Theo D'haenis Emeritus Professor of English, American and Comparative Literature at the universities of Leuven and Leiden. Recent publications includeThe Concise Routledge History of World Literature,World Literature: A Reader(with César Domínguez and Mads Rosendahl Thomsen),American Literature: A History(with Hans Bertens), andWorld Literature in an Age of Geopolitics.

David Damroschis Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University and founder of the Institute for World Literature. His books includeWhat Is World Literature?,Comparing the Literatures: Literary Studies in a Global Age, andAround the World in 80 Books, and he is Co-Editor in Chief of theJournal of World Literature.

Djelal Kadiris the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at the Pennsylvania State University. Among his books areMemos from the Besieged City: Lifelines for Cultural Sustainability,Columbus and the Ends of the Earth: Europe's Prophetic Rhetoric as Conquering Ideology,andQuesting Fictions: Latin America's Family Romance.He is the former Editor ofWorld Literature Todayand Founding President of the International American Studies Association.