The British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA)
Triennial Conference
2020 Triennial Conference of the British Comparative Literature Association.
BRITISH COMPARATIVE LITERATURE ASSOCIATION
Culture and Quarantine
The British Comparative Literature Association, in the light of the unprecedented changes that the world is undergoing, and affirming that the discipline of comparative literature is predicated on the breaking down of the borders between literatures and cultures, invites reflections and engagement with what it is to live in the age of confinement.
The British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA)
Culture & Quarantine
Our Support
Join the BCLA
Become a member today
The BCLA welcomes applications for membership from UK and international scholars, researchers, authors and lecturers working in the field of comparative literature and related fields such as translation, creative writing and poetry.
BCLA History
Culture and Quarantine
Malcolm Bowie
John Dryden Translation Competition
Comparative Critical Studies
Studies in Comparative Literature
The British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA)
BCLA Event
Autumn 2020
Online Roundtable and Panel Discussion: Randomness and Culture in the Age of Quarantine
More than a hundred comparatists from around the world participated in an online webinar hosted by the BCLA on September 16, 2020, featuring a series of talks by four keynote speakers, Professor Mads Rosendahl Thomsen, Professor Kylie Crane, Professor Maghiel Van Crevel and Professor Peter Arnds. This was followed by a round table discussion, with questions open to all the participants.
Videocasts of the talks on the day and other resources on the event's dedicated page are available by following the link below.
Latest News
BCLA Postgraduate Bursary Awards now open (deadline 31 May 2021)
The British Comparative Literature Association is pleased to announce the new application round of postgraduate bursaries, designed to support attendance at conferences, research trips or other research-related expenses by BCLA members registered for a postgraduate degree.
Call for Contributions to the British Comparative Literature Association Web Archive, “Culture and Quarantine”
The British Comparative Literature Association would like to invite its Executive, International Corresponding members, members and followers of the website, together with affiliated members of …
Online conference: Regeneration, University of Glasgow (14 May 2021)
On behalf of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Glasgow, we’re pleased to share the programme for ‘Regeneration’: the sixth …
Recurring: UCML Coffee Morning Chat for Early Career Researchers (May 13, 2021 10:30 AM )
The UCML Early Career Academics Special Interest Group kindly invites you to join us for a monthly coffee morning chat on the second Thursday of each month from 10.30 to 11.30!
Online conference: Speculative Art And Spatial Justice, 16-17 April 2021 (Registration Deadline 14 April, 8PM)
The Moore Institute and NUI Galway would like to invite you to an online conference on Speculative Art and Spatial Justice on 16-17 April, 2021, …
Mailing List – Comparative Literature (JISCMail)
The British Comparative Literature Association would like to invite its members, followers, and all those interested in the field of Comparative Literature to sign up …