The Comparative Literature Luncheon is a weekly informal lunchtime gathering of students, faculty, and other members of the University community. Each week there is a short (30 minute) presentation, by a visitor or a local speaker, on a topic related to any humanities discipline.

September 16, 2024 - 12:15 pm

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Ranjan Ghosh (University of North Bengal) presents “Plastic Lines”

September 23, 2024 - 12:15 pm

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Tarek El-Ariss (Dartmouth College) presents “The Self in Theory”

September 30, 2024 - 12:15 pm

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Jonathan Eburne (Penn State) presents “Exploded Views”

October 7, 2024 - 12:15 pm

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Duncan Yoon (New York University) presents “China in 20th and 21st Century African Literature”

October 14, 2024 - 12:15 pm

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Will Bridges (University of Rochester) presents “The Televisual Case for Reparations: Reparational Reading and Visions of Repair (and Disrepair)”

October 21, 2024 - 12:15 pm

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Anna M. Shields (Princeton University) presents “Books Lost and Rediscovered: Transmissions of Knowledge in China’s “Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms” Era”

October 28, 2024 - 12:15 pm

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Vance Byrd (University of Pennsylvania) presents “War and Empathy in Open Group’s Repeat After Me (2022/2024)”

November 4, 2024 - 12:15 pm

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Najat Rahman (University of Montreal) presents “Home, or the Carceral: Poetics, Ethics, Politics of Sound”

November 11, 2024 - 12:15 pm

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Jack Chen (University of Virgina) presents “Concerning Ghosts”

November 18, 2024 - 12:15 pm

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Jacobo Sefamí and Myriam Moscona presents “Literature of the Jewish-Mexican Diaspora”

December 2, 2024 - 12:15 pm

Events

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Anna M. Shields (Princeton University) presents “Books Lost and Rediscovered: Transmissions of Knowledge in China’s “Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms” Era”

“Writing in Red: Literature and Revolution Across Turkey and the Soviet Union Book” Launch

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Vance Byrd (University of Pennsylvania) presents “War and Empathy in Open Group’s Repeat After Me (2022/2024)”

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Najat Rahman (University of Montreal) presents “Home, or the Carceral: Poetics, Ethics, Politics of Sound”

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Jack Chen (University of Virgina) presents “Concerning Ghosts”

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Will Bridges (University of Rochester) presents “The Televisual Case for Reparations: Reparational Reading and Visions of Repair (and Disrepair)”

Meet the Department! Comparative and World Literature Open House

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Duncan Yoon (New York University) presents “China in 20th and 21st Century African Literature”

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Jonathan Eburne (Penn State) presents “Exploded Views”

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Tarek El-Ariss (Dartmouth College) presents “The Self in Theory”

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Ranjan Ghosh (University of North Bengal) presents “Plastic Lines”

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Tarek El-Ariss (Dartmouth College) presents “The Self in Theory”

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Jonathan Eburne (Penn State) presents “Exploded Views”

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Duncan Yoon (New York University) presents “China in 20th and 21st Century African Literature”

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Will Bridges (University of Rochester) presents “The Televisual Case for Reparations: Reparational Reading and Visions of Repair (and Disrepair)”

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Anna M. Shields (Princeton University) presents “Books Lost and Rediscovered: Transmissions of Knowledge in China’s “Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms” Era”

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Vance Byrd (University of Pennsylvania) presents “War and Empathy in Open Group’s Repeat After Me (2022/2024)”

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Najat Rahman (University of Montreal) presents “Home, or the Carceral: Poetics, Ethics, Politics of Sound”

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Jack Chen (University of Virgina) presents “Concerning Ghosts”

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Jacobo Sefamí and Myriam Moscona presents “Literature of the Jewish-Mexican Diaspora”

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Shahzad Bashir (Brown University) presents “Theorizing History via Photography”

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