ICLA 2022

Georgian Comparative Literature Association (GCLA)

International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA)

Ivane Javakhisvhili Tbilisi State University (TSU)

Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature

XXIII Congress - July 24, 2022 – July 29, 2022

Tbilisi, Georgia

CONGRESS SESSIONS

• Words and Images crossing literary and critical borders
• East and West: Literary and Cultural Paradigms
• Global South and Global North
• Minorities and/ in Literature
• Translating difference: The Other in Other Words
• Minor Literature, Small Literatures, Literatures of Small Nations
• Colonial, Postcolonial, Decolonial and Neocolonial Experiences: Rewriting Cultural History
• Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Literature and Culture
• The post-Soviet Literary Space and the World after the Cold War
• Digital Culture: Media, Transmedia, Intermedia

PROPOSALS

Individual proposals may be submitted for Congress sessions as well as for Open  group sessions and Special sessions.

Abstract should be submitted in English or in French with 3-5 keywords;

No more than 300 words; Font- Sylfaen; Size 11 Line spacing – single.

WORKING LANGUAGES

XXIII Congress working languages are: English, French, Georgian.

Proposals must be written in English or French.

Membership of the ICLA is a requirement to present at the Congress

CONGRESS VENUE

Ilia Tchavtchavadze Avenue, Academic Building I, 0179 Tbilisi, Georgia

Kostava str.5, 0108, Tbilisi, Georgia

Gudiashvili Str.7, 0108, Tbilisi, Georgia

Important Dates:

• Group session submission due: 31 August, 2021.

• Acceptance of group sessions announced by Chairs: November 30, 2021.

• Individual abstract submission due: 31 December, 2021

• Special session submission due: 31 December, 2021

• Acceptance announced of individual papers 20 February, 2022

• Registration deadline June 1, 2022