Welcome to the ACLA 2009 Website!

The American Comparative Literature Association’s 2009 Annual Meeting will take place at Harvard University on March 26-29, 2009 (Thursday evening through Sunday noon).

Conference Theme

Our theme for 2009 is "Global Languages, Local Cultures." From the early spreading of languages such as Greek, Chinese, Latin, and Arabic across broad regions to the present age of globalization, local literary cultures have long had to interact with hegemonic languages and literatures of foreign origin. 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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