Editorial Team
Inquire 4.2 (November 2015)
Editor: Kara Abdolmaleki (Comparative Literature, University of Alberta)
Associate Editor: Christian Ylagan (Comparative Literature, Western University)
Reviews Editor: Tetiana Kopotilova (Applied Linguistics, University of Alberta)
CL HUB Editor: Amir Khadem (Comparative Literature, University of Alberta)
New Trans Editor: Hannah Madsen (MBA & Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta)
Copy Editor: Andrew Reszitnyk (English and Cultural Studies, McMaster)
Review Staff
Kevin Godbout (Western University), Aina Marti (King’s College London), Solmaz Kive (University of Colorado), Kristen Shaw (McMaster University), Driton Nushaj (Western University), Eser Ari (Western University), Jaime Brenes-Reyes (Western University), Yvonne Hammond (West Virginia University)
Inquire 4.1 (October 2014)
Editor: Elli Dehnavi (Comparative Literature, Alberta)
Associate Editor: Kara Abdolmaleki (Comparative Literature, Alberta)
Reviews Editor: Christian Ylagan (Comparative Literature, UWO)
CL Hub Editor: Jessica Jacobson-Konefall (Cultural Studies, Queens)
New Trans Editor: Amir Khadem (Comparative Literature, Alberta)
Copy Editor: Andrew Reszitnyk (English and Cultural Studies, McMaster)
Proofreader: Sorin Tomuta (Comaprative Literature, Alberta)
Site Development
Software: Mark Madsen (STREETLABS)
Design: Igor Jakab (Earth and Atmospheric Air Sciences, Alberta)
Cover Photography
Omid Iranmehr (freelance photographer, Iran)
Review Staff
Kara Abdolmaleki (Alberta), Wisam Kh. Abdul Jabbar (Alberta), Pushpa Acharya (Toronto), Roxana Akhbari (Alberta), Keyvan Alahyari (Melbourne), Elli Dehnavi (Alberta), Marine Gheno (Alberta), Amir Khadem (Alberta), Hannah Madsen (Alberta), Mansoureh Modarress (Alberta), Ahoo Najafian (Stanford), Jeremie Pelletier-Gagnon (Alberta), Shama Rangwala (Alberta), Avishek Ray (Trent).
Advisory Board
Karin Beeler (President of Canadian Comparative Literature Association; Northern British Columbia), Sandra Bermann (former President of American Comparative Literature Association; Princeton), Albert Braz (Director of Comparative Literature; Alberta), Swapan Chakravorty (Director of National Library of India; Jadavpur), Evelyn Cobley (former President of Canadian Comparative Literature Association; Victoria), David Darby (Graduate Chair of Comparative Literature; Western Ontario), Subha Chakraborty Dasgupta (Joint Director of the School of Cultural Texts and Records, Editor of Jadavpur Journal of Comparative Literature; Jadavpur), Patricia Demers (Alberta), Daniel Fried (Alberta), James Gifford (Director of Humanities Core, Fairleigh Dickinson-Vancouver), Simon Harel (Directeur de Littérature comparée; Montréal), , Linda Hutcheon (Toronto), Fredric Jameson (Duke), Gary Kelly (Alberta), Neil ten Kortenaar (Director of Comparative Literature; Toronto), Manijeh Mannani (Athabasca), James Mulvihill (Alberta), Ken Seigneurie (Director of the Program in World Literature; Simon Fraser-Surrey), Irene Sywenky (Graduate Coordinator of Comparative Literature; Alberta), Katie Trumpener (Yale), Marina Warner (President of British Comparative Literature Association; Essex).
Past Issues
Inquire 3.2 (February 2014) 'Neither Here Nor There: The (Non)Geographical Futures of Comparative Literature'
Editor: Gabrielle Kristjanson (English, Melbourne), Associate Editor: Elli Dehnavi (Comparative Literature, Alberta), Assitant Editor: Kara Abdolmaleki (Comparative Literature, Alberta), Reviews Editor: Rohit Dutta Roy (Comparative Literature, Jadavpur), CL Hub Editor: Jessica Jacobson-Konefall (Cultural Studies, Queens), New Trans Editor: Samantha Cook (Modern Languages & Cultural Studies, Alberta), Copy Editor: Andrew Reszitnyk (English and Cultural Studies, McMaster), Proof Reader: Julie Fredette (Comparative Canadian Literature, Sherbrooke), Site Development , Software: Mark Madsen (STREETLABS), Design: Igor Jakab (Earth and Atmospheric Air Sciences, Alberta), Cover Photography Bella Li (English, Melbourne), Wisam Kh. Abdul Jabbar (Alberta), Alexandros Alexandropoulos (Kingston), Robert Bisnoff (Arizona State University), Samantha Cook (Alberta), David Cowley (Alberta), Elli Dehnavi (Alberta), Lai-Tze Fan (York), Julie Frédette (Sherbrooke), Yvonne Hammond (West Virginia), J. Holder Bennett (U of North Texas), Kristina Hargett (Western Carolina), Andrea Hasenbank (Alberta), Barbara L. Hilden (Alberta), Gabrielle Kappes (City University of New York), Hali Kil (Alberta), Adam J. Kneeland (Alberta), Kelly MacPhail (McGill), Joseph Kubiak (Arizona State University), Daniel Mantei (Alberta), Anthony Mullen (Newcastle), Avishek Ray (Trent), Andrew Reszitnyk (McMaster), Angela E. Runciman (SUNY), Judhajit Sarkar (Jadavpur), Alaya Swann (Arizona State University), Reginald Wiebe (Alberta), Viktoriya Yakovlyeva (Alberta), Christian Ylagan (Western Ontario).
