We are delighted to announce the launch of the BCLA First Book Prize, which will recognise an outstanding first monograph in the field of comparative literature. The BCLA First Book Prize 2025 will be awarded to a book published between 1st January 2021 and 31st December 2023. The prize of £500 will be presented at …
Announcement: Inaugural BCLA First Book Prize 2025 (deadline 1 January 2024) Read More »
Spectres, Spectrums and Spectrality: New and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Comparative and World Literature.University of Warwick, Thursday 12th – Friday 13th October 2023. Keynote speaker: Dr Caroline Summers The 2023 British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA) Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher conference aims to assess new pathways emerging in the broad and varied fields of Comparative and World …
The BCLA PG and ECR Conference 2023, University of Warwick, 12 – 13 October 2023 Read More »
The Malcolm Bowie Memorial Lecture, with Professor William Marx, “How to Become a Comparatist”, will be held at 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm, 11 November 2022, at the Great Hall, King’s Building, Kings’ College, Strand, London. Directions to the venue are given in the link. This event is open and free to all – no …
The British Comparative Literature Association offers an annual prize for an essay written in English on any aspect of comparative literature in memory of Arthur Terry (1927–2004), who served as President of the BCLA for many years. Arthur Terry was Emeritus Professor in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex, and one of the …
All postgraduate members of the British Comparative Literature Association are invited to apply for the Glyn Hambrook Postgraduate Research Award 2022. The funding is is worth up to £250.00, and this sum may be used by postgraduate students for any costs incurred for the purpose of research activities. These may include travel expenses, registration fees …
BCLA Glyn Hambrook Postgraduate Research Award (deadline July 1 2022) Read More »
You are warmly invited to Comparative Literature Research Seminars at Kings College London this spring term. All sessions take place on Wednesday afternoons at 4.30pm on MS Teams unless otherwise specified. All are welcome to join! The programme poster is here, with links to attend each seminar, or can be found in text format below: 27 January 2021 – Dr Rosa …
Comparative Literature Research Seminar Series, King’s College London, Spring 2021 Read More »
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