Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu, former member of the ICLA Research Committee on Literary Theory, has edited the latest issue of The Yearbook of Comparative Literature, titled Matei Călinescu Festschrift.

Darío Villanueva, former member of the ICLA theory committee, has written, with César Domínguez and Haun Saussy, Lo que Borges le enseñó a Cervantes: Una introducción a la literatura comparada. The book, translated by David Mejía and published by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, is the Spanish-language edition of Introducing Comparative Literature: New Trends and Applications (Routledge, 2015).

Joep Leerssen, former member of the ICLA theory committee, has co-edited, with Luc van Doorslaer and Peter Flynn, Interconnecting Translation Studies and Imagology, an edited volume published by John Benjamins.

The proceedings of the 2015 workshop of the ICLA Research Committee on Literary Theory, which was held at the University of Pécs under the title “The Realities of Fiction—Fictions of Reality,” have been published in the December 2016 issue of Neohelicon. Edited by Yvonne H. Howell and Françoise Lavocat, the proceedings include articles by Jernej Habjan, Péter Hajdu, Sándor Hites, Françoise Lavocat, Kyohei Norimatsu, Sowon S. Park, Monika Schmitz-Emans, and Richard Walsh.

Matthew Reynolds has published Translation: A Very Short Introduction. The book, which was published by Oxford UP, offers an authoritative account of the field of translation, covering the whole history of translation.

Bo Pettersson, former member of the ICLA Committee on Literary Theory, has published How Literary Worlds Are Shaped: A Comparative Poetics of Literary Imagination. Based on a comparative analysis of different kinds of literature, including ancient and non-Western, the book presents a detailed account of the makings of literary worlds. Published by de Gruyter.

The Department of English at the American University of Beirut is seeking to fill a faculty position in world literature and global film and visual culture to begin August 15, 2017. The position is at the assistant professor level. The appointment is for an initial period of four years with opportunities for renewal and advancement. The usual teaching load is not more than 5 courses a year. Applicants must have completed their PhD by August 2017. The language of instruction is English. To apply, send a cover letter, a CV, a writing sample, a sample syllabus, and arrange for three letters of reference by November 1, 2016. For more information, click here.

Françoise Lavocat has co-edited, with Catherine Courtet, Mireille Besson and Alain Viala, Mises en intrigues, proceedings of the 2015 edition of the symposium “Rencontres Recherche et Création” at the Festival d’Avignon. The volume was published by CNRS Éditions.

Eva Horn has co-edited, with Peter Schnyder, Romantische Klimatologie, a special issue of the Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften. Tracing climatology back to Romanticism, contributors include Michael Auer, Hartmut Böhme, Diedrich Diederichsen, Philipp Felsch, Karin Harrasser, Noah Heringman, Rembert Hüser, Franz Mauelshagen, Monika Wagner, Arnd Wedemeyer, and the editors.

Mihály Szegedy-Maszák, Regular Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Professor of Central Eurasian Studies and Comparative Literature at Indiana University Bloomington, and a long-standing functionary of the ICLA, passed away on 24 July 2016 after a brief illness. He died peacefully, surrounded by his family. Mihály will be greatly missed.