2025 Annual Meeting
The 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association will be held virtually, May 29 - June 1, 2025.
The seminar submission portal is now closed for the 2025 Annual Meeting. To propose a paper to a seminar, visit the paper submission portal here.
Important Dates:
| Seminar proposal portal opens | July 29, 2024 |
| Seminar proposal portal closes | September 9, 2024 |
| Paper proposal portal opens | September 13, 2024 |
| Paper proposal portal closes | October 14, 2024 |
| Seminar organizer review begins | October 18, 2024 |
| Seminar organizer review ends | November 4, 2024 |
| Secretariat sends notifications | December 17, 2024 |
For more information about each phase of the process, please view our step-by-step guide and check the Annual Meeting FAQ.
Paper Proposals
Propose a paper to the 2025 Annual Meeting now through October 14, 2024. For more information on the conference timeline, please review the chart above and the step-by-step guide. For more on paper submission, read the paper submission FAQ. For all other questions, refer to the Annual Meeting FAQ or contact info@acla.org.
Propose a paper
Seminar Organizer Review
The seminar organizer review period will take place October 18 - November 4. During this period, seminar organizers review the papers submitted to their seminars. Accept the papers that are the best fit for your proposed seminar, keeping in mind ACLA guidelines on seminar makeup & size (please see the FAQ and note below). Once you've accepted or declined every paper submitted to you, your seminar is automatically sent to the ACLA Program Committee for review. If you have proposed a seminar for the 2025 Annual Meeting, you will receive additional instructions at the email address you submitted. For any questions, contact info@acla.org.
Seminar organizers, please note the following guidelines for seminar composition. These are important for ensuring diversity and the widest possible participation in the conference. Please refer to the ACLA FAQs for further guidance.
- Each ACLA member may appear on only one seminar, whether as seminar organizer or paper presenter.
- No more than two presenters on a seminar may come from the same institution.
- Each seminar should include a balance of scholars at different stages and must include both faculty and graduate students.
- No more than 50% of presenters in a seminar should be graduate students.
- Optimal paper numbers are: 8 papers for a 2-day seminar (6-9 is acceptable), and 12 papers for a 3-day seminar (10-13 is acceptable). Proposed seminars of 5 papers or fewer are unlikely to be accepted.
2025 Registration Rates
Undergraduate Student: $10
Graduate Student: $35
Independent Scholar: $35
Contingent Faculty: $35
Tenure-track/tenured faculty making under 60k: $55
Tenure-track/tenured faculty making 60-90k: $75
Tenure-track/tenured faculty making 90-125k: $85
Tenure-track/tenured faculty making 125-175k: $95
Tenure-track/tenured faculty making over 175k: $135
We will be updating this page with additional details about the conference program, keynote speakers, registration, submission guidelines, and much more in the coming weeks. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@acla.org or visit the following links:
We look forward to welcoming you to the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association!