Inquire 3.1 (March 2013) 'Literature and Identity'
Editor: Elli Dehnavi (Comparative Literature, Alberta), Associate Editor: Gabrielle Kristjanson (English, Melbourne), Reviews Editor: Hannah Madsen (Comparative Literature, Alberta), Project Room Editor: Kara Abdolmaleki (Comparative Literature, Alberta), New Trans Editor: Samantha Cook (Modern Languages & Cultural Studies, Alberta), Copy Editor: Andrew Reszitnyk (English and Cultural Studies, McMaster); Site Development: Software: Mark Madsen (STREETLABS), Design: Igor Jakab (Earth and Atmospheric Air Sciences, Alberta); Cover Photography: Hoda Rostami; Review Staff: Kara Abdolmaleki (Alberta), Wisam Kh. Abdul Jabbar (Alberta), Mostafa Abedinifard (Alberta), Sabujkoli Bandopadhyay (Alberta), Colleen Boyle (Roosevelt), Norma Dunning (Alberta), Lai-Tze Fan (York), Yvonne Hammond (West Virginia University), Andrea Hasenbank (Alberta), J. Holder Bennett (U of North Texas), Gabrielle Kristjanson (Melbourne), Joseph Kubiak (Arizona State University), Kelly MacPhail (Mcgill), Mariana Paredes-Olea (Alberta), Shama Rangwala(Alberta), P. J. Sabo (Alberta), Alaya Swann (Arizona State University), Reginald Wiebe (Alberta), Wenjuan Xie (Alberta), Viktoriya Yakovlyeva (Alberta), Tegan Zimmerman (Alberta).
Inquire 2.2 (June 2012) 'Literary Violence'
Editor: Gabrielle Kristjanson (Comparative Literature, Alberta), Assistant Editor: Elli Dehnavi (Comparative Literature, Alberta), Associate Editor, CL Hub: Mike Perschon (Comparative Literature, Alberta), Reviews Editor: Lisa Ann Robertson (English & Film Studies, Alberta), Project Room Editor: Linda J. Van Netten (English & Film Studies, Alberta), New Trans Editor: Samantha Cook (Modern Languages & Cultural Studies, Alberta), Copy Editor: Lisa Haynes (English & Film Studies, Alberta), Social Media Coordinator: Mostafa Abedinifard (Comparative Literature, Alberta); Site Development: Software: Mark Madsen (STREETLABS), Design: Igor Jakab (Earth and Atmospheric Air Sciences, Alberta); Cover Photography: "Flames of Censorship" by Yujing (Sabrina) Yan (Alberta), "Monolithic Imposition" by Yujing (Sabrina) Yan (Alberta), "Classified and Stratified" by Yujing (Sabrina) Yan (Alberta); Review Staff: Mostafa Abedinifard (Alberta), Kara Abdolmaleki (Alberta), Rania Awadallah (Alberta), Sabujkoli Bandopadhyay (Alberta), Rowan Bayne (Alberta), Tetiana Boryshchuk (Alberta), Samantha Cook (Alberta), David Cowley (Alberta), Lidiane Luiza da Cunha (Alberta), Rohit Dutta Roy (Jadavpur), Jessica Friederichsen (Alberta), Anirban Halder (Alberta), Andrea Hasenbank (Alberta), Roman Ivashkiv (Alberta), Amir Khadem (Alberta), Danielle Lamb (Alberta), Melissa Li Sheung Ying (Queen’s), Daniel Mantei (Alberta), Catherine Melnyk (Alberta), Linda J. Van Netten (Alberta), Safaneh Neyshabouri (Alberta), Mariana Paredes-Olea (Alberta), Lindsay R. Parker (Alberta), Ela Przybylo (Alberta), Shama Rangwala (Alberta), Lisa Ann Robertson (Alberta), Reg Wiebe (Alberta), Dorothy Woodman (Alberta), Wenjuan Xie (Alberta), Sergiy Yakovenko (Alberta), Min Yang (Alberta), Libe García Zarranz (Alberta), Minhao Zeng (Alberta), Tegan Zimmerman (Alberta)
Inquire 2.1 (Jan 2012) 'Global Dialogues'
