Professional Associations and Research Centres
The BCLA
Professional Associations and Research Centres
A
Country:
Argentina
Link:
https://aaliteraturacomparada.wordpress.com
Languages:
Spanish
Publication:
XIII Jornadas Nacionales
Description:
The Argentine Association of Comparative Literature (AALC) is a non-profit organization, whose main objective is to promote research and dissemination of Comparative Literature studies, and to convene researchers in the area to establish academic dialogue by means of conferences organized by the AALC as well as in the publications published by the same.
Country:
pan-Africa
Languages:
English, French
Publications:
JALA – Journal of the African Literature Association
Description:
The African Literature Association is an independent non-profit professional society open to scholars, teachers and writers from every country. It exists primarily to facilitate the attempts of a world-wide audience to appreciate the efforts of African writers and artists. The organization welcomes the participation of all who produce the object of our study and hopes for a constructive interaction between scholars and artists. The ALA as an organization affirms the primacy of the African peoples in shaping the future of African literature and actively supports the African peoples in their struggle for liberation.
Country:
Argentina
Link:
https://aaliteraturacomparada.wordpress.com
Languages:
Spanish
Publication:
XIII Jornadas Nacionales
Description:
The Argentine Association of Comparative Literature (AALC) is a non-profit organization, whose main objective is to promote research and dissemination of Comparative Literature studies, and to convene researchers in the area to establish academic dialogue by means of conferences organized by the AALC as well as in the publications published by the same.
Country:
Argentina
Link:
Centro de Literatura Comparada (CLC) – Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (uncuyo.edu.ar)
Languages:
Spanish
Publication:
Boletin de Literatura Comparada
Description:
El centro de Literatura Comparada “Nicolás J. Dornheim” fue creado en el año 1975.
Country:
Azerbaijan
Link:
http://www.azcla.org
Languages:
Azerbaijani
Publication:
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Description:
The main purpose of the Azerbaijan Association of Comparative Literary Studies (AzCLA) is to study various aspects of Azerbaijan, as well as world literature, literary criticism and culture, including historical, philosophical, religious, sociological and other studies of local and international theories in this direction, implementation of various projects related to the problems of literature and culture. One of the main goals of the association is to promote Azerbaijani literature and culture both in our country and abroad, and to study examples of world culture in our country.
B
Country:
Brazil
Link:
www.abralic.org.br
Languages:
Portuguese
Publication:
Revista Brasileira de Literatura Comparada
Description:
The Brazilian Association of Comparative Literature – ABRALIC is a non-profit civil association of a cultural character which brings together university professors, researchers and scholars of Comparative Literature nationwide. The fundamental objective of our association is to foster comparative studies in undergraduate and graduate courses in the humanities through the promotion of seminars, symposia and courses for the academic public. Since its foundation, ABRALIC has maintained publications specializing in Comparative Literature and disseminated scientific and literary works in this area of interest, as well as stimulating cultural exchange with other similar national and international associations.
Country:
Bulgaria
Link:
Institute for Literature (bas.bg)
Languages:
Bulgarian
Publication:
Scripta & e-Scripta
Description:
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C
Country:
Canada
Link:
https://complit.ca
Languages:
English/French
Publication:
The Canadian Review of Comparative Literature
Description:
The Canadian Comparative Literature Association was founded in 1969 and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019 at the UBC Congress. The CCLA gathers together scholars across Canada interested in Comparative Literature and organizes yearly meetings at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. CCLA members are also members of the International Comparative Literature Association and receive the Canadian Review of Comparative Literature/Revue canadienne de littérature comparée (founded by the association in 1974).
Country:
Republic of China
Link:
CLAROC 中華民國比較文學學會 | Comparative Literature Association of the Republic of China
Languages:
Mandarin, Cantonese
Publication:
Comparative Literature in China
Description:
The activities sponsored by the CLAROC include an annual national comparative literature conference in Chinese, and an international comparative literature conference in English held every four years. For contact details, go to this page.
Country:
Commonwealth
Link:
ACLALS – The Association for Commonwealth Literature And Language Studies
Languages:
English, Portuguese
Publication:
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Description:
The ACLALS promotes and coordinates Commonwealth Literature Studies through multiple activities in the academic field, including a triennial conference. The Association was officially accredited to the Commonwealth in 2005, and is eligible to apply for funding from the Commonwealth Foundation, and participate in civil society organisations and other consultation. Membership of ACLAS is offered through its local branches in the Commonwealth countries. all contact details for these may be found on the website.
