This visualization tracks the conference careers of individual presenters at Japan-related sessions of the American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) across 23 years of data (1992–2026). Each row represents one presenter, with colored dots marking their appearances at each conference year. Dot colors indicate roles: blue for presenters, gold for organizers, green for discussants, grey for chairs.
The minimum appearances slider filters to show only the most active participants. Clicking a name or dot opens a detail panel with the presenter's full history, co-panelists, and topic profile.
With 255 unique presenters across ACLA Japan-related panels, this visualization reveals the core group of regulars who sustain the field's conference presence.
Presenter data comes from harvesting pipelines specific to ACLA. Cross-referencing against the broader Japanese Literary Studies database identifies known scholars in the field.
255 unique persons were identified across all conference years. Names are normalized for matching, and institutions are cleaned via a shared normalization dictionary.
Topic assignments are extracted from paper and session titles using keyword dictionaries covering literary figures, historical periods, themes, and genres.