Executive Council 2022-25
The Officers and Members of the Executive Comittee were elected in July 2022. Their term ended in July 2025.
Presidency

President
Lucia Boldrini

Vice President
Anne Tomiche

Vice President
Hiraishi Noriko

Vice President
Haun Saussy

Vice President
Márcio Seligmann-Silva

Secretary
Anne Duprat

Secretary
Ipshita Chanda

Treasurer
Alexandra Lopes
Treasurer for Europe, Africa and the Middle East

Treasurer
Adelaide M. Russo
Treasurer for the Americas

Treasurer
Yuriko Yamanaka
Treasurer for Asia-Pacific (postal address: National Museum of Ethnology, 10-1 Senri Expo Park, Suita, 565-8511, Japan)
Executive Committee

Member
Toshiko Ellis

Member
Oana Fotache-Dubălaru

Member
Marina Grishakova

Member
Marko Juvan

Member
Youngmin Kim

Member
Rita Terezinha Schmidt

Member
Takayuki Yokota-Murakami

Member
Raul Calzoni

Member
Sayantan Dasgupta

Member
Isabel Gómez

Member
Zhang Hui

Member
Lobna Ismail

Member
Jerónimo Pizarro

Member
Véronique Porra

Member
Ato Quayson

Member
Irma Ratiani

Member
Fatiha Taib

Member
Clotilde Thouret
Chairs of Standing Research Committees

Comparative Gender Studies
Tegan Zimmerman

Comparative History of East Asian Literatures
Haun Saussy

Comics Studies and Graphic Narrative
Stefan Buchenberger

Comics Studies and Graphic Narrative
Tracy Lassiter

Comics Studies and Graphic Narrative
Angelo Piepoli

Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages (CHLEL)
Helga Mitterbauer
(until 31 Dec 2024)

Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages (CHLEL)
Florian Mussgnug
(from 1 Jan 2025)

Literary Theory
Anne Duprat

Religion, Ethics and Literature
Kitty J. Millet

Scriptural Reasoning and Comparative Studies
Zhang Hui

South Asian Literatures and Cultures
E.V. Ramakrishnan

Translation Studies
Youngmin Kim
Chairs of Term-Limited Research Committees

Digital Comparative Literature (DCL)
Simone Rebora

Digital Comparative Literature (DCL)
Youngmin Kim

Literature, Arts & Media (CLAM)
Kiene Brillenburg Wurth

Literature, Arts & Media (CLAM)
Jørgen Bruhn

Comparative African Literatures
Meg Arenberg

Comparative African Literatures
Brahim El Guabli
Chairs of Administrative Committees

ECARE - Early-Career Researcher Development Committee
Emanuelle Santos

Research Development Committee
Matthew Reynolds

Balakian Prize Committee
E.V. Ramakrishnan

Nominating Committee
Stefan Helgesson

Structures Committee
Liedeke Plate

Participation Grants Committee
Oana Fotache

Affiliated and Associated Organizations
Haun Saussy

Affiliated and Associated Organizations
Toshiko Ellis
Journal Editor in Chief

Mark Maufort
Honorary Presidents

Eva Kushner
†President: 1979–1982

György M. Vajda
†President: 1982–1985

Douwe Fokkema
†President: 1985–1988

Earl Miner
†President: 1988–1991

Maria Alzira-Seixo
President: 1991–1994

Gerard Gillespie
President: 1994–1997

Jean Bessière
President: 1997–2000

Kawamoto Kōji
President: 2000–2004

Tania Frânco Carvalhal
†President: 2004–2007

Dorothy Figueira
President: 2007

Manfred Schmeling
President: 2007–2010

Steven P. Sondrup
†President: 2010–2013

Hans Bertens
President: 2013–2016

Zhang Longxi
President: 2016–2019

Sandra L. Bermann
President: 2019–2022
Honorary Member

John Burt Foster
Administrative Support

Anca Mihalache
(from January 2024)

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