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e
Country:
Europe
Languages:
English
Publication:
Complit: Journal of European Literature, Arts, and Society
Description:
ESCL/SELC aims to provide a European space for interdisciplinary dialogues about culture, literature and literary studies and to facilitate exchanges of ideas and information among scholars, promoting international collaborative research and teaching, generating relevant debates through publications and international conferences, enabling the circulation of students and staff, and generally supporting and internationalising the work of regional, national, cross-national associations of comparative literature.
Country:
Europe
Link:
Cultural Literacy Everywhere (cleurope.eu)
Languages:
English/Any
Publication:
Naomi Segal and Daniela Koleva, From Literature to Cultural Literacy. New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
Description:
Cultural Literacy Everywhere (CLE) is an international, research-led association. The aim is to promote high quality, interdisciplinary research into the relationship between literacy, culture, educational policy and social change and in so doing, to raise public awareness of what it means to be ‘culturally literate’ in a globally divided, technologically dominated world.
The Association brings together academics, educators, artists, policy makers and members of the culture industries through conferences, workshops, special events, funded projects, special interest groups and international partnerships leading to the dissemination of on-line publications, work in progress and up to date information on cultural issues.
CLE welcomes the participation of individual researchers, project coordinators and cultural actors from a range of disciplines and culture-related professions in Higher Education and the public sector.
CLE also has two Special Interest Groups:
Cultural Literacy and Social Futures
and
Intersemiotic Translation and Cultural Literacy
CLE also offers small grants of £100-£250 to members. These can be used for research trips, conference attendance, or organisation of events.
F
Country:
Finland
Link:
Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura | (finlit.fi)
Languages:
Finnish/Sami/English
Publication:
SKS Publishing House
Description
SKS is a learned society and non-governmental organization founded in 1831, which stores, preserves and studies Finnish culture, andis Finland’s largest scholarly and non-fiction publisher in the field of the humanities. The Society also provides grants for the export of Finnish literature, and provides information about oral and written Finnish cultures and their study.
G
Country:
Georgia
Link:
http://geclaorg.ge/5-simp-engl-list.htm
Languages:
English/Georgian
Publication:
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Description:
GCLA was founded in 2008 and boasts over 100 researchers. The aims and objectives of the Association are to facilitate: Integration of Georgian science in the international scientific sphere, creation of constructive, creative environment for researches in the field of science and culture, the promotion of achievements in the field of Humanities in Georgia and abroad, the preparation and implementation of the programmes concerning scientific exchange, and the publishing of methodological and additional course-books.
Country:
Germany
Link:
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft (dgavl.de)
Languages:
German
Publication:
Komparatistik
Description:
The German Society for General and Comparative Literature Studies (DGAVL) is the professional association of comparatists in the German-speaking area and is affiliated with the International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA).
Country:
Greece
Link:
http://gcla.phil.uoa.gr/
Languages:
Greece
Publication:
ΣΥΓΚΡΙΣΗ
Description:
The Greek General and Comparative Literature Association, a non-profit organization, was founded in 1987 with the purpose of supporting and directing research and teaching in the field of General and Comparative Literature in Greece. We take the term “General and Comparative Literature” to mean, broadly speaking, the study of literature from a viewpoint transcending national, linguistic, cultural or other barriers; more specifically, it signifies the comparative study of literary history and literary theory, as well as the comparative analysis and criticism of literary texts. The Association aims at implementing its goals through the organization of international or national conferences, symposia and colloquia; through the publication of the proceedings of those events as well as the publication of the literary journal Comparison-the sole existing scientific journal in Greece on the subject of the comparison of Greek literature to foreign literatures and arts; through the publication of the “Studies and Inquiries” series; and also through its collaboration with the International Comparative Literature Association and other such national Associations world-wide.
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I
Country:
India
Link:
http://www.clai.in/
Languages:
English
Publication:
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Description:
The Comparative Literature Association of India (CLAI) is the national association for scholars and students of Comparative Literature in India. It is actively engaged in propagating the case for a more holistic study of literature and culture using the tools of comparative literary studies.
Country:
Italy
Link:
https://www.sigismondomalatesta.it
Languages:
Italian
Publication:
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Description:
This is the website of the Associazione Sigismondo Malatesta, a private cultural institution founded in 1988 which promotes and organizes initiatives in various Italian cities in the following fields: literature, theatre, cinema, economics, historical and social sciences.
