Welcome to the ACLA 2011 Website!

The American Comparative Literature Association’s 2011 Annual Meeting will take place in Vancouver, Canada March 31-April 3, 2011 (Thursday evening through Sunday noon).

Conference Theme

Our theme for 2011 is "World Literature/Comparative Literature." “Left to itself,” Goethe wrote, “every literature will exhaust its vitality, if it is not refreshed by the interest and contributions of a foreign one.” The same is true of literary-critical approaches. To Vancouver—a city where fifty-two percent of residents speak a first language other than English—we invite you to a discussion of world and comparative literatures. 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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