Founding Editor: David Buchanan (Comparative Literature, Alberta), Co-Editor: Gabrielle Kristjanson (Comparative Literature, Alberta), Copy Editor: Lisa Haynes (English & Film Studies, Alberta), Reviews Editor: Lisa Ann Robertson (English & Film Studies, Alberta), CL Hub Editor: Mike Perschon (Comparative Literature, Alberta), Project Room Editor: Linda J. Van Netten (English & Film Studies, Alberta), New Trans Editor: Samantha Cook (Modern Languages & Cultural Studies, Alberta), Site Development: Software: Mark Madsen, Design: Igor Jakab (Alberta); Cover Photography: Bri Vos, Patrick Kerby, David Buchanan, Review Staff: Mostafa Abedinifard (Alberta), Sabujkoli Bandopadhyay (Alberta), Rowan Bayne (Alberta), Samantha Cook (Alberta), Lidiane Luiza da Cunha (Alberta), Andrea Hasenbank (Alberta), Roman Ivashkiv (Alberta), Danielle Lamb (Alberta), Melissa Li Sheung Ying (Queen’s), Daniel Mantei (Alberta), Catherine Melnyk (Alberta), Linda J. Van Netten (Alberta), Lindsay R. Parker (Alberta), Ela Przybylo (Alberta), Shama Rangwala (Alberta), Lisa Ann Robertson (Alberta), Reg Wiebe (Alberta), Dorothy Woodman (Alberta), Wenjuan Xie (Alberta), Sergiy Yakovenko (Alberta), Libe García Zarranz (Alberta), Tegan Zimmerman (Alberta)
Inquire 1.2 (Jun 2011) 'Print History: Social Artifacts and Transnational Networks'
Founding Editor: David Buchanan (Alberta), Associate Editor: Leah Skinner (Alberta), Copy Editor: Gabrielle Kristjanson (Alberta); Section Editors: CL Hub: Leah Skinner (Alberta), Reviews: Tegan Zimmerman (Alberta), Project Room: Linda J. Van Netten (Alberta), Post-CL: Catherine Melnyk (Alberta), New Trans: Samantha Cook (Alberta), Cover Photography: Bri Vos, Proofreading: Kara Abdolmaleki (Alberta); Site Development: Software: Mark Madsen, Design: Igor Jakab (Alberta); Review Staff: Mostafa Abedinifard (Alberta), Sabujkoli Bandopadhyay (Alberta), Rowan Bayne (Alberta), Anita Buick (Alberta), Samantha Cook (Alberta), Lidiane Luiza da Cunha (Alberta), Andrea Hasenbank (Alberta), Roman Ivashkiv (Alberta), Gabrielle Kristjanson (Alberta), Danielle Lamb (Alberta), Daniel Mantei (Alberta), Catherine Melnyk (Alberta), Linda J. Van Netten (Alberta), Lindsay R. Parker (Alberta), Ela Przybylo (Alberta), Shama Rangwala (Alberta), Lisa Ann Robertson (Alberta), Sarah Shewchuk (Alberta), Leah Skinner (Alberta), Alison Turner (Alberta), Reg Wiebe (Alberta), Dorothy Woodman (Alberta), Wenjuan Xie (Alberta), Wei Xu (Alberta), Sergiy Yakovenko (Alberta), Min Yang (Alberta), Melissa Li Sheung Ying (Queen’s), Libe García Zarranz (Alberta), Tegan Zimmerman (Alberta)
Inquire 1.1 (Jan 2011) 'Bold Inquiry: New Directions in Comparative Literature'
Founding Editor: David Buchanan (Alberta), Associate Editor: Leah Skinner (Alberta), Associate Editor: Sarah Shewchuk (Alberta), Copy Editor: Gabrielle Kristjanson (Alberta); Section Editors: CL Hub: Leah Skinner (Alberta), Reviews: Sarah Shewchuk (Alberta), Project Room: Linda J. Van Netten (Alberta), Post-CL: Catherine Melnyk (Alberta), Cover Photography: Bri Vos; Site Development: Software: Mark Madsen, Design: Igor Jakab (Alberta); Review Staff: Mostafa Abedinifard (Alberta), Sabujkoli Bandopadhyay (Alberta), Rowan Bayne (Alberta), Anita Buick (Alberta), Oksana Cheypesh (Alberta), Lidiane Luiza da Cunha (Alberta), Gabrielle Kristjanson (Alberta), Danielle Lamb (Alberta), Daniel Mantei (Alberta), Catherine Melnyk (Alberta), Linda Van Netten (Alberta), Lindsay R. Parker (Alberta), Ela Przybylo (Alberta), Lisa Ann Robertson (Alberta), Sarah Shewchuck (Alberta), Leah Skinner (Alberta), Alison Turner (Alberta), Reg Wiebe (Alberta), Dorothy Woodman (Alberta), Wenjuan Xie (Alberta), Wei Xu (Alberta), Sergiy Yakovenko (Alberta), Min Yang (Alberta), Melissa Li Sheung Ying (Queen’s), Libe García Zarranz (Alberta), Tegan Zimmerman (Alberta)
