International Federation of Associations of Classical Studies


The International Federation of Associations of Classical Studies , or Fédération internationale des associations d'études classiques is an international association of Classical Studies associations all over the world. It encompasses national and international associations promoting the development of Classical philology, Latin, Ancient Greek, Classical archaeology, papyrology, paleography, epigraphy, numismatics, among other subjects. It was founded in Paris in 1948 at the UNESCO, where its associated journal, L'Année philologique, was also based. It currently has members in 46 countries.

History

An international network of classicists was being tentatively assembled just before the Second World War. In 1948, Juliette Ernst and Jules Marouzeau fond support in UNESCO, in Paris, which offered funding and logistical support from organizations such as the International Academic Union or the International Council of Philosophy and Human Sciences.
The founding assembly was held on 28 and 29 September 1948 at Unesco. The first president was classical philologist Danish Carsten Høeg. Largely French at first, the FIEC became also more Anglophone from the 1980s.
Its seat is established in the city where the secretary resides. The Secretary General in 2019 is Professor Sabine R. Huebner, from the University of Basel. The latest FIEC International Congress was held in London in 2019, with the support of the three British associations: Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, and The Classical Association. The next meeting will be held in 2022 in Mexico City, the congress after that in 2025 in Wrocław.

Founding members