Introduction to Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies of World Literature, Zhejiang University

    The Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies of World Literature at Zhejiang University, established in December 2017, hosts two scholarly learned journals Interdisciplinary Studies of Literature (A&HCI) and Forum for World Literature Studies (ESCI). Working closely with the International Association for Ethical Literary Criticism (IAELC), the institute aims to develop a world-class discipline of foreign languages and literatures. With much social responsibility, academic innovation, and national consciousness, it not only breaks down disciplinary and professional barriers but also builds up a platform for humanities across schools, disciplines and countries. The institute attempts to initiate and launch a series of international collaborations in the field of world literature from an interdisciplinary perspective, so as to produce high-quality research works.

    Highlighting such features as internationalization and interdisciplinarity, the institute mainly pursues cutting-edge research in three broad areas: ethical literary criticism and interdisciplinary studies, brain text and cognitive studies, and poetry writing and poetry criticism. It seeks to formulate a team of international scholars to carry out a set of projects in these areas with distinctive characteristics. As an international academic platform with learned journals and associations, the institute places particular emphasis on promoting ethical literary criticism both in theory and in practice through nationally and internationally funded projects and other relevant initiatives.

    The core faculties of the institute are mainly from Zhejiang University, but it also hosts internationally recognized scholars as its affiliated faculties all the year round.