The International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA) is an international academic organization with worldwide influence. The 22nd ICLA Congress in 2019 will be jointly sponsored by the International Comparative Literature Association, the Chinese Comparative Literature Association, the University of Macau, Shenzhen University and Saint Joseph University. It will be held in Shenzhen and Macao from July 25 to August 2, 2019, reflecting the new international academic conference mode of “one conference and two cities”. Entrusted by the International Comparative Literature Association and the Chinese Comparative Literature Association, Shenzhen University will host the “2019 Executive Committee Council of International Comparative Literature Association and International Comparative Literature Summit Forum” in Shenzhen from July 25 to 29, 2019.
Shenzhen University is a rapidly developing university of the Shenzhen Special Administrative Region, a window University and an experimental university. It has a longstanding and important relationship with comparative literature, Chinese comparative literature and international comparative literature institutions. Shenzhen University is the birthplace of the Chinese Comparative Literature Association. In 1985, 2005 and 2015, Shenzhen University held three annual meetings or high-level academic seminars of the Chinese Comparative Literature Association. The “2019 Executive Committee Council of the International Comparative Literature Association and International Comparative Literature Summit Forum” will be another grand event of comparative literature hosted by Shenzhen University. This council will bring together authoritative international comparative literature scholars from 19 countries, together with domestic scholars, gathering in Shenzhen to participate in this international comparative literature event.
Shenzhen University sincerely welcomes scholars from all over the world to attend the conference. The scale of the conference will accommodate 300 participants. The conference is open to ordinary participants. The conference fee is 1000 yuan per person for conference affairs, and 500 yuan per person for graduate students. Transportation and accommodation expenses are borne by participants themselves.
Relevant Information about the Conference:
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Theme of the Conference:
Cosmopolitanism, World Literature and China
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Sub Topics:
1. Cosmopolitanism and the Construction of the Community of Human Destiny
2. World Literature and China
3. “The Belt and Road Initiative”: Another Form of Globalization.
4. The Rise of Comparative Literature and Digital Humanities
5. Orientalism and the Rise of Oriental Literature
6. World Literature and Translation
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Keynote Speakers:
Haun Saussy (USA)
Theo D'haen (Belgium)
Harish Trivedi (India)
Cheng Zhongying (USA)
Zhang Longxi (Hong Kong, China)
Wang Ning (China)
Cao Shunqing (China)
Liu Hongyi (China)
Liu Xiaofeng (China)
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Special Session on Cultural Philosophy and Cross Civilization Research (July 28, 2019)
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Round-table for Editors in chief of SSCI & HCI journals (in alphabetical order) (27 July 2019)
Thomas O. Beebee (Editor in chief of Comparative Literature Studies)
Marshall Brown (Editor in Chief of Modern Language Quarterly)
Theo D'haen (Editor in chief of European Review)
Garry L. Hagberg (Editor in chief of Philosophy and Literature)
Péter Hajdu (Editor in chief of neohelicon)
David Tse-Chien Pan (Editor in chief of Telos)
Janell Watson (Editor in chief of The Minnesota Review)
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Literature and Art Salon
1. Dialogue between Wang Anyi and Timothy Mo (July 28, 2019)
Wang Anyi: “The Novelist of Today in China”
Timothy Mo: “The Novelist of Today in Europe”
2. Performance by Li Chengwei, a famous young pianist at the Royal College of Art
3. Yuan Hebin Painting Exhibition (July 26, 2019)
“Cross Cultural Communication of Chinese Painting Art”
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Time and Venue of the Conference
Conference Time:
July 25th: ICLA Executive Committee Members register
July 26th: Summit Forum Guest Speaker and Participants register
July 26th -28th: Three Full Days Conference
Morning of July 29th: End of the Conference and Departure
Venue: Wuzhou Hotel (6001 Shennan Avenue, Futian District, Shenzhen)
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Participation Fee:
TheConference charges 1000 yuan per person for ordinary participants and 500 yuan per person for graduate students. Transportation and accommodation expenses are borne by participants themselves.
Please send receipt and abstract to icla_shenzhen_2019@163.com before May 10, 2019. After the conference, excellent papers will be selected for publication.
Conference Affairs Group:
Zheng Huayong, Tel.: + 86-13510241060
Li Yi, Tel.: + 86-18588272705
Academic Group:
Chen Shiqin, Tel.: + 86-13686467157
Sun Yibing, Tel.: + 86-18925260496
Conference Email:
icla_shenzhen_2019@163.com
Best Regards,
Chinese Comparative Literature Association
Shenzhen University
April 20, 2019
