Membership
Membership of the International Comparative Literature Association entitles you to receive regular information, for example via the Newsletter; receive the Association’s journal, Recherche Littéraire / Literary Research; participate in the ICLA Congresses and other ICLA events; vote in the elections and take part in consultations, as well as be a candidate for election to the Executive Council; be part of one of the ICLA high-profile research groups (Research Committees) or one of its advisory committees; apply for one of the ICLA’s prizes, grants or subventions. Most importantly, it makes you a member of a network of thousands of comparatists around the world, and it helps support and develop this important field, in all its facets.
Membership Info
Member Associations
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Academic Circle of Comparative Literature (ACCL/CALIC - Bulgaria)
Academic Circle of Comparative Literature (ACCL/CALIC)
Role Name Contact Organisation President Ognyan Kovachev [email protected] Secretary Antoaneta Robova [email protected] Secretary Malamir Spassov [email protected] Treasurer Vitana Kostadinova [email protected] Treasurer Teodora Tzankova [email protected] -
Association for the Theory and Comparative History of Literature (Compalit - Italy)
Associazione di Teoria e Storia Comparata della Letteratura (Compalit)
Role Name Contact Organisation President Massimo Fusillo [email protected] Vice President Donata Meneghelli [email protected] Secretary Beatrice Seligardi [email protected] Treasurer Stefano Ercolino [email protected] -
Azerbaijani Comparative Literature Association (AZCLA)
Azerbaijani Comparative Literature Association (AZCLA)
Role Name Contact Organisation President Rahilya Geybullayeva [email protected] Baku Slavic University and Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Literary Institute Secretary Nargiz Omarova [email protected] Baku State University Vice President Tahira Mammad [email protected] -
British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA)
British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA)
Role Name Contact Organisation President Susan Bassnett [email protected] Secretary Shanti Graheli [email protected] Treasurer Josh Robinson [email protected] -
Canadian Comparative Literature Association (CCLA/ACLC)
Canadian Comparative Literature Association (CCLA/ACLC)
Role Name Contact Organisation President Laurence Sylvain Vice President Markus Reisenleitner Treasurer Joshua Synenko Communications officer Lee Dylan Campbell [email protected] -
Chinese Comparative Literature Association (CCLA)
中国比较文学学会
Role Name Contact Organisation President ZHANG Hui [email protected] General Secretary ZHANG Bin Treasurer ZHANG Jing (cathy) [email protected] -
Comparative Literature Association of India (CLAI)
Comparative Literature Association of India (CLAI)
C-93, Inderpuri, New Delhi-110012 (India)Role Name Contact Organisation President Kavita A. Sharma Vice President Parmod Kumar Mehra (Delhi) Vice President Sucheta Bhattacharya (Kolkata) General Secretary Servchetan Katoch Secretary Garima Yadav [email protected] (Delhi) Secretary Mrinmoy Pramanick [email protected] (Kolkata) Treasurer Tarun Sharma (Delhi) Treasurer Titir Chakraborty (Kolkata) -
Comparative Literature Association of the Republic of China (CLAROC)
中華民國比較文學學會
Role Name Contact Organisation President Yen-bin Chiou [email protected] Secretary Amadeus Kang-Po Chen [email protected] -
Croatian branch of the International Comparative Literature Association
Croatian branch of the International Comparative Literature Association
Role Name Contact Organisation President Slaven Jurić [email protected] Treasurer Kristina Grigić [email protected] -
Czech and Slovak Association of Comparative Literature
Czech and Slovak Association of Comparative Literature
Role Name Contact Organisation President Robert Gafrik [email protected] Vice President Milos Zelenka [email protected] -
Egyptian Society of Comparative Literature (ESCL)
الجمعية المصرية للأدب المقارن
Department Of Greek and Latin Studies Faculty of Arts, Cairo University P.O. Box 12613 Hadekat Al-Orman (Orman Garden) Giza, EgyptRole Name Contact Organisation President Alaa Abdel Hadi International Officer Lobna Ismail [email protected] Secretary Fatma El-Dessouki Treasurer Naglaa Abou Aggag -
Estonian Association of Comparatie Literature (EVKA)
Eesti Võrdleva Kirjandusteaduse Assotsiatsioon (EVKA)
Role Name Contact Organisation President Liina Lukas [email protected] Secretary Jüri Talvet [email protected] Secretary Katiliina Gielen [email protected] -
French Society of General and Comparative Literature (SFLGC)
Société Française de Littérature Générale et Comparée (SFLGC)
Role Name Contact Organisation President Yvan Daniel [email protected] Secretary Cécile Brochard [email protected] Treasurer Aurélie Barjonet [email protected] -
Georgian Comparative Literature Association (GCLA)
Georgian Comparative Literature Association (GCLA)
Role Name Contact Organisation Honorary President Irma Ratiani [email protected] President Gaga Lomidze [email protected] Vice President Maka Elbakidze Secretary and Treasurer Tatia Oboladze [email protected] -
German Association for General and Comparative Literature (DGAVL)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft (DGAVL)
Role Name Contact Organisation President Prof. Dr. Christiane Solte-Gresser [email protected] Vice President Prof. Dr. Winfried Eckel [email protected] Secretary Dr. Laura Vordermayer [email protected] -
Greek General and Comparative Literature Association (GGCLA)
