Interview with Kenneth Reinhard
“It’s a Great Place for People Who Want to Think and Be Excited by Amazing Ideas…” In this video interview, Professor Kenneth Reinhard, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Director…
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Professor Shih to Deliver Berlin Keynote
Professor Shu-mei Shih will deliver the April keynote at Berlin’s Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften –– itself housed in Humboldt University. Entitled “Sinophone Meets Francophone,” the conference is outlined as follows, while…
International News from Prof. Efrain Kristal
Some impressive news from our former chair, Professor Efrain Kristal. It spans several continents; we begin in Germany. He recently gave a lecture for the “Of Dawns of Day” Symposium…
Professor Stahuljak at the Collège de France
Founded in 1530, the Collège de France is a renowned higher education and research establishment in Paris. It is considered by many academics and observers to be the nation’s most…
Interview with Massimo Ciavolella
“One of the best departments of Comparative Literature in North America…” In this video interview, Professor Massimo Ciavolella, Professor of Comparative Literature and Italian, Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance…
Interview with Todd Presner
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…
UCLA Signs Agreement with National Taiwan Normal University
Major 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…
Talk: “Chinese Bodies as Biological Surplus”
This 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…
Harvard Colloquium with Jenny Sharpe
CL 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…
Grand Narratives and Tomorrow’s Technology
For 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…