Membership of the British Comparative Literature Association is open to academic members of universities and other institutions of higher learning as well as to graduate students and to other persons with appropriate scholarly interests, both in the UK and abroad. The BCLA is affiliated to the International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA), therefore membership of the BCLA includes membership of the ICLA.
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.