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The 60th Annual Comparative World Literature Conference

English Language and Literature/Letters Conference

Annual conference themed 'Legacies: Nostalgia, Adaptation, and Reimaginings' exploring reimaginings of the past and future in literature.

Dates - 3 days

Apr 22 – Apr 24, 2026

Opens

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Location

Long Beach, CA, United States

Venue

Karl Anatol Center, California State University, Long Beach

Academic Services Building, California State University, Long Beach, CA

Hosted by

California State University Long Beach

The theme problematizes 'legacy' as constraining or enabling, inviting proposals on any timeframe or theoretical perspective, celebrating 60 years of the conference since 1966. Topics include changes in criticism like New Criticism, structuralism, post-colonialism, new historicism, feminist, Marxist, psychoanalytic, and contemporary theory.

Topics & Focus Areas

LegaciesNostalgiaAdaptationReimaginingsliterary theory

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