World Philology Union – WPU
The World Philology Union (WPU) was founded on 2 December 2021 in Oslo, Norway.
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As an international association, the WPU unites researchers and students at universities and institutions of higher education all over the world. The main objective of the association is to promote the philological study of ancient and classical texts in all languages.
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It is the belief of the WPU that without philology, which historically and conceptually lies at the very core of the study of human culture, the very existence of the humanities as a meaningful academic activity is at risk.
Recent Events
While most of its efforts have consisted in meetings and discussions to lay the foundations of the association's future activities, the WPU has had three conferences, one foundational conference in Oslo in 2021, and two international conferences, in Rome in 2022 and in Uppsala in 2024. The WPU has held two General Assemblies, in 2022 and 2024.
It is the aim of the WPU to present more information about its own activities, as well as the state of philology in its various forms internationally, on this website in due course.
Founding members
Foundation of the WPU in Oslo, 2 December 2021. Central image from the left: Øivind Andersen, Luisa Migliorati, Danuta Shanzer, Walther Sallaberger, Lutz Edzard, Lena Sadovski, Velizar Sadovski, Jens Braarvig, Amund Haave. Other screens, from top left: Sam Lieu, Yasunori Kasai, Jean-Luc de Paepe, Nicholas Sims-Williams. Founding members not present for the group photo: Thomas Kjeller Johansen, Beatrice Gründler, Torbjörn Lodén, Martha T. Roth, Shoichi Sato.