About us
The Lithuanian Comparative Literature Association, founded on January 13, 2005, brings together literary specialists, scholars, and researchers in Lithuania and other countries, who work in the field of comparative literary studies. The Association is a member of the international European Society of Comparative Literature and International Comparative Literature Association.
The association, whose board members met at the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences until 2019, has moved to a new location: the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, whose strategic directions include comparative literature as a primary concern.
The Association's objectives
To participate in comparative studies, intensify such studies, and conduct individual interdisciplinary comparative research in higher education institutions, universities, and research centers in Lithuania and other countries;
To interact with groups dealing with comparative literature in other countries;
To organize and participate in scientific conferences, seminars, and training courses, as well as work on projects with researchers from other countries;
To give methodological support to LCLA members, as well as to gather and share information;
Publication of comparative literature as well as other types of publications;
To use comparative literature findings in pedagogical practice and to promote them to the general public.
Members
A Council and its Chairperson govern the Lithuanian Comparative Literature Association. At the general meeting, members of the council are elected. The following are the members of the LCLA Council for the 2025-2028 term of office:
Dr Karolina Bagdonė
President of the LCLA Council
Researcher Fellow, Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore;
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Tampere University
Prof. Dr Mindaugas Kvietkauskas
Dean of Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University, Associate Professor, Institute for Literary, Cultural and Translation Studies
Dr Geda Montvilaitė
Lecturer at Charles University in Prague
Vice-President of the LCLA Council
Senior Research Associate, Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Associate Professor, Centre for Studies in Comparative Literature, Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University
Secretary
Senior Research Associate, Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Dr Joanna Tabor
Head of the Centre for Baltic Studies, University of Warsaw
Gabija Bankauskaitė
Vilnius University
Vigmantas Butkus
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Genovaitė Dručkutė
Vilnius University
Nida Gaidauskienė
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Jūratė Jasaitytė
Independent Researcher
Eglė Kačkutė-Hagan
Vilnius University
Eglė Keturakienė
Vilnius University
Dalia Kuizinienė
Vytautas Magnus University
Donata Mitaitė
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Taisija Oral
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Gerda Pilipaitytė
Vilnius University
Akvilė Rėklaitytė
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Giedrė Šmitienė
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Gintana Vanagaitė
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, Vytautas Magnus University
Eugenijus Žmuida
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Agnė Bernotaitė
Independent Researcher
Dalia Cidzikaitė
Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania
Carmen Caro Dugo
Vilnius University
Dalia Jakaitė
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Viktorija Jonkutė
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Violeta Katinienė
Vilnius University
Žydronė Kolevinskienė
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Dovilė Kuzminskaitė
Vilnius university
Aurelija Mykolaitytė
Vytautas Magnus University
Kamil Pecela
Jagiellonian University
Monika Pokorska-Iwaniuk
Adam Mickiewicz University
Dalia Satkauskytė
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, Vilnius University
Inesa Szulska
University of Warsaw
Viktorija Šeina-Vasiliauskienė
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Manfredas Žvirgždas
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Dainius Būrė
Vilnius University
Ona Dilytė-Čirinskienė
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Irena Fedorovič
Vilnius University
Giedrė Jankevičiūtė
Lithuanian Culture Research Institute
Aušra Jurgutienė
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Jurga Katkuvienė
Vilnius University
Aistė Kučinskienė
Vilnius University
Vilius Mingilas
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Živilė Nedzinskaitė
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Audinga Peluritytė-Tikuišienė
Vilnius University
Edita Puskunigytė
Vilnius University
Akvilė Šimėnienė
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Dainius Vaitiekūnas
Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania
Asta Vaškelienė
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Silvestas Gaižiūnas
Honorary Member
Vytautas Martinkus
Honorary Member
Tomas Venclova
Honorary Member
Nijolė Kašelionienė
Honorary Member
† Kęstutis Nastopka
Honorary Member
Violeta Kelertienė
Honorary Member
Viktorija Skupskelytė
Honorary Member