International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature

International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature and Media
International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature and Media
Focus	Empirical study of literature and cognitive poetics
Website	www.igel.uni-goettingen.de

The International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature and Media (IGEL: Internationale Gesellschaft für Empirische Literaturwissenschaft) is a learned society with the object of promoting empirical approach to the study of literature and culture.

History

The society was founded in 1987 by Siegfried J. Schmidt University of Siegen.^[1] In 2010 IGEL became a registered society; it is registered as a Foundation in the Netherlands.

Governance

The Society is led by a governing board. Members of the board are the president, a vice-president, treasurer, secretary, member at large, journal editor, and student representative. The board is elected at the bi-annual meeting usually held in August/September for a two or four-year term. Presidents of IGEL:

1987-1988: Siegfried J. Schmidt, University of Siegen
1988-1990: Elrud Ibsch, VU University Amsterdam
1990-1992: Arthur C. Graesser, University of Memphis
1992-1994: László Halász, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1994-1996: Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek, University of Alberta
1996-1998: Els B. Andringa, Utrecht University
1998-2000: Gerald C. Cuphik, University of Toronto
2000-2002: János László, University of Pécs
2002-2004: David S. Miall, University of Alberta
2004-2006: Willie van Peer, University of Munich
2006-2008: Max Louwerse, University of Memphis
2008-2012: Marisa Bortolussi, University of Alberta
2012-2016: Frank Hakemulder, Utrecht University

Conferences

The Society holds biennial conferences, alternating between Europe and North America.

1987: Siegen
1990: Amsterdam
1992: Memphis
1994: Budapest
1996: Edmonton
1998: Utrecht
2000: Toronto
2002: Pécs
2004: Edmonton
2006: München
2008: Memphis
2010: Utrecht
2012: Montreal
2014: Torino^[2]
2016: Chicago

Publications

Scientific Study of Literature (SSOL) is the official journal of IGEL.^[3] IGEL membership includes a subscription to SSOL.

References

↑ "S.J. Schmidt, Empirical studies in literature and the media today : Welcoming speech to the participants of the first IGEL-conference University of Siegen (FRG), 9–12 December, 1987". Poetics 18,1 (1989), pp. 1-6. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
↑ "IGEL 2014 Torino Conference". University of Torino. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
↑ "SSOL". Publisher’s Website.

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