Zrinka Stahuljak’s “Fixers” Nominated as a Best Book of the Year by History Today Magazine
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Comparative lit class will be first in Humanities to use UCLA-developed AI system
Reposted from UCLA Humanities website Textbook for Zrinka Stahuljak’s winter 2025 course is generated by the Kudu platform An AI-generated graphic representing material in Zrinka Stahuljak’s course, and the digital…
Memory studies scholars take on ‘Violence and Repair’ in summit hosted by UCLA
Reposted from UCLA Humanities website Jennifer Noji/UCLA The three-day conference featured talks by doctoral students from the U.S., Asia, Europe, the Middle East and South America. Sean Brenner | July 26, 2024…
In Memoriam: Professor Arnold J. Band
The faculty in the Department of Comparative Literature mourn the loss of our cherished colleague and the founder of our program, Professor Emeritus Arnold J. Band. We wanted to express…
For these first-year students, writings from the past shed light on issues around today’s AI revolution
Reposted from UCLA Humanities website As part of the course, Jocelyn Granados (left), Lilianna Rodriguez and classmates learned how to use podcast technology in a DeNeve Learning Center lab. (Photo:…
Statement of Undersigned Faculty in UCLA’s Department of Comparative Literature on the University’s Response to Campus Protests
We, the undersigned faculty in UCLA’s Department of Comparative Literature, write to express our grave concern over how the university’s administration has responded to the Palestine Solidarity Encampment and protests…
New Publication: “Fixers: Agency, Translation, and the Early Global History of Literature” by Zrinka Stahuljak
Fixers Agency, Translation, and the Early Global History of Literature Zrinka Stahuljak A new history of early global literature that treats translators as active agents mediating cultures. Description: In this…
Comp Lit alumna Carribean Fragoza earns prestigious creative writing award
Reposted from UCLA Humanities website Joe Mandrake | January 18, 2024 Tucked away in the San Gabriel Valley, South El Monte is not a place often featured in literary fiction. But…
In memoriam: Kirstie McClure, 72, brought interdisciplinary approach to study of political history
Reposted from UCLA Newsroom Sean Brenner | January 4, 2024 Kirstie McClure, a UCLA professor of political science, English and comparative literature, died Dec. 21, 2023, at the age of 72….
Zrinka Stahuljak and Shannon Speed receive Mellon grant
Reposted from UCLA Newsroom Jonathan Riggs | July 24, 2023 Professors Zrinka Stahuljak and Shannon Speed received a $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to support a project called…