For the first time since Spring of 2019, the Comparative Literature Department will hold its Commencement Diploma Ceremony in-person for the class of 2022.

Comp Lit senior concentrators may choose to do an honors thesis. Most students require two semesters to plan and complete an Honors Thesis, which is usually between 50 and 100 pages long.

Comparative Literature PhD student, Baoli Yang, will deliver a presentation at the Brown Grad School's "Research Matters" event. Baoli's research primarily focuses on medieval Sinoscript literature and its modern repercussions, manuscript culture, Chinese poetics, empire studies, and Silk Road studies.

In the April 8th issue of the Brown Daily Herald, Comp Lit professor, Arnold Weinstein, had a letter published entitled, “The Case for Studying Literature at Brown”.

Much like today, the elite society of Japan's Heian era (794–1185 CE) was saturated with dimly glowing screens. In their case, the screens were standing folding screens (byōbu) sumptuously decorated with painted illustrations and calligraphed poetry.

Comparative Literature graduating senior, Benjamin Connor, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to France for 2022-2023.

Georges Schehadé (1905-1989) was a Lebanese poet and dramatist who wrote in French and received the inaugural Grand Prix de la Francophonie from the Académie Française in 1986. In July 2021, The Song Cave will publish my translation and selection of Schehadé’s poems under the title Poetries. The prolific Syrian poet, editor, and theorist Adonis (who translated Schehadé’s work into Arabic) has written an introduction for the book, translated from the French by Pierre Joris. Pre-sale of the book begins on June 1, and it is available now to The Song Cave subscribers.