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,[1] where its associated journal, L'Année philologique, was also based.
[2] It currently has members in 46 countries,[3] encompassing more than 60 national and regional associations and 14 international organizations of classical studies.
[4] An international network of classicists was being tentatively assembled just before the Second World War.
In 1948, Juliette Ernst and Jules Marouzeau (from L'Année philologique) 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 (ICPHS).