The International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature (IGEL: Internationale Gesellschaft für Empirische Literaturwissenschaft) is an association of scholars who subscribe to the contextual (empirical and systemic) approach to the study of literature and culture. The approach aims at the advancement of empirical and systemic research and methodology in theory construction and application through international and interdisciplinary co-operation. The principal tasks of the Society are to support projects through information and co-operation, to further personal contact in all areas of research supported by the Society, to support students and junior scholars in the field, to advance the application of empirical and systemic research in the humanities, and to organize national and international conferences. Founded in 1987 by Siegfried J. Schmidt (Siegen University), the Society holds bi-annual international conferences (see below).
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