Welcome to the ACLA 2008 Website!

The American Comparative Literature Association’s 2008 Annual Meeting will take place in Long Beach, California, on April 24-27, 2008 (Thursday evening through Sunday noon).

Online conference registration is now closed. Learn about how to register on site...

UPDATE March 24, 2008: View the updated schedule online

UPDATE February 29, 2008: View a list of seminars sorted by timeslot. Seminar Overview by Stream

Conference Theme

Our theme for 2008 is "Arrivals and Departures." The conference theme refers to the fact that the Port of Long Beach, together with the adjacent Port of Los Angeles, is the largest in the nation and a significant international gateway. The idea, of course, goes far beyond the place itself and encompasses literal journeys as well as all of the figurative, metaphorical, social, political, imaginative, emotional and psychological possibilities of representing movement. Read more...

Conference Information

The ACLA’s annual conferences have a distinctive structure in which most papers are grouped into twelve-person seminars that meet two hours per day for the three days of the conference to foster extended discussion. Some eight-person (or smaller) seminars meet just the first two days of the conference. This structure allows each participant to be a full member of one seminar, and to sample other seminars during the remaining time blocks. Previous conference programs that show this pattern are available at the ACLA website. The conference also includes plenary sessions, workshops and roundtable discussions, a business meeting, a banquet, and other events.

 

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