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Conference: Affiliations: Towards a Theory of Cross-Temporal Comparison, University of Oxford, 24 – 25 May 2024 (deadline 15 November 2023)

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Keynote speakersSeeta Chaganti, Professor of English, University of California, DavisMark Currie, Professor of Contemporary Literature, Queen Mary, University of LondonCarla Freccero, Distinguished Professor of Literature and History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz  Funded byOxford Comparative Criticism and Translation (OCCT) Research Centre, University of Oxford  Organised byJoseph Hankinson, Career Development Lecturer in English, University …

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Conference: Divine Disasters, University of Warwick, 24 February 2023 (deadline 27 October 2023)

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This conference proposes “divine disasters” as a new lens for examining the interrelationship between theology, ecology, and literature. We invite papers that consider how ideas of faith, religion, the divine or the sacred are challenged during ecological crises. Focusing on the Spaces/Places of such disasters, we invite enquiries into these distressed landscapes containing multitudinous emotions, …

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Announcement: Inaugural BCLA First Book Prize 2025 (deadline 1 January 2024)

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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 …

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Conference: Forms and Feelings of Kinship in the Contemporary World, University of Warwick, 27 April 2024 (deadline 30 November 2023)

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Keynote Speaker: Professor Janet Carsten, University of Edinburgh The ontological meanings of kinship have long been a central question in academia. From the notion of ‘relatedness’ (Carsten, 2000) to the idea of the ‘mutuality of being’ (Sahlins, 2013), the static blood-based structure of kinship has now been comprehensively dismantled. In today’s world, forms of kinship are …

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The BCLA PG and ECR Conference 2023, University of Warwick, 12 – 13 October 2023

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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 …

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Forum: Space in Time: From the Heavens to Outer Space, The Warburg institute, University of London, 12 – 13 October 2023

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Space in Time is a forum for new work in the long and global cultural history of the space beyond Earth, from the ancient heavens to modern outer space. While space history is a vibrant field of study, extending across the humanities and social sciences, it often breaks down along familiar geographical, disciplinary, and period-based boundaries. …

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Online Symposium: Auto/Bio/Fiction in Practice, Centre for Comparative Literature, Goldsmiths, University of London, 8 June 2023

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Register to attend (registration is free but it is required to receive the link to attend) The symposium will take place online.  Keynote speaker: Jarred McGinnis, in conversation with Natasha Bell. Consult the full programme and the abstracts and biographies. The ongoing Auto/Bio/Fiction in Practice Seminar Series at the Centre for Comparative Literature, Goldsmiths University of London invites …

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BCLA Malcolm Bowie Memorial Lecture, 2022, Great Hall, King’s College London, 11 November 2022 (hybrid)

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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 …

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Announcement: Winners of the British Comparative Literature Association Arthur Terry Essay Prize 2022

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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 …

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Announcement: Winners of the BCLA John Dryden Translation Competition 2021 – 2022

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The BCLA is delighted to announce the outcome of the John Dryden Translation Competition. The John Dryden Translation Competition awards prizes for unpublished literary translations from any language into English. Literary translation includes poetry, prose, or drama from any period. AILSA WOOD AZZARO has been awarded first place for The Beatrice Monologues translated from Stefano Benni’s Italian …

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