Executive Council 2016-19
The Officers and Members of the Executive Comittee were elected in July 2016. Their term ended in July 2019.
Presidency
President
Longxi Zhang
Vice President
Lucia Boldrini
Vice President
Kathleen Komar
Vice President
Anders Pettersson
Vice President
Xiaoyi Zhou
Secretary
Anne Tomiche
Secretary
Paulo Horta
Treasurer
Hans-Joachim Backe
Treasurer
Noriko Hiraishi
Treasurer
Efraín Kristal
Executive Committee
Member
Marie-Thérèse Abdelmessih
Member
Sandra Bermann
Member
Ipshita Chanda
Member
Wiebke Denecke
Member
Massimo Fusillo
Member
Debjani Ganguly
Member
Yorimitsu Hashimoto
Member
Achim Hölter
Member
Hitoshi Oshima
Member
Sangjin Park
Member
E.V. Ramakrishan
Member
Rita Sakr
Member
Márcio Seligmann-Silva
Member
Philip Van Schalkwyk
Member
William Spurlin
Member
Reza Teher-Kermani
Member
Mads Rosendahl Thomsen
Member
Huilin Yang
Chairs of Standing Research Committees
Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages (CHLEL)
Karen-Margrethe Lindskov Simonsen
Comparative Gender Studies
Liedeke Plate
Comparative History of East Asian Literatures
Haun Saussy
Literary Theory
Robert Young
South Asian Literatures and Cultures
Chandra Mohan
South Asian Literatures and Cultures
E.V. Ramakrishan
Translation Studies
Sandra Bermann
Chairs of Term-Limited Research Committees
Comics Studies and Graphic Narrative
Stefan Buchenberger
Comics Studies and Graphic Narrative
Kai Mikkonen
Comparative African Literatures
Wendy L. Belcher
Comparative African Literatures
Brahim El Guabli
Dreamcultures: Cultural and Literary History of the Dream
Bernard Dieterle
Dreamcultures: Cultural and Literary History of the Dream
Manfred Engel
Literature and Neuroscience
Suzanne Nalbantian
Chairs of Administrative Committees
ECARE - Early-Career Researcher Development Committee
Isabel Capeloa Gil
Research Development Committee
Theo D'haen
Structures Committee
Anders Pettersson
Nominating Committee
Helena Buescu
Balakian Prize Committee
Kathleen Komar
Journal Editor in Chief
Editor
Marc Maufort
Honorary Presidents
Honorary President
Eva Kushner
†President: 1979–1982
Honorary President
György M. Vajda
†President: 1982–1985
Honorary President
Douwe Fokkema
†President: 1985–1988
Honorary President
Earl Miner
†President: 1988–1991
Honorary President
Maria Alzira-Seixo
President: 1991–1994
Honorary President
Gerard Gillespie
President: 1994–1997
Honorary President
Jean Bessière
President: 1997–2000
Honorary President
Kawamoto Kōji
President: 2000–2004
Honorary President
Tania Frânco Carvalhal
†President: 2004–2007
Honorary President
Dorothy Figueira
President: 2007
Honorary President
Manfred Schmeling
President: 2007–2010
Honorary President
Steven P. Sondrup
†President: 2010–2013
Honorary President
Hans Bertens
President: 2013–2016
Honorary Member
John Burt Foster