
Professor of Comparative Literature, Germanic Languages and Jewish Studies; Chair of Digital Humanities Program Are you a UCLA Alumni? Not a UCLA Alumni, I did my undergraduate work in…
Read MoreProfessor of Comparative Literature, Germanic Languages and Jewish Studies; Chair of Digital Humanities Program Are you a UCLA Alumni? Not a UCLA Alumni, I did my undergraduate work in…
Read MoreMajor news from CL’s Professor Shu-mei Shih (center in image). Not only has she been appointed “Honorary Chair Professor” at the National Taiwan Normal University for two years, she has also…
Read MoreThis week sees the start of a major lecture series hosted by us collectively in CL. Between now and late May, six leading thinkers will visit us under the…
Read MoreCL Professor Jenny Sharpe has returned from Harvard after a most successful colloquium at the Barker Center. Entitled “The Underwater World of Édouard Duval-Carrié’s Art: Mapping a Vodou Archive,” the event…
Read MoreFor one week this February, the UCLA Comparative Literature Dept was home to a celebration––and critique––of technology’s nascent trajectories. The event, called Cyber Days, brought hundreds of students, faculty, and…
Read MoreMichael 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…
Read MoreUCLA 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 MoreCyber 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 MoreKathleen 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 MoreOctober, 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…
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