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This section collects information on doctoral calls (41st cycle) with training tracks in Germanic Philology. Links to the calls are added periodically; therefore, we encourage you to keep the section monitored.

 

University of Padua:

The notice is available at https://www.unipd.it/dottorato/dottorati-41-ciclo

The deadline for submitting applications through the computer procedure is May 13 at 1 p.m.

 

University of Udine
The notice is available at https://www.uniud.it/it/ricerca/lavorare-nella-ricerca/dottorato-ricerca/ammissione-ai-corsi/bando-e-modulistica/bandi/bando-di-concorso-per-lammissione-al-dottorato-41deg-ciclo

The deadline for submitting applications through the computer procedure is June 20 at 2 p.m.

 

University of Bergamo:
The notice is available at https://www.unibg.it/node/17774
The deadline for submitting applications through the computer procedure is June 16 at 11.59 a.m.

 

University of Florence:
The notice is available at https://www.unifi.it/it/studia-con-noi/dopo-la-laurea/dottorati-di-ricerca/corsi-dottorato-di-ricerca
The deadline for submitting applications through the computer procedure is June 16 at 11.59 a.m.

 

University of Rome La Sapienza:
The deadline for submitting applications through the computer procedure is June 19 at 11.59 p.m.

 

University of Pavia:
The notice is available at https://phd.unipv.it/bando-41/
The deadline for submitting applications through the computer procedure is June 30 at 1.00 p.m.

 

University of Siena:

The deadline for submitting applications through the computer procedure is July 24 at 2.00 p.m.

 

University of Palermo:

The deadline for submitting applications through the computer procedure is August 7 at 2.59 p.m.

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]]> 52nd AIFG Annual Conference https://aifg.it/en/51st-annual-meeting-of-the-italian-association-of-germanic-philology-2/ Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:38:47 +0000 https://aifg.it/?p=2974 L'articolo 52nd AIFG Annual Conference proviene da AIFG.

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52nd AIFG Annual Conference

“Eroine, eroi, cavalieri e dame nel Medioevo Germanico” (Padua, 27-29 May 2026)

The 52nd AIFG Annual Conference will be devoted to “Eroine, eroi, cavalieri e dame nel Medioevo Germanico”. The conference will take place in Padua on May, 26-28. The Conference Program is available in this post.
Poster with program

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Summer School of Old Saxon and Middle Low German (Rome, June 24-27, 2025).

“From Old Saxon to Middle Low German: Saxons, language, codes, literary tradition.”
A Winter School of Old Saxon and Middle Low German entitled “From Old Saxon to Middle Low German: Saxons, Language, Codes, Literary Tradition” will take place on June 24-27, 2025. The Summer School is intended for doctoral students of Germanic Philology, postdocs, and students of master’s degree programs who wish to further their education on Old and Middle Low German Saxon language and culture. Participation in the Winter School is free and open. More information about the program can be found in the PDF attached to this news item.
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Germanic Philology / Germanic Philology 17

La ricezione dell’antichità nel mondo germanico medievale e protomoderno

The Reception of Antiquity in the Germanic Middle Ages and Early Modern Period

Comitato di Redazione / Editorial Board

Marco Battaglia (Università di Pisa) – Direttore responsabile / Editor-in-chief
Alessandro Zironi (Università di Bologna, presidente AIFG), Concetta Giliberto (Università di Palermo, membro del direttivo AIFG)
Omar Khalaf (Università di Padova, membro del direttivo AIFG)

Comitato Scientifico / Scientific Committee

Omar Khalaf (Università degli Studi di Padova) – Coordinatore / Coordinator

Anna Cappellotto (Università degli Studi di Verona)

Maria Adele Cipolla (Università degli Studi di Verona)

Gabriele Cocco (Università degli Studi di Bergamo)

Francis Leneghan (St Cross College, University of Oxford)

INDICE / CONTENTS

CARLA RIVIELLO
La ricezione del mito nell’Old English Boethius: il piacere di raccontare il ‘falso’ per affermare il ‘vero’ (7)

VERIO SANTORO
Il mito di Orfeo nell’opera di Notker III di San Gallo (con uno sguardo all’indietro all’opera di Alfredo il Grande) (31)

LAURA POGGESI
“And Þerfore Seythe Seneca”: ricezione delle Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium nei sermoni in medio inglese (69)

PIERANDREA GOTTARDI
La vergine e i filosofi. Platone nelle vite inglesi di santa Caterina (91)

