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Jointly organized by the Institute for World Literature of Harvard University and the Department of Linguistics and Translation of City University of Hong Kong (CityU), the fourth summer school session of the Institute for World Literature (IWL 2014) will be held from 23 June through 17 July 2014 at CityU. The Institute will feature four-week program that includes two sets of six two-week seminars taught by leading names in world literature today, together with outstanding guest lectures and opportunities for participants to share their work in affinity groups, as well as panels on pedagogy, program development, publishing, and the job market. The program will be supplemented by outings and cultural events to build community beyond the boundaries of the formal sessions. Our participants will have the chance to examine critically the latest challenges of this comprehensive and rapidly developing field, from its theoretical concepts and the history of the discipline to its forms of practice today embedded in a world market. Our seminars will be taught by a mix of distinguished senior faculty and innovative younger scholars of world literature. More information about this event is available at http://iwl.fas.harvard.edu/pages/program.