “Monsters, Sorcerers, and Witches of Northwestern Europe: The Medieval and Early Modern Construction of Otherness in Literature for Popular Audiences” is…
Updated program – Second doctoral conference 'The fantastic and the supernatural in medieval Germanic traditions' Updated program of the Second AIFG doctoral conference. ‘The fantastic and the supernatural in medieval Germanic traditions’ University of Padua, December 11 and 12, 2024 Playbill
Lecture Series “Magic and Myths in Medieval Germanic Texts“ (Catania, December 10-11, 2024) On December 10 and 11, 2024, the lecture series “Magic and Myths in Medieval Germanic Texts” will be held at the Benedictine Monastery in Catania. The event is organized by the Chair of Germanic Philology at the University of Catania. Program and…
Call for Papers. “Per scripta ad astra. The representation of the cosmos in the Middle Ages“. Bergamo, October 9-10, 2025 A call for contributions has been circulated these days for the international conference “Per scripta ad astra” to be held in Bergamo on October 9 and 10, 2025. Contributions, of a maximum length of 300…
Event cycle “The Nibelungen at the Movies“ (L'Aquila, Nov. 26-28, 2024) A series of events entitled “The Nibelungen at the Movies” will be held in L’Aquila from November 26-28, 2024, in collaboration with the L’Aquila Film Festival and as part of the cultural activities of the University of L’Aquila. Attendance at all events (three screenings…
The gods of others. The religious imaginary of the ancient Germans among misunderstandings, falsifications and literary fashions. Some case studies (Verona November 26, 2024) Lecture by Prof. Marco Battaglia (University of Pisa) A lecture by Prof. Marco Battaglia (University of Pisa) entitled “The Gods of Others. The religious imaginary of the ancient Germans among misunderstandings,…
Conference “Monsters, Sorcerers, and Witches of Northwestern Europe“ (Naples November 27-29, 2024)Palace du Mesnil of the University of Naples “L’Orientale” As part of the PRIN “North and Magic 6: ‘Monsters, Sorcerers, and Witches of Northwestern Europe: The Medieval and Early Modern Construction of Otherness in Literature'” from November 27-29, 2024, the conference “Monsters, Sorcerers, and…
2nd AIFG Doctoral Conference.”The fantastic and the supernatural in medieval Germanic traditions” (Padua, December 11-12, 2024) The Second AIFG Doctoral Conference entitled “The Fantastic and the Supernatural in Medieval Germanic Traditions” will take place in Padua on December 11 and 12, 2024. Registration for the conference, the social dinner and the visit to the Scrovegni…
LI Annual Conference of the Italian Association of Germanic Philology – CfP The Conference, which will be held at the University of Ferrara from May 28-30, 2025, aims to promote discussion on issues related to the critical edition of medieval texts from the Germanic area, a central and ever-present theme within the scientific debate, which…
