Department ofComparative Literature

News and Events

News and Events

Latest News

January 17, 2025

Congratulations to Gabeba Baderoon

January 17, 2025

Congratulations to Charis Liu (CMLIT undergraduate student)

January 17, 2025

Congratulations to Julie Park

December 20, 2024

Congratulations to the following faculty who have received sabbatical for 2025-26:

December 20, 2024

Congratulations to Fall 2024 graduate Qiyu Chen!

Upcoming Events

January 27, 2025 - 12:15 pm

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Nan Da (Johns Hopkins University) presents “On the Predicament of Shared Worlds”

February 3, 2025 - 12:15 pm

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Levi Thompson (University of Texas at Austin) presents “Putting Middle Eastern Modernism Together”

February 10, 2025 - 12:15 pm

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Shuang Shen (Penn State) presents TBA (details forthcoming)

February 17, 2025 - 12:15 pm

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Julie Park (Penn State) presents “The Extra-Illustrated Manuscript as Memory Palace: Archiving the House of the Walpoles”

February 24, 2025 - 12:15 pm

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Harris Feinsod (Northwestern University) presents “Into Steam: The Worlds of Modernism at Sea”

The department sponsors a weekly luncheon series, usually held Mondays at 12:20 in Kern 102, along with ongoing meetings of interest groups such as the PSU Americanists group, as well as a number of film series and occasional talks.