"Historical English Word-Formation" – CfPLudwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich Department of English and American Studies Organisers: Kerstin Majewski and Hans Sauer Munich, 17-18 February 2023 In its development from Old English to today, the English vocabulary underwent a radical restructuring due to an enormous influx of (complex) lexemes from Latin, Anglo-Norman, French, Greek, and other languages. Even…
Scardigli Award 2022Application submission deadline: April 10, 2022 The Scardigli family also intends to award a prize of 1,000 euros for the year 2022 to the author/author of a publication pertaining to the scientific field of Germanic Philology. To this end, the judging committee consists of Prof. Alessandro Zironi, current president of the Italian Association…
The Magic Text in Medieval and Post-Medieval Scandinavian and Germanic Tradition.22-24 March 2022 University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’ – University of Salerno Program
Meter and Rhythm in Medieval Germanic Texts – Meter and Rhythm in Medieval Germanic Texts Volume 15 will be devoted to issues concerning meter and rhythm in medieval Germanic texts. Those wishing to contribute to this issue of the journal (scheduled for publication in the fall of 2023) should send the following information by April…
Autumn MedievalismsThe Middle Ages in Popular Culture (Bologna, November 11-13, 2021) November 3, 2021 On November 11-13, 2021, the International Conference entitled “Autumn Medievalisms. The Middle Ages in Popular Culture.” The conference proceedings will also be accessible online via live streaming at the link: https://site.unibo.it/damslab/it/eventi/medievalismi-autunnali-il-medioevo-nella-popular-culture The program of the conference can be found in the…
Winter School of Germanic Philology (University of Bergamo)Early medieval German texts: digital tools and translation strategies (January 25-28, 2022) October 28, 2021 The Doctoral School in Linguistic Sciences at the University of Bergamo is organizing a Winter School in Germanic Philology for January 25-28, 2022. The Winter School is aimed at doctoral students and is…
XLVIII Annual Conference of the Italian Association of Germanic Philology:Comparative methods and strategies in the study of ancient Germanic texts. May 25-27, 2022 XLVIII Annual Conference of the Italian Association of Germanic Philology: Comparative Methods and Strategies in the Study of Ancient Germanic Texts (University of Siena, May 25-27, 2022; deadline: Jan. 31, 2022) A…
What's in a Name?(Ab)Use of Anglo-Saxon in English-speaking cultures and elsewhere. Padua 6-7 June 2022 What’s in a Name? (Ab)Use of Anglo-Saxon in English-speaking cultures and elsewhere (Padua, June 6-7, 2022; deadline: December 20, 2021) News of a conference titled “What’s in a Name? (Ab)Use of Anglo-Saxon in English-speaking cultures and elsewhere,” whose proceedings will…
Conferences and seminarsMedieval Manuscript Seminar September – December 2021 Medieval Manuscript Seminar – Autumn Term (Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Studies, University of London – online on Zoom). Three lectures of the autumn session of the Medieval Manuscript Seminar will take place in September – December 2021. The lectures, which will cover topics…
Images of the end timesEndzeitvorstellungen’, Milan, September 23-24, 2021; The Departments of Foreign Languages and Literature and Literary, Philological and Linguistic Studies at the University of Milan are organizing a conference entitled ‘Images of the End of Times (Endzeitvorstellungen).’ The conference will be held in presence and according to current health regulations on September 23-24,…
