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March 30, 2026 - 12:15 pm

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Roundtable on Feminisms

April 6, 2026 - 12:15 pm

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Magalí Armillas-Tiseyra (Penn State) on “On South-South Comparison: Mundo Nuevo, Transition, and Thinking Across the Global South”

April 13, 2026 - 12:15 pm

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Charlotte Eubanks (Penn State) on “Premodern Theory, Otherwise”

March 19, 2026
– 6:00 pm

Penn State Horror Network Film Series

March 20, 2026
– 6:00 pm

The Penn State Film Studies Working Group

March 23, 2026
– 6:00 pm

East and Southeast Asian Film Series

March 23, 2026
– 6:00 pm

East and Southeast Asian Film Series

March 30, 2026
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series

April 10, 2026
– 10:00 am

Writers from Palestine: A Day of Poetry, Performance Art, Movie Screening, and Conversation with the Artists

April 17, 2026
– 6:00 pm

East and Southeast Asian Film Series

April 17, 2026
– 6:00 pm

East and Southeast Asian Film Series

April 30, 2026
– 6:00 pm

Penn State Horror Network Film Series

March 6, 2026
– 6:00 pm

East and Southeast Asian Film Series

March 5, 2026
– 6:00 pm

East and Southeast Asian Film Series

March 4, 2026
– 6:00 pm

The Penn State Film Studies Working Group

March 2, 2026
– 12:15 pm

CANCELLED: The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Jooyeon Rhee

February 25, 2026
– 4:00 pm

This Isn’t Funny: How Humor Helps Advance Freedom in Times of Crisis

February 19, 2026
– 6:00 pm

Penn State Horror Network Film Series

February 12, 2026
– 6:00 pm

East and Southeast Asian Film Series

February 9, 2026
– 6:00 pm

East and Southeast Asian Film Series

February 9, 2026
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Liron Mor

February 6, 2026
– 6:00 pm

The Penn State Film Studies Working Group

February 2, 2026
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Kris F. Sealey

January 30, 2026
– 6:00 pm

The Penn State Film Studies Working Group

January 29, 2026
– 6:00 pm

The Penn State Film Studies Working Group

January 23, 2026
– 6:00 pm

The Penn State Film Studies Working Group

January 22, 2026
– 6:00 pm

Penn State Horror Network Film Series

December 9, 2025
– 5:00 pm

Penn State Horror Network Film Series

December 9, 2025
– 5:00 pm

Penn State Horror Network Film Series: Best Wishes to All

December 5, 2025
– 4:00 pm

Comparative Literature Film Screening Series: Level Five

December 3, 2025
– 4:00 pm

Alumni Career Conversations: Careers in Publishing

December 1, 2025
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Jessamyn Abel

November 18, 2025
– 5:00 pm

Penn State Horror Network Film Series

November 18, 2025
– 5:00 pm

Penn State Horror Network Film Series: In the Mouth of Madness

November 17, 2025
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Michael Clune

November 10, 2025
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon: So-Rim Lee

November 7, 2025
– 4:00 pm

Comparative Literature Film Screening Series: Pierrot le Fou

October 27, 2025
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Claire Bourne

October 17, 2025
– 12:00 pm

Comparative Literature Film Screening Series: And the great black hole where I wanted to drown

October 13, 2025
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Emily Drumsta

October 6, 2025
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Josephine Park

September 29, 2025
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Chunjie Zhang

September 22, 2025
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Will Gardner

September 15, 2025
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Jocelyn Holland

September 9, 2025
– 5:00 pm

CMLIT Horror Network Film Series

September 3, 2025
– 10:00 am

The 2025 Marathon Read

May 7, 2025
– 11:00 am

Third Annual Bénédicte Monicat Plant Walk

April 21, 2025
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Alex Fyfe

April 14, 2025
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Yiqun Zhou

April 7, 2025
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Estefanía Bournot

March 31, 2025
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Antonio Barrenechea

March 24, 2025
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Diego Luis

March 17, 2025
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: James Welker

March 3, 2025
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Damion Searls

February 24, 2025
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Harris Feinsod

February 18, 2025
– 12:00 pm

Graduate Student Spring Resident Talks

February 17, 2025
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Shuang Shen

February 10, 2025
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Julie Park

February 3, 2025
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Levi Thompson

January 27, 2025
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Nan Z. Da

December 2, 2024
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Shahzad Bashir

November 19, 2024
– 3:00 pm

“Literature of the Jewish-Mexican Diaspora”

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.

Upcoming Luncheon Series

March 30, 2026
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series

Past Luncheon Series

March 2, 2026
– 12:15 pm

CANCELLED: The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Jooyeon Rhee

February 2, 2026
– 12:15 pm

The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series: Kris F. Sealey

Comparative Literature Film Screening Series

March 20, 2026
– 6:00 pm

The Penn State Film Studies Working Group

March 4, 2026
– 6:00 pm

The Penn State Film Studies Working Group

February 6, 2026
– 6:00 pm

The Penn State Film Studies Working Group

January 30, 2026
– 6:00 pm

The Penn State Film Studies Working Group

January 29, 2026
– 6:00 pm

The Penn State Film Studies Working Group

East and Southeast Asian Film Series

April 17, 2026
– 6:00 pm

East and Southeast Asian Film Series

March 23, 2026
– 6:00 pm

East and Southeast Asian Film Series

March 5, 2026
– 6:00 pm

East and Southeast Asian Film Series

February 12, 2026
– 6:00 pm

East and Southeast Asian Film Series

CMLIT Horror Network Film Screening Series

April 30, 2026
– 6:00 pm

Penn State Horror Network Film Series

March 19, 2026
– 6:00 pm

Penn State Horror Network Film Series

February 19, 2026
– 6:00 pm

Penn State Horror Network Film Series

January 22, 2026
– 6:00 pm

Penn State Horror Network Film Series

November 18, 2025
– 5:00 pm

Penn State Horror Network Film Series