LORENZO FERRONI
Reinterpretare Alessandro nel Medioevo tedesco: il caso del Basler Alexander (131)

MANFRED KERN
The Odysseys of Ulixes through Medieval and Early Modern Literature (161)

JULIA FRICK
Translating Antiquity. The Ideological Readings of Virgil’s Aeneid in its first German translation (207)

JENNIFER HAGEDORN
Komik für die Schule. Die deutschsprachigen Plautus- und Terenzübersetzungen des 16. Jahrhunderts im Kontext ihres Rezeptionsraums (241)

 

ELENCO DEGLI AUTORI / LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS (267)
VOLUMI PRECEDENTI / PREVIUOS VOLUMES (269)

FG-GPh-15-Frontispiece-index
FG-GPh-15-Abstracts
FG-GPh-15-Contributors.

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]]> Scardigli Award 2026 https://aifg.it/en/scardigli-award-2026/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:32:29 +0000 https://aifg.it/?p=2926 L'articolo Scardigli Award 2026 proviene da AIFG.

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Scardigli Award 2026

The Scardigli family intends to award again for the year 2026 a prize of 1,000 euros to the author/author of a publication pertaining to the scientific field of Germanic Philology. The prize is reserved for young unstructured scholars. Applications, to which a curriculum vitae and the publication to be judged should be attached, should be sent-possibly by e-mail-to the members of the committee by April 30, 2026.

More information in the attached call.

Call

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Filologia Germanica / Germanic Philology 16

Testi escatologici nelle letterature germaniche medievali

Eschatological Texts in Medieval Germanic Literatures

Comitato di Redazione / Editorial Board

Marco Battaglia (Università di Pisa) – Direttore responsabile / Editor-in-chief
Alessandro Zironi (Università di Bologna, presidente AIFG), Concetta Giliberto (Università di Palermo, membro del direttivo AIFG)
Rosella Tinaburri (Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, membro del direttivo AIFG)

Comitato Scientifico / Scientific Committee

Verio Santoro (Università degli Studi di Salerno) – Coordinatore
Concetta Giliberto (Università degli Studi di Palermo)
Maria Cristina Lombardi (Università degli Studi di Napoli – L’Orientale)
Stephan Müller (Universität Wien)
Chiara Clementina Maria Staiti (Università degli Studi dell’Aquila)

INDICE / CONTENTS

ADELE CIPOLLA
Fimbulvetr tra ecocritica e critica del testo (7)

GABRIELE COCCO
The Transitus of the Soul and the Intercession of the Angels in Old English Resignation A 49b-56 (33)

SEBASTIANO CRESTANI
Il Ludus de Antichristo: escatologia imperiale tra Oriente e Occidente (63)

FEDERICA DI GIUSEPPE
Enlisting the Truth of Damnation: the Rhetoric of Wulfstan’s Lifelong Engagement with Eschatology (85)

CONCETTA GILIBERTO
Il motivo del Descensus Christi ad Inferos nella poesia inglese antica (127)

WOLFGANG HAUBRICHS
‘Fünfzehn Zeichen’ vor dem Weltuntergang: Frau Ava kennt sie (165)

LIDIA FRANCESCA OLIVA
Some Remarks on the Lexicon of Muspilli (209)

VERIO SANTORO
Theiz ist ábulges dag. La rappresentazionedel Giorno del Giudizio nel libro V, capitolo 19 del Liber Evangeliorum di Otfrid di Weißenburg (239)

PIA SCHÜLER
Sô sprichet got mit grimme. Lexikalische Semantik und narrative Darstellung des apokalyptischen Zorns in geistlicher Dichtung und Weltgerichtsspiel (265)

LOREDANA TERESI
Who is coming to get you? Death-Scene narratives and Illustrations from Early Medieval England (303)

LETIZIA VEZZOSI
Some Obeservations on the First Middle English Translation of the Revelation of John (341)

 

ELENCO DEGLI AUTORI / LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS (377)

VOLUMI PRECEDENTI / PREVIOUS VOLUMES  (379)

LUMES (pp. 281-282)

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]]> Journal – Supplement 4 https://aifg.it/en/journal-supplement-4/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:43:47 +0000 https://aifg.it/?p=2867 L'articolo Journal – Supplement 4 proviene da AIFG.