Country:
USA
Languages:
English/Any
Publication:
Description:
The Center for Comparative Literature and Society was founded at Columbia in 1998 to promote a global perspective in the study of literature, culture, and their social context. The Center became an Institute in July 2007. It houses the interdepartmental undergraduate and graduate programs in Comparative Literature and Society and draws its faculty from the humanities, the social sciences, and the Schools of Architecture and Law. In Spring 2012, ICLS added an undergraduate major track in Medicine, Literature, and Society, collaborating with faculty in the Arts & Sciences and the Medical School at Columbia University.
One of the Institute’s primary goals is to provide support for cross-disciplinary and cross-regional comparative work, acknowledging the force of recent changes in the humanities, the social sciences, law, architecture, and the performing arts. ICLS is both a full-fledged curricular and degree-granting unit and a research hub. The Institute offers undergraduate majors in Comparative Literature and Society and Medicine, Literature and Society and graduate certificates in Comparative Literature and Society and Psychoanalytical Studies at the PhD-level. ICLS is a participating member of the CHCI-Mellon Foundation Medical Humanities Project. Other current research initiatives include Bandung Humanisms and a forthcoming Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar in Global Language Justice.
Country:
International
Link:
International Comparative Literature Association (ailc-icla.org)
Languages:
English/French
Publication:
Recherche Littéraire/Literary Research
Description:
Founded in 1955, the International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA) offers a home to all comparatists in the world and encourages exchange and cooperation among comparatists, both individually and through the collaboration of various national comparative literature associations. To that end the Association promotes literary studies beyond the boundaries of languages and national literary traditions, between cultures and world regions, among disciplines and theoretical orientations, and across genres, historical periods, and media. Its broad view of comparative research extends to the study of sites of difference such as race, gender, sexuality, class, ethnicity, and religion in both texts and the everyday world.
The Association aims to be inclusive and is open to anyone with an academic interest in comparative literature, including writers and artists. It welcomes the participation of graduate students and early-career scholars.
The Association organizes a world congress every three years. It also oversees and supports research committees that reflect the membership’s current interests and meet more regularly to pursue agenda leading to publications in journals and books. The Association’s annual journal Recherche littéraire / Literary Research contains essays and reviews a wide range of scholarship in the field.
J
Country:
Japan
Link:
http://www.nihon-hikaku.org/index.html
Languages:
Japanese
Publication:
比較文学
Description:
The Society aims to promote research on comparative literature and culture, cooperate with related organizations and researchers inside and outside Japan, and contribute to the development of the university, and in order to achieve this purpose, the following projects will be carried out.
K
Country:
South Korea
Link:
http://www.kcla.org/index.asp
Languages:
Korean
Publication:
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Description:
The KCLA is a 60 year association created to establish Korea’s literary status with relation to world literature
L
Country:
Luxembourg
Link:
http://www.sllgc.lu
Languages:
English/French
Publication:
Revue luxembourgeoise de littérature générale et comparée
Description:
The Luxembourgish Society of General and Comparative Literature (SLLGC) was founded in 1980. Aiming to promote an awareness of the potential for comparative studies in Luxembourg’s multilingual and multicultural environment, the society approaches literature in an interdisciplinary frame across genres and boundaries. We explore intersections with visual arts, architecture, philosophy, cultural studies, music, anthropology, literary theory, politics etc. The society organizes readings, lectures, conferences
Country:
United Kingdom
Link:
Centre for World Literatures | School of Languages, Cultures and Societies | University of Leeds
Languages:
English/Any
Publication:
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Description:
The Centre for World Literatures at the University of Leeds was founded in 2014 to coincide with the introduction of the new BA degree in English and Comparative Literature.
The Centre promotes the study of literature from around the world, exploring the intersections between literature and cultural studies, history, sociology, performance, politics, translation studies and other art forms, such as music and the visual arts. Rather than considering ‘world literature’ as a fixed field of study, it focuses on the different ways in which the concept can be understood, arguing for a pluralist and polycentric view of world literatures that takes into account different and sometimes competing perspectives.
The Centre’s members work on a variety of different literatures and periods, from antiquity through the Middle Ages to contemporary literature from around the world. We have particular interests in the areas of cosmopolitanism, law, memory, postcolonialism, transnationalism, trauma and reception.
The Centre is the home of International Writers at Leeds, a programme that hosts public readings by writers from around the world in conjunction with Leeds Central Library.
