International Conference on Romance Languages – in memoriam Alf Lombard

Centre for Languages and Literature

Lund University

– 7-8 November 2012 –

The conference is dedicated to the memory of Professor Alf Lombard – chair of Romance languages at Lund University 1939-1969, and founding father of Romanian studies in Scandinavia. The initiative is connected with the “Alf Lombard Year” – a project initiated by the Romanian Embassy at Stockholm, the goal of which is to honour the work of this eminent scholar, 110 years after his birth. Keynote speakers Claude Buridant, Strasbourg Martin Maiden, Oxford Michael Metzeltin, Wien Marius Sala, Bucharest Giampaolo Salvi, Budapest Lene Schøsler, Copenhagen