Executive Council 2019-22
The Officers and Members of the Executive Comittee were elected in July 2019. Their term ended in July 2022.
Presidency
President
Sandra Bermann
Vice President
Yang, Huilin
Vice President
Lucia Boldrini
Vice President
E.V. Ramakrishan
Vice President
Márcio Seligmann-Silva
Secretary
Anne Tomiche
Secretary
Paulo Horta
Treasurer
Roberto Vecchi
Treasurer
Noriko Hiraishi
Treasurer
Adelaide Russo
Executive Committee
Member
Marie-Thérèse Abdelmessih
Member
Piero Boitani
Member
Ipshita Chanda
Member
Toshiko Ellis
Member
Oana Fotache
Member
Robert Gáfrik
Member
Isabel Gómez
Member
Marina Grishakova
Member
Stefan Helgesson
Member
Marko Juvan
Member
Youngmin Kim
Member
Adam Kola
Member
Sangjin Park
Member
Bruce Robbins
Member
Mads Rosendahl Thomsen
Member
Rita Terezinha Schmidt
Member
Takayuki Yokota-Murakami
Member
Xiaohong ZHANG
Chairs of Standing Research Committees
Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages (CHLEL)
Karen-Margrethe Lindskov Simonsen
Comparative Gender Studies
Liedeke Plate
Comparative History of East Asian Literatures
Haun Saussy
Literary Theory
Robert Young
South Asian Literatures and Cultures
Chandra Mohan
South Asian Literatures and Cultures
E.V. Ramakrishan
Translation Studies
Isabel Gómez
Scriptural Reasoning and Comparative Studies
ZHANG Hui
Chairs of Term-Limited Research Committees
Literature, Arts & Media (CLAM)
Massimo Fusillo
Comics Studies and Graphic Narrative
Stefan Buchenberger
Comics Studies and Graphic Narrative
Tracy Lassiter
Comics Studies and Graphic Narrative
Angelo Piepoli,
Comparative African Literatures
Wendy L. Belcher
Comparative African Literatures
Brahim El Guabli
Religion, Ethics and Literature
J Millet
Chairs of Administrative Committees
ECARE - Early-Career Researcher Development Committee
William Spurlin
Research Development Committee
Matthew Reynolds
Structures Committee
Kathy Komar
Nominating Committee
Isabel Gil
Balakian Prize Committee
E.V. Ramakrishan
Helena Buescu
Haun Saussy
Honorary Presidents
Honorary President
Eva Kushner
†President: 1979–1982
Honorary President
György M. Vajda
†President: 1982–1985
Honorary President
Douwe Fokkema
†President: 1985–1988
Honorary President
Earl Miner
†President: 1988–1991
Honorary President
Maria Alzira-Seixo
President: 1991–1994
Honorary President
Gerard Gillespie
President: 1994–1997
Honorary President
Jean Bessière
President: 1997–2000
Honorary President
Kawamoto Kōji
President: 2000–2004
Honorary President
Tania Frânco Carvalhal
†President: 2004–2007
Honorary President
Dorothy Figueira
President: 2007
Honorary President
Manfred Schmeling
President: 2007–2010
Honorary President
Steven P. Sondrup
†President: 2010–2013
Honorary President
Hans Bertens
President: 2013–2016
Honorary President
Zhang Longxi
President: 2016–2019
Honorary Member
Honorary member
John Burt Foster