"Great Immortality: Studies on European Cultural Sainthood" (Brill, 2019) edited by Marijan Dović (ZRC Zasu, Institute of Slovenian Literature and Literary Studies) and by Jón Karl Helgason (University of Iceland) received the first edition of the ESCL Excellence Award for Collaborative Research in 2021. Key topics: Cultural Sainthood, Periphery of Europe, National Poets, France Prešeren … Continue reading Interview with Marjan Dovich and Jon Karl Helgason: Great Immortality: Studies on European Cultural Sainthood (Brill 2019)
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Interview with S. B. Jørgensen on “Landscapes of Realism” (II)
Steen Bille Jørgensen (Aarhus University, Denmark) elaborates on how the project challenged the canon by extending the coverage of the academic approach to realism with a focus on the second volume: „Pathways through realism” (John Benjamins, 2022) edited by Svend Erik Larsen, Margaret R. Higonnet and Steen Bille Jørgensen. Both volumes of „Landscapes of Realism: … Continue reading Interview with S. B. Jørgensen on “Landscapes of Realism” (II)
Interview with Rosa Mucignat (King’s College London) on “Landscapes of realism: Rethinking literary realism in comparative perspectives”
Interview with Rosa Mucignat on "Landscapes of realism" (click to view it) We discuss the practice of collaborative research and the methodologies of the project with a focus on the first volume: Mapping realism (John Benjamins, 2021) edited by Rosa Mucignat, Dirk Göttsche, and Robert Weninger. Both volumes of Landscapes of Realism: Rethinking literary realism in comparative perspectives received … Continue reading Interview with Rosa Mucignat (King’s College London) on “Landscapes of realism: Rethinking literary realism in comparative perspectives”
Brigitte Le Juez obituary
It is with a sense of profound sadness and loss that the ESCL is sharing the news that our dear friend and colleague Brigitte Le Juez passed away on 30 March 2025. Brigitte was involved with the Society from its inception in 2001. She served as President from 2015 to 2017 before becoming the founding … Continue reading Brigitte Le Juez obituary
Entretien avec M. Zupančič sur “Le mythe au féminin et l'(in)visibilisation du corps” (Brill, 2021)
Call for papers: ESCL-SELC session at ICLA, Seoul, July 29-Aug 1, 2025
East meets West: Travellers and Scholars writing about India, Japan and Korea Organised by Zsuzsanna Varga (U of Glasgow, UK), Angeliki Spiropoulou (U of Peloponnese, Greece) , Richard Hibbitt (U of Leeds, UK) Emilia di Rocco (Sapienza, Rome, Italy), Bernard Franco (Sorbonne, Paris, France) This panel investigates border crossings manifest in the works of European travellers and scholars … Continue reading Call for papers: ESCL-SELC session at ICLA, Seoul, July 29-Aug 1, 2025
10th Biannual Congress of the ESCL Paris recordings
-On September the 2nd, first day of the Xth Biannual Congress of the ESCL: « Le Jeu: Gaming, Gambling and Play in Literature » in Paris at the Sorbonne University, we were honoured to have PIERRE BRUNEL (Académie des Sciences morales et politiques et membre de l'Academia Europaea) delivering his lecture Jeux Odysséens et Jeux … Continue reading 10th Biannual Congress of the ESCL Paris recordings
ESCL Excellence Award for Collaborative Research 2024 goes to Landscapes of Realism
In response to the call published by ESCL in 2023, fourteen edited volumes were submitted to compete for the ESCL Excellence Award for Collaborative Research 2024. After reviewing the volumes, the ESCL Excellence Award Selection Committee shortlisted three volumes: Iberian and Translation Studies: Literary Contact Zones (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2021), edited by Esther Gimeno … Continue reading ESCL Excellence Award for Collaborative Research 2024 goes to Landscapes of Realism
Applications to the Executive Committee of the ESCL/Candidatures au Conseil d’Administration de la SELC
The Executive Committee is up for renewal. The elections will take place at the next General Assembly which will be held on Thursday 5 September 2024, during the ESCL Congress in Paris, France (2-6 September 2024). Those unable to attend the conference will need to delegate their votes to an attendee. Le Conseil d’Administration doit … Continue reading Applications to the Executive Committee of the ESCL/Candidatures au Conseil d’Administration de la SELC
Updated program of the ESCL Biennial Congress at Sorbonne
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