Executive Council 2025-28
The current Officers of the AILC-ICLA and the Members of the Executive Comittee were elected in July 2025. Their term will end when the next elections take place, to coincide with the Congress in 2028. The Executive Council also includes the Chairs of Reserch Committees, the Chairs of Administrative Committees, the Journal Editor-in-Chief, and the Honorary Presidents and Members.
As indicated in the Statutes, the officers of the Presidency, the Members of the Executive Comittee and ratified Chairs of the Standing Research Committees have voting rights in meetings of the Council.
Presidency
President
Ipshita Chanda
Vice President
Anne Duprat
Vice President
Noriko Hiraishi
Vice President
Haun Saussy
Vice President
Helga Mitterbauer
Secretary
Zoé Schweitzer
Secretary
Oana Fotache
Treasurer
Alexandra Lopes
Treasurer for Europe, Africa and the Middle East
Treasurer
Gundela Hachmann
Treasurer for the Americas
Treasurer
Yuriko Yamanaka
Treasurer for Asia-Pacific (postal address: National Museum of Ethnology, 10-1 Senri Expo Park, Suita, 565-8511, Japan)
Executive Committee
Chairs of Standing Research Committees
Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages (CHLEL)
Florian Mussgnug
Ratified Chair of the Committee
Comparative History of East Asian Literatures
Haun Saussy
Ratified Chair of the Committee
South Asian Literatures and Cultures
E.V. Ramakrishan
Ratified Chair of the Committee
Scriptural Reasoning and Comparative Studies
Chengzhou He
Ratified Chair of the Committee
Comics Studies and Graphic Narrative
Stefan Buchenberger
Ratified Chair of the Committee
Chairs of Term-Limited Research Committees
Comparative African Literatures
Vacant
Chairs of Administrative Committees
Journal Editor in Chief
Honorary Presidents
Eva Kushner
†President: 1979–1982
György M. Vajda
†President: 1982–1985
Douwe Fokkema
†President: 1985–1988
Earl Miner
†President: 1988–1991
Maria Alzira-Seixo
President: 1991–1994
Gerald Gillespie
President: 1994–1997
Jean Bessière
President : 1997–2000
Kawamoto Kōji
President : 2000–2004
Tania Frânco Carvalhal
†President: 2004–2007
Dorothy Figueira
Presidente : 2007
Manfred Schmeling
President : 2007–2010
Steven P. Sondrup
†President: 2010–2013
J. W. Bertens
President: 2013–2016
Longxi Zhang
President: 2016–2019
Sandra Bermann
President: 2019-2022
Lucia Boldrini
President : 2022-2025
Honorary Member
John Burt Foster