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BCLA 2010 Malcolm Bowie Memorial Lecture
Antonia S. Byatt
"Balzac, the animal, the human and the form of the novel"
University College London
Saturday 16 January 2010
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BCLA XII International Conference
'Archive'
University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
5 - 8 July 2010
Follow the this link for more information or download the call for papers

John Dryden Translation Competition 2009/2010 now open.
Closing date for receipt of entries 15 February 2010.
Download the entry form here
The competition now has a Facebook page.

Joint BCLA/CNRS Workshop Conference
'Hybrids, Monsters, Aliens and Other Creatures in 20th and 21st Century Writing"
Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, University of London
9 - 11 September 2010
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Professor Malcolm Bowie
A tribute to his life and work

The British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), founded in 1975, aims to promote the scholarly study of literature without confinement to national and linguistic boundaries, and in relation to other disciplines. The BCLA's primary interests are in literature, the contexts of literature and the interaction between literatures.

Through its regular publications, its conferences and other activities the Association:

• encourages research along comparative, intercultural and interdisciplinary lines, as well as in the fields of general literary studies and literary theory
• fosters the exchange and renewal of critical ideas and concepts
• keeps its members informed about national and international developments in the study of literature
• provides a forum for personal and institutional academic contacts, both within Britain and with Associations and individuals in other countries

The British Comparative Literature Association
XII International Conference "Archive"
University of Kent, Canterbury, UK, 5–8 July 2010

Paper proposals of a comparative/interdisciplinary nature are invited, focusing on any culture or historical period. The following list is intended to suggest a possible range of subject areas:

archiving the future, bibliomania, censored archives, collecting, conservation, drafts, fake archives, film and sound archives, imaginary archives, libraries, literary remains, lost archives, manuscripts, marginalia, politics of the archive, oral history, secrets of the archive, technologies of the archive, testimony, the unarchived

Call for Papers in Word or PDF)

NEW COMPARISON. As of January 2010, we have begun making the complete back run of the journal available on line. Current issues available are: 29, 30, 31, 32, 33- 34, 35 -36. To access these, click on "Publications" above, and choose "New Comparison". For issues not yet available on line, contact the General Editor, Maurice Slawinski.