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Having merged with the English department in spring of 2007, the Comparative Literature Program is committed to the comparative and transnational study of literature and other medias. Combining its own dynamic resources with the particular strengths of the English department and other units in the College of Arts and Humanities, the Program focuses especially on Western Hemispheric and Atlantic Studies and on Diasporic and Postcolonial Studies.  Students in the Program work in at least two languages and national literatures, one of them Anglophone.

The Comparative Literature PhD Program complements the current PhD Program in English, giving students a place to pursue true comparative studies.  Students seeking admission to the PhD Program in Comparative Literature must demonstrate advanced language proficiency before entry into the Program, and commit themselves to achieving a high degree of intellectual expertise in two or more languages and national literatures.  Graduates are as likely to find academic positions in departments of foreign languages as they are to find them in English.  A doctoral degree in Comparative Literature can uniquely prepare them for a profession that more and more studies literatures and cultures within a globalized, transnational context.

While the focus of Comparative Literature is its PhD Program, we also offer a number of undergraduate courses that satisfy CORE and departmental requirements.

 News and Notes

Comparative Crossings Series Delves Into "The Archive"
On Friday, December 5, the Comparative Literature program hosted the second Comparative Crossings seminar of the semester.
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New Director for Comparative Literature
With great pleasure we announce that Professor Zita Nunes will be taking over as Director of Comparative Literature on July 1, 2008.
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