The KSA was founded in order to facilitate and stimulate scholarly exchange in the field of international Kafka studies. It has been connected with bibliographical research for the last three decades, resulting in Franz Kafka: International Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Literature (Saur, Munich, 2000), published in three volumes, and, at over 1,000 pages, the most extensive Kafka bibliography thus far, with German and English commentaries on book publications. The bibliography is currently being updated, and a CD-ROM version is under development by Saur, Munich. You may contact the authors, Marie Luise Caputo-Mayr or Julius M. Herz, with updates, corrections and recommendations for the bibliography.

Meetings of the Society are held at the end of each year in conjunction with the Modern Language Association of America (MLA) Convention. Since 1977, the JKSA has presented papers given at the annual meetings, other articles, essays, bibliographies, information on dissertations, research reports, advance notice of Kafka projects, publications, exhibitions, conferences and other materials of interest. Submissions are welcome. Since 2000, with the change of location to New York, the Journal's “New International Series” began.