A Message from the Chair
Welcome to the Department of Comparative Literature at UCLA! Housed within the top public research university in the country, UCLA’s Comparative Literature department has served for more than fifty years…
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Shu-mei Shih appointed Edward W. Said Professor of Comparative Literature
This article is reprinted here with the permission of the UCLA Asia Pacific Center. The original article can be found at this link. The professorship is one of many recent…
Congratulations to the Comparative Literature Class of 2020!
On behalf of the Department of Comparative Literature and Department Co-Chairs, Professors Kathy Komar and Katherine King, we would like to extend our most effusive congratulations to the graduates of…
Departmental Policy on Remote Instruction for Spring 2020
Per 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…
Photos from Maryam Wasif Khan Lecture: “‘Ten Tongues and Ten Mouths’: Reading the Iliad in post-9/11 Pakistan”
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…
Photos from Susannah Rodriguez Drissi’s Book Launch “The Latin Poet’s Guide to the Cosmos”
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…
Review of Professor Michael Rothberg’s Book “The Implicated Subject” in Times Higher Education
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…
Photos from Professor Shu-mei Shih Lecture and Department of Comparative Literature Fall Welcome Reception
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…
Interview with Undergraduate Major and Fulbright Recipient Robin Blades
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!…
Professor Michael Rothberg Discusses His New Book “The Implicated Subject” on the Stanford University Press Blog
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…