The Executive Committee of the WPU
The daily business of the WPU is conducted by an Executive Committee consisting of the President, the Vice President and the Secretariat.
The Secretariat of the WPU is elected by the Board for four-year periods and consists of a Secretary General, a Treasurer and up to three additional members representing different philological fields.
Executive Committee of the World Philology Union (as of 3 August 2023)
Jens Braarvig (President) – Emeritus Professor, University of Oslo, and Director of the Norwegian Institute of Philology.
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Danuta Shanzer (Vice President) – Professor in Late Antique and Medieval Latin, University of Vienna.
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Amund Haave (Secretary General) – Executive Director of the Norwegian Institute of Philology.
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Velizar Sadovski (Treasurer) – Distinguished Research Fellow and Iranian Linguistics Group Leader, Austrian Academy of Sciences.