ACLA Membership
ACLA membership brings participation in the Annual Meeting, online resources, professional development, discounted publications, and the ability to vote in ACLA elections. Rates are set on a sliding scale by income level.
Explore membershipADPCL
The Association of Departments and Programs of Comparative Literature (ADPCL) serves department heads, graduate officers, and others leading a Comparative Literature unit. It holds meetings for program administrators, runs workshops for job-seekers, and offers administrative assistance.
Learn about ADPCLSupport a Scholar
The Support a Scholar fund provides financial support for contingent faculty and graduate students who attend the ACLA Annual Meeting. Contributions from friends of the ACLA help members for whom the cost of travel would otherwise be prohibitive.
Support a scholarACLAN — ACLA Newsletter
The ACLAN newsletter is published quarterly, with timely items posted between issues. Have something to share? Submit your news for inclusion in the newsletter and on our news pages.
Read ACLA newsState of the Discipline Report
ACLA's bylaws mandate a State of the Discipline Report each decade. The reports (1965, 1975, 1993, 2006, and 2014) chronicle comparative literature's intellectual and institutional development and have become landmarks in the history of the discipline.
Visit the report site