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The British Comparative Literature Association, in the light of the unprecedented changes that the world is undergoing, and affirming that the discipline of comparative literature is predicated on the breaking down of the borders between literatures and cultures, invites reflections and engagement with what it is to live in the age of confinement. The British Comparative Literature Association, in the light of the unprecedented changes that the world is undergoing, and affirming that the discipline of comparative literature is predicated on the breaking down of the borders between literatures and cultures, invites reflections and engagement with what it is to live in the age of confinement. The British Comparative Literature Association, in the light of the unprecedented changes that the world is undergoing, and affirming that the discipline of comparative literature is predicated on the breaking down of the borders between literatures and cultures, invites reflections and engagement with what it is to live in the age of confinement. The British Comparative Literature Association, in the light of the unprecedented changes that the world is undergoing, and affirming that the discipline of comparative literature is predicated on the breaking down of the borders between literatures and cultures, invites reflections and engagement with what it is to live in the age of confinement. The BCLA welcomes applications for membership from UK and international scholars, researchers, authors and lecturers working in the field of comparative literature and related fields such as translation, creative writing and poetry. The BCLA has a distinguished history: founded in 1975, it was created through the leadership and collaboration of Britain's preeminent intellectuals in the field of Comparative Literature. The BCLA invites reflections from specialists in Comparative Literature on what it means to live in this age of confinement. The Malcolm Bowie Memorial Lecture is held every two years in honour of Malcolm Bowie, president of the BCLA from 1998 to 2004. The BCLA maintains its close links with the field of Translation Studies through the annual John Dryden Translation Competition: members have one free entry. Comparative Critical Studies, the BCLA's journal, is published in three issues a year by Edinburgh University Press. Full members receive each issue free. The BCLA collaborates with the publisher Legenda in the book series Studies in Comparative Literature (SICL). Forty-seven titles have been published. Online Roundtable and Panel Discussion: Randomness and Culture in the Age of Quarantine More than a hundred comparatists from around the world participated in an online webinar hosted by the BCLA on September 16, 2020, featuring a series of talks by four keynote speakers, Professor Mads Rosendahl Thomsen, Professor Kylie Crane, Professor Maghiel Van Crevel and Professor Peter Arnds. This was followed by a round table discussion, with questions open to all the participants.Videocasts of the talks on the day and other resources on the event's dedicated page are available by following the link below. Download theBCLA Postgraduate Bursary Application Form The British Comparative Literature Association ispleased to announce its scheme of postgraduate bursaries, designed to support attendance atconferences, researchtripsor CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF ENTRIES: 8 February 2021 DownloadJohn Dryden Competition Entry form TheBritish Comparative Literature Associationand theBritish Centre for Literary Translationare pleased to Global Grammars, Local Accents: London s Diasporic PoetriesThe QMUL Comparative Literature Forum 2020, featuring poets Momtaza Mehri, Stephen Watts and Belinda Zhawi. Register on eventbrite Join Speculative Art and Spatial Justice: How can imaginative practices create fairer and safer spaces?National University of Ireland, Galway (virtual),April 16-17 2020 The greatest challenges of World Literature and the Minor: Figuration, Circulation, Translation6 – 7 May 2021University of Leuven, Belgium (online) Keynote Speakers:Michael Cronin (Trinity College Dublin)B. Venkat Mani (UW-Madison)Francesca PLAYFULNESS: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Cultural LiteracyA Virtual SymposiumThursday 13th – Friday 14th May 2021 Ask busy children what they’re doing and they’ll say ‘I’mplaying’. Ask We promote the scholarly study of literature, across languages and borders, national or other. Join Us.

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