- 2007: the European Science Foundation (ESF) Standing Committee for the Humanities sets up Cultural Literacy in Europe;
- 2008: Preliminary Workshop (London, October 2008)
- 2009: an ESF-COST synergy created to carry the initiative forward;
- 2009-2011: workshops
- REMEMBERING & FORGETTING (London, December 2009)
- CULTURAL MIGRATION (Dublin, May 2010)
- ELECTRONIC TEXTUALITY (Istanbul, June 2010)
- BIOPOLITICS, BIOSOCIALITY & THE BODY (St Gallen, August 2010)
- SYNTHESIS (Brussels, February 2011)
- 2013: ESF Science Policy Briefing 48 published
- 2014: a volume of seventeen essays, From Literature to Cultural Literacy, coedited by Naomi Segal and Daniela Koleva, published by Palgrave Macmillan;
- 2015: the first in a biennial Conference series (London, 16-18 April)
- 2015: the first meeting of the Core Group; Special Interest Groups created (London, November)
- 2016: CLE Workshop (Warsaw, 18-20 May)
- 2017: the second in a biennial Conference series (Warsaw, 10-12 May)
- 2018 Prato Symposium Maciej Maryl & Naomi Segal.
- 2019 Lisbon Symposium Madeleine & Ricarda’s
- 2020 Online Symposium hosted by Łódź
- 2021 Online Symposium
- 2022 Online Symposium hosted by UCD
2022 Online Symposium hosted by UCD
2021 Online Symposium
2020 Online Symposium hosted by Łódź
2019 Lisbon Symposium Madeleine & Ricarda’s
2018 Prato Symposium Maciej Maryl & Naomi Segal.