Early-career researchers and graduate students in the Centre run a research group entitled Reading the Fantastic, organised in collaboration with the Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute.
M
Country:
United States of America
Link:
Home | Modern Language Association (mla.org)
Languages:
English
Publication:
PMLA
Description:
The MLA offers numerous resources and activities related to the study and teaching of language and literature, including the MLA International Bibliography, four major periodicals, more than 50 membership committees in all the specialism, and a book publication programme.
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O
Country:
United Kingdom
Link:
Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation
Languages:
English/Any
Publication:
Transcript, published by Legenda
Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation is a research centre based jointly in The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities and St. Anne’s College.We run seminars, workshops, a postgraduate-led discussion group and an annual conference. We stage public events, such as Oxford Translation Day, and edit a book series, Transcript. We are currently collaborating with the AHRC-funded programme in Creative Multilingualism to pursue research into our concept of Prismatic Translation.
Comparative Literature is changing. Its Eurocentric heritage has been challenged by various formulations of World Literature, while new media and new forms of artistic production are bringing urgency to comparative thinking across literature, film, the visual arts and music. The resulting questions of method are both intellectually compelling and central to the future of the humanities. To confront them, our research programme brings together experts from the disciplines of English, Medieval and Modern Languages, Oriental Studies, and Classics, and draws in collaborators from Music, Visual Art, Film, Philosophy and History. We prefer the phrase ‘Comparative Criticism’ to ‘Comparative Literature’ or ‘World Literature’ because it draws attention to the role of the critic in determining the corpus to be explored and the manner of its exploration; and we flag ‘translation’ as a process fundamental to our work, and indeed to all communication.
P
Country:
United Kingdom
Link:
English Pen
Languages:
English
Publication:
The World Bookshelf
Description:
English PEN is the founding centre of PEN International, a worldwide writer’s association with 145 centres in more than 100 countries, whose core mission is to defend readers and writers in the UK and around the world from threats to freedom of expression. PEN promotes a residency programme, hosts events, an online magazine and collection of contemporary works in translation, and awards grants and prizes for the translation and promotion of world literature.
Country:
Portugal
Link:
http://cec.letras.ulisboa.pt/en/
Languages:
Portuguese
Publications:
Textos e Pretextos, Dedalus, estrema – Revista Interdisciplinar de Humanidades (postgraduate)
Description:
The Centre for Comparative Studies (CEC) is a scientific unit of the School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon. Its activities encompass the comparative analysis of literatures, arts and cultures, using interdisciplinary methodologies and highly theorised approaches. CEC’s scientific identity is strongly grounded in the fields pertaining to Comparatism within the Humanities (Culture Studies, Literary and Artistic/Interart Studies, in dialogue with the Social Sciences). Spatial questions and approaches articulating these with the aesthetic and cultural dimensions of time, history and memory are common to all groups, notwithstanding the variety of approaches and methodological procedures adopted. CEC promotes the necessary discussion about the epistemological challenges raised by Comparatism, continually refocusing the reflection on this field of knowledge. The comparatist practice, situated at an interdisciplinary and interdiscursive focal point, depends on that inward gaze that is the first condition of its possibility.
Country:
Spain
Link:
GRLC Grupo de Investigación de Literatura Comparada (UPF)
Languages:
Spanish
Publication:
Various
Description:
El GRLC es un espacio de documentación, reflexión y debate sobre las transformaciones recientes en la configuración de los estudios literarios, para incentivar la producción científica, el intercambio internacional y el desarrollo de proyectos de investigación desde la orientación disciplinar propia de la Literatura Comparada, caracterizada por la perspectiva supranacional, el seguimiento de las interacciones entre sistemas literarios diversos, y la atención a las relaciones de la literatura con las otras artes y otras formas de producción cultural. La investigación sobre los cambios en la concepción de los estudios literarios en las últimas décadas sirve para fundamentar la proyección futura de la disciplina en el siglo XXI y adaptar tanto las metodologías de investigación como docentes a los nuevos retos. El grupo organiza seminarios periódicos y encuentros científicos, participa en redes internacionales y proyectos competitivos, acogiendo tanto iniciativas colectivas como las líneas de trabajo de cada investigador.
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R
Country:
Russia
Link: http://en.imli.ru
Languages:
Russian
Publication:
Periodicals of IWL RAS
Description:
IWL RAS is the central research institution in the field of literature and folklore studies in Russia.
