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Triennial Conference

2020 Triennial Conference of the British Comparative Literature Association.

The conference will be held at Queen’s University, Belfast, 15-17 September 2020, and the theme is Randomness.
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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.

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BCLA History

The BCLA has a distinguished history: founded in 1975, it was created through the leadership and collaboration of Britain's preeminent intellectuals in the field of Comparative Literature.
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Members of the BCLA retain links with comparative specialists worldwide through membership, at present until May 2020, of the International Comparative Literature Association.
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Malcolm Bowie

The Malcolm Bowie Memorial Lecture is held every two years in honour of Malcolm Bowie, president of the BCLA from 1998 to 2004.
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John Dryden Translation Competition

The BCLA maintains its close links with the field of Translation Studies through the annual John Dryden Translation Competition: members have one free entry.
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Comparative Critical Studies

Comparative Critical Studies, the BCLA's journal, is published in three issues a year by Edinburgh University Press. Full members receive each issue free.
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Studies in Comparative Literature

The BCLA collaborates with the publisher Legenda in the book series Studies in Comparative Literature (SICL). Forty-seven titles have been published.
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International Comparative Literature Association: Call for Contributions to Newsletter/Recherche Littéraire

6th February 2020 No Comments

A reminder that all current members of the British Comparative Literature Association are also members of the International Comparative Literature Association (AICL-ICLA) until further notice. …

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Graduate Symposium: World Literatures And the Culture of Texts, Stockholm University, 7 – 8 May 2020

23rd January 2020 No Comments

World Literatures and the Culture of Texts 7-8 May 2020 Graduate Symposium at Stockholm University Download the call for papers in pdf here Call for …

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Call for papers: “Reconsidering Forms of Enslavement and Subjection Across Disciplines, University of Warwick, 18 – 20 June 2020

22nd January 2020 No Comments

“Blood on the Leaves / And Blood at the Roots”: Reconsidering Forms of Enslavement and Subjection across Disciplines Download the call for papers here. 18th June …

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