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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