Michael Rothberg is a Professor of English and Comparative Literature at UCLA. He is also the 1939 Society Samuel Goetz Chair in Holocaust Studies. Professor Rothberg’s widely acclaimed book, Multidirectional Memory, is now…
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Dominic Thomas: CNN European Affairs Commentator
Published: February 26, 2018UCLA Comparative Literature professor Dominic Thomas is also Chair of the Department of French and Francophone Studies. Given his extensive knowledge of European culture and politics overall, he has been…
Read MoreIn the News: “Hacking the humanities”
Published: February 16, 2018Cyber Days conference on blockchain highlights technology as a vital tool for humanities students Professor and Chair David MacFadyen was recently featured in a UCLA Newsroom article highlighting his “Cyber…
Read MoreThank You, Kathy and Ross
Published: February 14, 2018Kathleen L. Komar, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature, and Ross Shideler, Research Professor of Comparative Literature and Scandinavian, have made a generous donation to the UCLA Division of Humanities in…
Read MoreProfessor Reinhard and Alain Badiou
Published: October 25, 2017October, 2017. Princeton’s Department of French and Italian hosted the renowned French philosopher and playwright, Alain Badiou. UCLA’s Professor Kenneth Reinhard offered a related lecture entitled “The Fundamental Philosophy of…
Read MoreHistories of Arab Documentary
Published: October 25, 2017Professor Nouri Gana will be speaking in Munich at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität for a “Histories of Arab Documentary” conference. Taking place October 27-29, the event is described as follows. The conference…
Read MoreMajor Talk by Professor Aamir Mufti
Published: October 17, 2017Professor Aamir Mufti will be giving the keynote speech at Northwestern University’s international conference this month: “Globalization, Global, and World – History, Literary Criticism, and Spaces of the Present.”
Read MoreProfessor Zrinka Stahuljak Wins Guggenheim Award
Published: October 15, 2017Professor Zrinka Stahuljak has been awarded a prestigious Guggenheim award; she has also been in residence at the University of Iceland, thanks to the Institute of Research in Literature and Visual…
Read MoreThe ACLA is Coming to UCLA
Published: September 15, 2017The American Comparative Literature Association is coming to UCLA and we have plenty to do as hosts! The American Comparative Literature Association’s 2018 Annual Meeting will take place at the University of…
Read MoreIn the News: “2016 DAAD Prize in German and Eurpoean Studies Awarded to Dr. Yasemin Yildiz”
Published: June 6, 2017Congratulations to Dr. Yasemin Yildiz, the recipient of the 2016 DAAD Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in German and European Studies for her outstanding academic work in the Humanities. Dr. Yildiz is…
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