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Germanic Philology – Germanic Philology – Supplement 4

Educazione e formazione nel Medioevo germanico. Studi in occasione dei primi 50 anni dell’AIFG /

Education and Trainingin the Germanic Middle Ages. Studies for the first 50 years of the AIFG

Comitato di Redazione / Editorial Board

Marco Battaglia (Università degli Studi di Pisa) – Direttore responsabile / Editor-in-chief
Alessandro Zironi (Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna) – Presidente dell’AIFG / Chairman of AIFG
Concetta Giliberto (Università degli Studi di Palermo) – Consigliere dell’AIFG / Councillor of AIFG
Omar Khalaf (Università degli Studi di Padova) – Consigliere dell’AIFG / Councillor of AIFG

Comitato Scientifico / Scientific Committee

Letizia Vezzosi (Università degli Studi di Firenze)

Bianca Patria (Università degli Studi di Firenze)

INDICE / CONTENTS

Alessandro Zironi, Fulvio Ferrari, Patrizia Lendinara,Fabrizio D. Raschellà, Verio Santoro
Tavola rotonda: i primi 50 anni di storia dell’AIFG (7)

 

Letizia Vezzosi e Bianca Patria

Introduzione: alcune osservazioni sull’educazionee sulla formazione nel Medioevo germanico (29)

 

Davide Bertagnolli

Erec: un exemplum per i giovani aristocratici (39)

 

Marialuisa Caparrini

Un esempio di testo didattico tedesco del XVI secolo:la Leeßkonst di Ortolf Fuchsberger (65)

 

Claudio Cataldi

Il greco nell’Inghilterra altomedievale (89)

 

Marusca Francini

Educazione tristaniana. Tristano allievo e maestro nella tradizione nordica e inglese medievale (113)

 

Bianca Patria

Dalla corte alla classe: Einarr Skúlason e lo studio della tradizione scaldica (135)

 

Loredana Teresi

La rota ventorum di Froumund di Tegernsee tra istruzione, tradizione e dibattito politico-culturale (165)

 

Letizia Vezzosi

L’educazione della fanciulla e la formazione del fanciullo: How the Good Wife taught Her daughter e How the Wise Man taught His son (183)

 

Alessandro Zironi

La rumorosa educazione silenziosa delle donne: commento alla traduzione di I Tim 2, 11-12 in gotico (211)

 

Elenco degli autori / List of contributors (239)

Volumi precedenti / Previous volumes (243)

FG-GPh-Supplement-Frontispiece-index
FG-GPh-Supplement-Abstracts
FG-GPh-Supplement-Contributors

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]]> Call for Papers: Filologia Germanica / Germanic Philology 18 (2026) https://aifg.it/en/call-for-papers-germanic-philology-germanic-philology-17-2025-2/ Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:11:41 +0000 https://aifg.it/?p=2841 L'articolo Call for Papers: Filologia Germanica / Germanic Philology 18 (2026) proviene da AIFG.

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Call for Papers: Filologia Germanica / Germanic Philology 18 (2026)

“Forme, generi e temi della tradizione manoscritta germanica medievale” / “Forms, Genres, and Themes in Medieval Germanic Manuscript Tradition”

Here in attachment it is possible to fine the Call for Papers for the 18th volume of Filologia Germanica / Germanic Philology

“Forme, generi e temi della tradizione manoscritta germanica medievale” / “Forms, Genres, and Themes in Medieval Germanic Manuscript Tradition”

The deadline will be on 28 February 2026.

CfP Germanic Philology / Germanic Philology

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]]> Call for Papers: LII° Annual Conference of AIFG (Padua, 27-29 May 2026) https://aifg.it/en/li-annual-conference-of-the-italian-association-of-germanic-philology-call-for-papers-2/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:21:58 +0000 https://aifg.it/?p=2827 L'articolo Call for Papers: LII° Annual Conference of AIFG (Padua, 27-29 May 2026) proviene da AIFG.

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Call for Papers: LII° Annual Conference of AIFG (Padua, 27-29 May 2026)

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. Main topic of the conference will be: the Germanic heroes and heroism in its symbolic and literary dimensions, with a specific focus on the relationships beetween traditions as also on the persistence of a common imaginary.

 

Interested scholars are kindly invited to send an abstract of maximum 1000 characters (including spaces), and a short bibliography (max 10 titles) to omar.khalaf@unipd.it. no later than January 31st, 2026 (23:59 CET).
The acceptance of the proposals will be notified no later than February 28h, 2026.
Each speaker will be granted 30 minutes for their talk and for the following or discussion.

Call for papers

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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
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