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The Department of Comparative LiteraturePer directives from the university, all lectures/discussions/sections and office hours for the Department of Comparative Literature will be conducted online via Zoom or other online chat programs through the end…
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On the evening of Tuesday, January 14th, 2020, UCLA Comparative Literature alumnae, Dr. Maryam Wasif Khan, delivered a lecture entitled, “‘Ten Tongues and Ten Mouths’: Reading the Iliad in post-9/11…
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On Wednesday, November 20th, the Department of Comparative Literature hosted a book launch for UCLA lecturer (and UCLA Department of Comparative Literature Ph.D. recipient) Dr. Susannah Rodriguez Drissi in Kaplan…
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UCLA Professor in the Departments of Comparative Literature and English, Michael Rothberg’s latest book, “The Implicated Subject: Beyond Victims and Perpetrators,” received a glowing review in Times Higher Education and…
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On October 15, 2019, Professor Shu-mei Shih (Departments of Comparative Literature, Asian Languages and Culture, and Asian American Studies) delivered a lecture on “Comparative Literature in a Relational World” in…
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We would like to congratulate one of our recently graduated Comparative Literature undergraduate students, Robin Blades, for receiving a Fulbright award to do research in Peru during the upcoming year!…
Read More From the Stanford University Press: “When it comes to historical violence and contemporary inequality, none of us are completely innocent. We may not be direct agents of harm, but we…
Read MoreThe UCLA Department of Comparative Literature would like to congratulate all of our graduates of Class of 2019. The commencement ceremony featured faculty, students, their families and alumni. Professor of…
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In 2019, the Department of Comparative Literature at UCLA celebrates its 50th anniversary as UCLA marks its 100th. Beginning as an interdepartmental program (IDP) in 1969, it officially became recognized as a…
Read MoreWe would like to congratulate Professor Zrinka Stahuljak for being elected to serve as the new director of the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS)! Professor Stahuljak will…
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