Its programme includes coordinated studies of Russian and international literary heritage and folklore, and development of the fundamental base for source studies, textology, hermeneutics and comparative studies utilizing interdisciplinary techniques, analytical methods and digital technologies.
The aim of the research currently conducted in IWL RAS is to substantially broaden the perception of literature in its development and to formulate a novel conception of literary process of nations of the world.
S
Country:
Slovenia
Link:
http://sdpk.si/
Languages:
Slovenian
Publication:
Primerjalna književnost
Description:
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Country:
Spain
Link:
inicio (selgyc.com)
Languages:
Spanish
Publication:
Estudios de Literatura Comparada
Description:
The Spanish Society of General and Comparative Literature was founded in Madrid in 1977, in order to promote the study of literature in all its manifestations.
Country:
Scotland
Languages:
English/Gaelic
Publication:
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Description:
Building on Sir Herbert Grierson’s achievements as the first Professor of English at the University of Aberdeen, as poetry scholar, comparative literary historian, pioneering editor, translator and biographer, Centre seeks to extend his legacy, bringing together researchers and postgraduate students across the School of Language and Literature with an interest in one or more of the following areas:
- Literary study: poetics, literary history and comparative approaches to literature
- The relations between literature and intellectual history; the historical circulation of knowledge and cultural tradition; canonicity
- Textual editing and criticism; manuscript studies; critical archive studies; the history of the book; material texts
- Translation; the migrations of cultural production
- The intersection of the textual and the visual
- Biography, lifewriting and correspondence
The Centre will complement and collaborate with other research centres in the School of Language and Literature such as The Centre for Early Modern Studies, the Sir Walter Scott Research Centre, the Research Institute for Irish and Scottish Studies, and the Washington Wilson Centre for Visual Culture.
Country:
Italy
Link:
http://www.sicl-italia.it
Languages:
Italian
Publication:
Studi Comparatistici
Description:
La SICL si occupa di comparatistica letteraria nel senso più ampio, comprendendovi indagini di fenomeni comparatistici tra autori, opere, movimenti, scuole ecc. appartenenti a differenti aree linguistico-culturali (prevalentemente di ambito europeo: ma si tratta di una limitazione di fatto, non di principio), ma anche confronti con altre forme di espressione artistica, quali musica, cinema, arti figurative.
Country:
France
Link:
https://sflgc.org/
Languages:
French
Publication:
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Description:
La Société française de littérature générale et comparée (association loi 1901) représente l’ensemble des enseignants et chercheurs dont l’activité porte sur l’étude de la littérature comparée en France, ainsi que celles et ceux qui préparent ou ont obtenu un doctorat en littérature comparée. Elle a pour vocation de coordonner les activités comparatistes, afin de développer l’enseignement et la recherche dans les domaines qui en relèvent, et de nourrir la réflexion sur l’évolution vivante de la discipline en France. Elle organise notamment la participation fran (…)
Country:
North America
Link:
https://complit-scla.org/
Languages:
English
Publication:
Comparatist
Description:
The aim of the Society for Comparative Literature and the Arts (formerly Southern Comparative Literature Association) is to support and strengthen Comparative Literature and Arts studies. The society strives to foster an interest in literature as a form of artistic expression beyond national and linguistic boundaries, to help acquaint the community at large with the aims and values of comparative literature studies, and to help place young scholars in academic positions where they may be effective as teachers and scholar-critics. In order to achieve these goals, the society holds meetings for the purpose of presenting and discussing studies in comparative literature and arts and cooperates with other organizations interested in the attainment of these objectives.
Country:
South Africa
Link:
http://www.lasa.org.za/en/
Languages:
English
Publication:
Journal of Literary Studies (co-owned)
Description:
The Literature Association of South Africa (LASA) aims to promote the study of literary theory and comparative literature. Membership to the organisation is open to any researchers and lecturers who work in the broad field of literary studies (in any language).
T
Country:
China
Languages:
English, Chinese, Any
Publication:
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Description:
As an interdisciplinary research institute, the Center was founded in 2001, with its members from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and that of Journalism and Communication, and with its office in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and Wang Ning as its director ever since. Douwe Fokkema, the late European comparatist, and Yue Daiyun were invited to function as its advisors. Such international prestigious scholars as Fredric Jameson, J.Hillis Miller, Gayatri Spivak, Homi Bhabha and Jonathan Culler have been appointed as honorary guest professors.
