Forum for Germanic Language Studies

The Forum for Germanic Language Studies (FGLS) is an informal grouping for anyone interested in Germanic languages, and is mainly based in the UK and Ireland. It also functions informally as the British and Irish subject association for academics in the field of Germanic Linguistics. The inaugural meeting was held in Manchester in 1994, under the name of the Forum for German Language Studies. At the 1996-meeting in York the name was changed to reflect the interest in languages other than German.

The purpose of FGLS is to promote research and teaching in the Germanic languages. Together with its American sister organisation, the Society of Germanic Linguistics, FGLS publishes the Journal of Germanic Linguistics (Cambridge University Press). We organise regular conferences (normally every 2 years) and run a mailing list. To coordinate activities, FGLS elects three dedicated officers and a directory of researchers. Also, we have a page with links into the world of Germanic linguistics - let us know which other sites we should be adding.

The next FGLS-conference which will be in January 8-9, 2010 in Gregynog, a lovely little place in Eastern Wales, organised by Wini Davies (Aberystwyth University). Our guest speaker will be Prof. Evelyn Ziegler, University of Duisburg-Essen. A programme can be found here.

Previous conferences were held in Nottingham in 2007 and, with our American and Candadian sister organisation the Society for Germanic Linguistics in Banff (Alberta) in 2009.

Information about other conferences organised by FGLS-members can be found here.