Ελληνική Εταιρεία Γενικής και Συγκριτικής Γραμματολογίας
Role Name Contact Organisation President Antigone Vlavianou [email protected] Vice President Anna Katsigianni [email protected] General Secretary Ioanna Naοum [email protected] Treasurer Maria Nikolopoulou [email protected] -
Hungarian Comparative Literature Association (HCLA)
Hungarian Comparative Literature Association (HCLA)
Role Name Contact Organisation President Péter Hajdu [email protected] Secretary Szemes Botond [email protected] -
Japan Comparative Literature Association (JCLA)
Japan Comparative Literature Association (JCLA)
Role Name Contact Organisation President Katsuya Sugawara Vice President Masako Hayashi Head of international communications Makoto Tokumori -
KEASTWEST: The Korean Association of East-West Comparative Literature
KEASTWEST: The Korean Association of East-West Comparative Literature
Role Name Contact Organisation President Youn-Gil Jeong [email protected] Dongguk U Secretary General Byung-Yong Sohn [email protected] Kyungnam U Head of international communications Youngmin Kim [email protected] Dongguk U Treasurer Jihee Kim [email protected] Cyber Hankuk U of Foreign Studies -
Korean Comparative Literature Association (KCLA)
Korean Comparative Literature Association (KCLA)
Role Name Contact Organisation President Soo-Young Nam [email protected] Vice President Kwangtaek Han [email protected] Vice President Keunhye Shin [email protected] Vice President Hyonhui Choe [email protected] Vice President Ho-duk Hwang [email protected] General Secretary Jung-Hwa Kang [email protected] Treasurer Mi-jin Lee [email protected] Head of international communications Moon-jeong Park [email protected] -
Literature Association of South Africa (LASA)
The Literature Association of South Africa (LASA)
Role Name Contact Organisation President Reinhardt Fourie [email protected] University of South Africa Vice President Minesh Dass [email protected] University of Pretoria Secretary Neil van Heerden [email protected] University of South Africa Treasurer Gemma Field [email protected] -
Lithuanian Comparative Literature Association (LCLA)
Lietuvos lyginamosios literatūros asociacija
Role Name Contact Organisation President Karolina Bagdonė -
Luxembourgish Society of General and Comparative Literature (SLLGC)
Société luxembourgeoise de littérature générale et comparée (SLLGC)
Role Name Contact Organisation President jeanne E. Glesener Secretary Fabienne Gilbertz [email protected] Treasurer Myriam Sunnen [email protected] -
Moroccan Comparative Literature Association (MCLA)
الجمعية المغربية للأدب المقارن
Role Name Contact Organisation President Touria Nakkouch [email protected] Vice President Slimane Behari [email protected] Secretary Latifa Alahyane [email protected] Treasurer Monir Birouk [email protected] -
North Macedonia Comparative Literature Association
North Macedonia Comparative Literature Association
Role Name Contact Organisation President Slavica Srbinovska [email protected] Secretary Darko Mitevski [email protected] -
Portuguese Association of Comparative Literature (APLC)
Associação Portuguesa de Literatura Comparada (APLC)
Role Name Contact Organisation President Luísa Malato [email protected] Vice President Odete Jubilado [email protected] Secretary Daniel Floquet [email protected] Treasurer Rui Carlos Fonseca [email protected] -
Romanian Association of General and Comparative Literature (ALGCR)
Asociaţia de Literatură Generală şi Comparată din România (ALGCR)
Role Name Contact Organisation President Corin Braga [email protected] Honorary President Martin Mircea [email protected] Vice President Adrian Lăcătuș [email protected] Vice President Caius Dobrescu [email protected] Vice President Carmen Musat [email protected] Secretary Oana Soare [email protected] -
Slovenian Society for Comparative Literature (SDPK)
Slovensko društvo za primerjalno književnost (SDPK)
Role Name Contact Organisation President Blaž Zabel [email protected] Secretary Anja Mrak [email protected] Treasurer Blaž Gselman [email protected] -
Società Italiana di Comparatistica Letteraria (SICL)
Società Italiana di Comparatistica Letteraria (SICL)
Role Name Contact Organisation President Rosita Tordi Castria -
Spanish Society of General and Comparative Literature (SELGyC)
Sociedad Española de Literatura General y Comparada (SELGyC)
Facultad de Filología. Edificio D., Ciudad Universitaria. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 280014 - Madrid, SpainRole Name Contact Organisation President Margarita Alfaro Amieiro [email protected] Vice President Rosario López Gregoris [email protected] Secretary Ana Belén Soto Cano Treasurer María Colom Jiménez [email protected] -
Swiss Association for General and Comparative Literature (ASLGC/SGAVL)
ASLGC - Association suisse de littérature générale et comparée / SGAVL - Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
Role Name Contact Organisation President Prof. Dr. Evelyn Dueck Vice President Prof. Dr. Sandro Zanetti [email protected] Secretary Dr. Sophie Jaussi [email protected] Treasurer Dr. Stefanie Leuenberger [email protected] -
Ukrainian Association of Comparative Literature
Ukrainian Association of Comparative Literature
Role Name Contact Organisation President Dmytro Nalivayko Secretary Olha Romanov [email protected]
Supporting Organisations
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American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA)
American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA)
Role Name Contact Organisation President Barin Ball Vice President Hosam Aboul-Ela Secretary/Treasurer Dina Al-Kassim [email protected]