Since its founding, the Center has been playing an important role in the University’s humanities. Combining comparative literature studies with cultural studies, the Center has also been playing a pioneering role in China’s cultural studies. There is both a graduate program in comparative literature and world literature under the comprehensive discipline of Chinese language and literature and one in Chinese-Western comparative criticism under the discipline of foreign languages and literatures. The Center also receives applications for post-doctoral and visiting scholarships or fellowships.
The Center pays particular attention to international academic exchange, with its members lecturing or doing research in various international prestigious universities and speaking on behalf of China’s comparative literature and cultural studies. It has established academic exchanges with more than 30 international prestigious universities and sponsored over 20 high-leveled international conferences or forums, such as the International Conference on Translating Theory and Interpreting Culture (2001), The Third Sino-American Symposium on Comparative Literature (2001), Tsinghua-Harvard Forum on Postcolonialism (2002), The Forum on Globalization and Culture (2002), The International Conference on Ibsen and China (2002), The International Conference on Critical Inquiry: Ends of Theory (2004), The Forum on Derrida and Deconstructive Criticism (2004), The Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Sino-American Symposiums on Comparative Literature (2006) (2010)(2013) and (2016).
The current research projects undertaken by the members of the Center include comparative studies of modern and contemporary Chinese and Western critical theories, cultural studies, postmodern and postcolonial studies, cross-cultural communication in the global context, contemporary Chinese media and communication studies, globalization studies, cultural perspectives on translation studies, comparative literary history, diasporic studies, etc.
U
Country:
United Kingdom
Link:
Home | Royal Society of Literature (rsliterature.org)
Languages:
English
Publication:
Only Connect
Description:
The RSL is the UK’s charity for the advancement of literature. The Scociety organises over twenty literature-related events per year, and administers a number of awards and prizes for writing and services to literature, together with schools outreach programmes.
Country:
United Kingdom
Link:
Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies (CCLPS) at SOAS University of London
Languages:
English, African, South Asian, Near and Middle Eastern, East Asian
Publication:
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Description:
The SOAS Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies (CCLPS) exists to promote the disciplines of Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies and Postcolonial Studies in relation to Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The Centre is housed in and administered by the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, but as a Centre dedicated to interdisciplinary study it draws its membership and intellectual diversity from across the SOAS community.
The SOAS CCLPS provides an administrative and intellectual home for the School’s MA Comparative Literature, MA Cultural Studies and MA Postcolonial Studies, as well as the MPhil/PhD programmes in these three disciplines, and our seminar series and other events draw in scholars from across and beyond these fields.
The CCLPS is an interdisciplinary Centre that combines Humanities and Social Sciences research methods and methodologies. It works closely with all members of staff in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, and the Department of East Asian Studies, and draws membership from across the academic schools and departments of SOAS.
The Centre places emphasis on the acquisition of critical theoretical skills and in-depth regional knowledge across disciplines.
Country:
United Kingdom
Link:
British Centre for Literary Translation
Languages:
English
Publication:
Translation Studies, Transference, The Creative Literary Studio
Description
The British Centre for Literary Translation is a research centre within the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. It is a national and international focus for literary translation reserach, hosting regular research events, and works in partnership with the BCLA to support the annual John Dryden Translation Competition. The BCLT’s Resources and Opportunities page is also an up-to-date and comprehensive guide to funding, residencies, networking, publishing and events. The BCLT We support the MA in Literary Translation at the University of East Anglia, a variety of undergraduate modules in the subject, and an extensive programme of PhD research.
Country:
United States of America
Link:
American Comparative Literature Association (acla.org)
Languages:
English
Publication:
Comparative Literature, Comparative Literature Studies
Description:
The American Comparative Literature Association, founded in 1960, is the principal learned society in the United States for scholars whose work involves several literatures and cultures as well as the premises of cross-cultural literary study itself.
In its largest sense, comparative literature promotes the study of intercultural relations that cross national boundaries, multicultural relations within a particular society, and the interactions between literature and other forms of human activity, including the arts, the sciences, philosophy, and cultural artifacts of all kinds.
The members of the ACLA are thus joined not by a national, linguistic, or methodological investment held in common, but by the shared condition of teaching and writing across nations, languages, and cultures–and hence by their lively interest in comparison as both a theoretical and a practical matter.
The ACLA sponsors two scholarly journals – Comparative Literature and Comparative Literature Studies.
