The World Congress of Scottish Literatures is the main event organised by IASSL and is held every three years, providing an opportunity to promote the study of Scottish literatures as a field on a global level. The fifth one is going to be organised in Nanjing on 17-20 June 2027.
PREVIOUS INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES OF SCOTTISH LITERATURES
- 1st congress: University of Glasgow, 2014, main organiser: Murray Pittock, congress secretary: Rhona Brown, keynote speakers: Ted Cowan, Ann Rigney, James Robertson
- 2nd congress: Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, 2017, keynote speakers: Miranda Burgess, Caroline McCracken-Flesher, Pamela Perkins
- 3rd congress (deferred due to the pandemic): Charles University, Prague, 2022, main organiser: Martin Procházka, congress secretaries: Mirka Horová & Petra Johana Poncarová, keynote speakers: Angela Esterhammer, Joep Leerssen, Glenda Norquay, Christopher Whyte, plenary reading: Alan Spence
- 4th congress: University of Nottingham, 2024, main organisers: Joe Jackson & Nicola Royan, congress secretary: Rebecca Peck, keynote speakers: Rhona Brown, Peter Mackay, Andrew Nash, plenary reading: Anne Donovan
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF SCOTTISH LITERATURES 