Institute for Transtextual and Transcultural Studies
The Institute for Transtextual and Transcultural Studies (French name the 'Institut d'Etudes Transtextuelles and Transculturelles – IETT) is a research institute based in Lyon, France. It focusses on transnational and transdisciplinary approaches to questions of textual and cultural representations of "nations", minorities, globalization, and diasporic communities. Its current director is Gregory B. Lee.
The Institute is a constituent partner of the International Institute for Diasporic and Transcultural Studies (IIDTS), a transnational institute incorporating Jean Moulin University (Lyon, France), the University of Cyprus, Sun Yat-sen University (Canton, China) and Liverpool Hope University (UK). This is a dedicated research network operating in a transdisciplinary manner and focussed on cultural representation (and self-representation) of diasporic communities throughout the world. The institute sponsors the trilingual academic journal Transtext(e)s-Transcultures: A Journal of Global Cultural Studies