Comparative Literature and Technology
Early Career Researchers
Early Career Researchers
ICLA 2025 Participation Grant
ICLA 2025 Participation Grant Announcement
The Participation Grants Committee has reviewed 348 applications and decided to allocate the total budget of $4,000 to the following scholars:
1. Anupama Kuttikat (The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad): $300 transportation grant
2. Chunyan Xu (Sichuan University): $300 transportation grant
3. Claude Patricia Tardif (Université Paris 8): $300 transportation grant
4. Debasmita Sarkar (SRM University Sikkim): $200 accommodation grant
5. Kai-Su-Wu (Tamkang University): $325 fee waiver + accommodation grant
6. Kexin Du (Bejing Jiaotong University): $325 fee waiver + accommodation grant
7. Khalid Ait Tahmidit (Mohammed V University): $62 fee waiver
8. Kanjing He (Shanghai Jiao Tong University): $262 fee waiver + accommodation grant
9. Shishi Liu (Sichuan University): $300 transportation grant
10. Rindon Kundu (Sri Sri University): $300 transportation grant
11. Tatia Oboladze (Georgian Comparative Literature Association): $200 accommodation grant
12. Tias Basu (Jadavpur University): $300 transportation grant
13. Yilun Fan (University of California, Riverside): $300 transportation grant
14. Xinying Yang (Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales): $300 transportation grant
15. Yujie Cao (Fudan University): $262 fee waiver + accommodation grant
Grantees will be reimbursed for their travel expenses on-site upon arrival in Seoul.
The members of the Participation Grants Committee
The Participation Grants Committee has reviewed 348 applications and decided to allocate the total budget of $4,000 to the following scholars:
1. Anupama Kuttikat (The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad): $300 transportation grant
2. Chunyan Xu (Sichuan University): $300 transportation grant
3. Claude Patricia Tardif (Université Paris 8): $300 transportation grant
4. Debasmita Sarkar (SRM University Sikkim): $200 accommodation grant
5. Kai-Su-Wu (Tamkang University): $325 fee waiver + accommodation grant
6. Kexin Du (Bejing Jiaotong University): $325 fee waiver + accommodation grant
7. Khalid Ait Tahmidit (Mohammed V University): $62 fee waiver
8. Kanjing He (Shanghai Jiao Tong University): $262 fee waiver + accommodation grant
9. Shishi Liu (Sichuan University): $300 transportation grant
10. Rindon Kundu (Sri Sri University): $300 transportation grant
11. Tatia Oboladze (Georgian Comparative Literature Association): $200 accommodation grant
12. Tias Basu (Jadavpur University): $300 transportation grant
13. Yilun Fan (University of California, Riverside): $300 transportation grant
14. Xinying Yang (Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales): $300 transportation grant
15. Yujie Cao (Fudan University): $262 fee waiver + accommodation grant
Grantees will be reimbursed for their travel expenses on-site upon arrival in Seoul.
The members of the Participation Grants Committee
ICLA Participation grants offered to attend the XXIV International Congress in Seoul, Korea, 28 July - 1 August 2025.
Individual scholars who received a notification of acceptance and are interested in applying for a participation grant (PG) should opt for one of the following:
a) Fee waiver (early registration amounts: $62 student or $125 regular)
b) Accommodation grant (max. $200)
c) Fee waiver + accommodation grant
d) Transportation grant (max. $300)
b) Accommodation grant (max. $200)
c) Fee waiver + accommodation grant
d) Transportation grant (max. $300)
The grants are meant to assist primarily MA, PhD, graduate students, and early career researchers whose circumstances do not allow them to finance their participation in the congress. The application will consist of a CV and a motivation letter.
As the deadline for abstract submission has been extended, applications for a PG will open on 20 February 2025 and close on 14 March 2025.
Early Career Development (ECARE) & NEXT GEN Seminars
During the XXI Congress held at the University of Vienna in July 2016, the ICLA created the Committee for Early Career Development (ECARE) to widen the communication between the Association and early career researchers and graduate students working in the field of comparative literature. The Committee aims at increasing the support for the development of early career scholars and graduate students in the field, while also asking how these members of our community are developing the landscape of the discipline through new and innovative forms of comparative inquiry, and how this impacts the work of the Association. More broadly, as the demands for hiring, tenure, and promotion in comparative literature are shifting as a result of new academic landscapes in the arts and humanities, ECARE aims to address the complexities of labouring in our transforming field and the changing nature of its early career constituency across the globe.
In the 2022 Congress in Tbilisi, the ICLA/ECARE Committee inaugurated a unique programme thread focusing specifically on graduate students and early career researchers. These events aimed at supporting these members of the Association by increasing the visibility of their work and encompassed social and academic activities including a special welcome reception, meeting with key contacts in the field, and the inauguration of the NEXT GEN Seminar that saw the presentation of over 20 papers by graduate students and early career scholars across all conference days.
This time, we are delighted to host the ICLA/ECARE programme as part of the 2025 ICLA Congress in Seoul and we invite all graduate students and early career researchers to join the activities below:
To participate in the ECARE Programme, graduate students and early career researchers must be active members of the association. Note that postgraduate students can join the association free of charge. More information on membership is available at the Association website: https://www.ailc-icla.org/membership-information/
We look forward to meeting you in Seoul!
Emanuelle Santos
Chair of the ECARE Committee
In the 2022 Congress in Tbilisi, the ICLA/ECARE Committee inaugurated a unique programme thread focusing specifically on graduate students and early career researchers. These events aimed at supporting these members of the Association by increasing the visibility of their work and encompassed social and academic activities including a special welcome reception, meeting with key contacts in the field, and the inauguration of the NEXT GEN Seminar that saw the presentation of over 20 papers by graduate students and early career scholars across all conference days.
This time, we are delighted to host the ICLA/ECARE programme as part of the 2025 ICLA Congress in Seoul and we invite all graduate students and early career researchers to join the activities below:
- A special Welcome Reception for graduate students and early career researchers attending the Congress hosted by the ICLA Executive Council, the Officers of the ICLA, and the Congress Organising Committee from Dongguk University.
- ECARE Workshop led by established researchers in the field addressing pressing issues in the profession.
- The ECARE Committee Meeting during the Congress where graduate students and early career researchers can bring forward ideas for how the ICLA can further support graduate students and early career researchers within the discipline of comparative literature.
- NEXT GEN Seminars especially dedicated for papers presented by graduate students and early career researchers to give them an opportunity to present new ideas and new approaches in comparative literature based on their research.
- Papers can address any aspect of the Congress theme.
- Abstracts for this session can be submitted via the Abstract Submission Website, using the ‘ECARE/NEXT GEN’ option.
- Acceptance notifications will be sent by the standard Congress deadline for acceptance notices.
- Graduate students and early career researchers can also participate in the Congress outside the scope of the NEXT GEN sessions. They can organise and submit a group session proposal, submit an abstract for another session, or submit an individual abstract for the ‘Group Sessions’ or ‘Individual Sessions’ listed in the Abstract Submission Website.
To participate in the ECARE Programme, graduate students and early career researchers must be active members of the association. Note that postgraduate students can join the association free of charge. More information on membership is available at the Association website: https://www.ailc-icla.org/membership-information/
We look forward to meeting you in Seoul!
Emanuelle Santos
Chair of the ECARE Committee