{"id":2827,"date":"2025-12-05T14:21:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aifg.it\/?p=2827"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:23:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:23:02","slug":"li-annual-conference-of-the-italian-association-of-germanic-philology-call-for-papers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aifg.it\/en\/li-annual-conference-of-the-italian-association-of-germanic-philology-call-for-papers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Papers: LII\u00b0 Annual Conference of AIFG (Padua, 27-29 May 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1625490787506{padding-right: 15% !important;padding-left: 15% !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1781&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-293469f60325955b8\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-293469f60325955b8 uvc-5556  uvc-heading-default-font-sizes\" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-293469f60325955b8 h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h2 style=\"--font-weight:theme;\">Call for Papers: LII\u00b0 Annual Conference of AIFG (Padua, 27-29 May 2026)<\/h2><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The conference will have as main theme the evolution of the heroic figure in the Germanic world, from, its ethnographic and poetic origins up to the knightly literature, paying attention to the transformation and preservation of the heroic thematic as also to the differences beetweenthe Germanic linguistic and cultural traditions. 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