President

Professor Dr. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo University of Ghana

Past-President

Professor Dr. Adams Bodomo University of Vienna

Vice-President

Professor Dr. Tom Clark Victoria University

Secretary-General

Professor Dr. Constantine Yuka University of Benin

FILLM Studies Editor

Professor Dr. Haun Saussy University of Chicago

Treasurer

Professor Dr. Pieternella (Petra) Broomans University of Groningen

Communications Officer

Dr. Carola Koblitz, Vienna University

Assistant Communications Officer

Patrick Gordon, Victoria University

Professor Dr. Jemima Asabea Anderson University of Ghana

Professor Dr. Adam Kola Nicolaus Copernicus University

Professor Dr. Lucy Pearson Newcastle University

Assistant Secretary-Generals

Professor Dr. Liliana Sikorska Adam Mickiewicz University

Professor Dr. Chen Rudong Peking University

Professor Dr. Rebecca Ruth Gould SOAS, University of London

American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA)

Professor Dr. Shu-mei Shih

Association for Commonwealth Language and Literature Studies (ACLALS)

Dr. Alex Wanjala

Association Internationale de Littérature Comparée (AILC)

Professor Dr. Haun Saussy

Associazione internazionale per gli studi di lingua e letterature italiane (AISLLI)

Professor Dr. Fabio Finotti

Association for Literary Urban Studies (ALUS)

Dr. Silja Laine

Association for Studies in Fiction and Fictionality (ASIFF / SIRFF)

Professor Dr. Charlotte Krauss

Association for Rhetoric and Communication in Southern Africa (ARCSA)

Professor Dr. Philippe-Joseph Salazar

Australasian Universities Languages and Literature Association (AULLA)

Dr. Raelke Grimmer

Representatives of Member Associations

Children's Literature Association (ChLA)

Dr. Lucy Pearson

The European Society for the Study of English (ESSE)

Professor Dr. Dominic Rainsford

The Global Rhetoric Society (GRS)

Dr. Donka Alexandrovna

The Iberio-American Organization of Rhetoric (OIR)

Professor Dr. Pablo Schwartz

International Association for Scandinavian Studies (IASS)

Professor Henrik Johnson

International Association of University Professors of English (IAUPE)

Professor Dr. Liliana Sikorska

International Association for Word and Image Studies (IAWIS/AIERTI)

Professor Dr. Matthijs Engelberts

International Association for the Oral Literatures of Africa (ISOLA)

Professor Dr. Akintunde Akinyemi

The Finnish Literary Research Society (KTS)

Ilmari Leppihalme

The Modern Language Association (MLA)

Professor Dr. Margaret R. Higonnet

West African Linguistic Society (WALS)

Professor Dr. Constantine Yuka

Professor Dr. Adams Bodomo

Vice-President 2017-2020

Professor Dr. Li Na

Vice-President 2017-2020

Professor Dr. Margaret R. Higonnet

Vice-President 2014-2017

Professor Dr. Roxana Nubert

Vice-President 2011-2014

Professor Dr. Henriette Roos

Vice-President 2011-2014

Assistant Professor Dr. Sonia Faessel

Vice-President 2011-2014

Dr. Meenakshi Bharat

Vice-President 2011-2014

Professor Dr. John Noyes

Vice-President 2011-2014

Former Officers - Honorary Presidents

Professor Dr. Abhai K. Maurya

Vice-President 2008-2011

Professor Dr. Sylvie Andre

Vice-President 2005-2011

Professor Dr. Rosemary Ross Johnston

Vice-President 2002-2008

Professor Dr. Meta Grosman

Vice-President 2002-2005

Professor Dr. R. Fukuda

President 1972-1975

Professor Dr. Ziva Ben-Porat

Vice-President 2002-2005

Professor Dr. Eugene C. Eoyang

Vice-President 2002-2005

Professor D.C.R.A. Goonetilleke

Vice-President 1993-1999

Professor Dr. Roger D. Sell

Vice-President 1996-2002

Dr. G. Douglas Killam

Vice-President 1993-1999

Professor Dr. Emmanuel Ngara

Vice-President 1993-1996

Professor Dr. Ataliba T. De Castilho

Vice-President 2002-2005

Professor Dr. Chetana Nagavajara

Vice-President 2002-2005

Professor Dr. Albrecht Neubert

Vice-President 1993-1996

Professor Dr. Peter Horwath

Vice-President 1987-1993

Professor Dr. Yasmine Gooneratne

Vice-President 1993-1996

Professor Dr. Pierre Danchin

Vice-President 1987-1993

Professor Dr. Ayo Banjo

Vice-President 1984-1990

Professor Dr. Roger Asselineau

Vice-President 1981-1987

Dr. Juan M. Lope Blanch

Vice-President 1975-1981

Professor Dr. R.K. Das Gupta

Vice-President 1975-1981

Professor Dr. Dietrich Gerhardt

Vice-President 1975-1981

Professor Dr. John H. Fisher

Vice-President 1972-1978

Professor Dr. A. Alatorre

Vice-President 1972-1975

Dr. Ijaz Husain Batalvi

Vice-President 1969-75