Department ofComparative Literature

News and Events

News and Events

Latest News

March 21, 2025

Congratulations to Magalí Armillas-Tiseyra

March 17, 2025

Congratulations to Adam DeCaulp

March 7, 2025

Congratulations to Magalí Armillas-Tiseyra

March 7, 2025

Congratulations to Muyun Zhou

February 7, 2025

Congratulations to Nergis Ertürk

Upcoming Events

March 31, 2025 - 12:15 pm

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Antonio Barrenechea (University of Mary Washington) presents “From Peru to Pennsylvania: On the Origins of Inter-American Literary Study”

April 7, 2025 - 12:15 pm

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Estefanía Bournot (Harvard University) presents “Dakar – Recife: Rethinking World Literature Through South-South Lens”

April 14, 2025 - 12:15 pm

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Yiqun Zhou (Stanford University) presents TBA (details forthcoming)

April 21, 2025 - 12:15 pm

(Comp Lit Luncheon) Alexander Fyfe (University of Georgia) presents TBA (details forthcoming)

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.