Comparative Literature
Faculty
Faculty
Faculty Research Specialties
Regular Faculty
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Ariella Azoulay
Professor of Comparative Literature and Modern Culture and MediaResearch Interests English, French, Hebrew, 18th Century, Contemporary -
Susan Bernstein
Professor of Comparative Literature, Professor of German StudiesResearch Interests English, French, German, 18th Century, Romanticism, 19th Century, 20th Century -
Tamara Chin
Associate Professor of Comparative LiteratureResearch Interests Ancient Greek, Classical Chinese, Classical Reception -
Michelle Clayton
Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies, Associate Professor of Comparative LiteratureResearch Interests English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, 19th Century, Modernism, 20th Century, Contemporary -
Joshua L. Freeman
Assistant Professor of Comparative LiteratureResearch Interests Chinese, Russian, Uyghur, 20th Century, Contemporary -
Kenneth Haynes
Chair of Comparative Literature, Professor of Comparative Literature, Professor of ClassicsResearch Interests Ancient Greek, English, German, Latin, Antiquity, Renaissance/Early Modern, 18th Century, 19th Century, Modernism, 20th Century -
Alani Hicks-Bartlett
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and French StudiesResearch Interests French, Italian, Medieval, Portuguese, Renaissance/Early Modern, Spanish -
Dore J. Levy
Professor of Comparative Literature, Professor of East Asian StudiesResearch Interests Chinese, Medieval -
Kevin McLaughlin
George Hazard Crooker University Professor of English, Professor of Comparative Literature -
Ourida Mostefai
Professor of Comparative Literature and French StudiesResearch Interests French, 18th Century, 20th Century -
Elias Muhanna
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Associate Professor of HistoryResearch Interests Arabic, English, French, Medieval, Renaissance/Early Modern, 20th Century, Contemporary -
Jeffrey Niedermaier
Mulberry Essence Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and East Asian Studies -
Maru Pabón
Assistant Professor of Comparative LiteratureResearch Interests Modern Arabic literature, Modern Latin American literature, Francophone North African literature, Third-Worldist cultural production, comparative poetics, Marxism and Marxist aesthetics, history of Arabic poetics, genre theory, literary dialects and creoles, translation -
Marc Redfield
Florence Pirce Grant University Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Professor of German StudiesResearch Interests English, French, German, 18th Century, Romanticism, 19th Century -
Joseph D. Reed
Professor of Classics, Professor of Comparative LiteratureResearch Interests Ancient Greek, Latin, Antiquity -
Gerhard Richter
L. Herbert Ballou University Professor of German Studies and Comparative LiteratureResearch Interests French, German, 19th Century, 20th Century -
Zachary Sng
Senior Associate Dean of the Faculty, Professor of German Studies, Professor of Comparative LiteratureResearch Interests English, German, 18th Century, Romanticism -
Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg
Professor of Comparative Literature and Italian Studies, Chair of Italian StudiesResearch Interests German, Italian, 19th Century, 20th Century, Contemporary -
Peter Szendy
David Herlihy University Professor of Comparative Literature -
Luiz Fernando Valente
Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Professor of Comparative LiteratureResearch Interests English, Portuguese, 19th Century, 20th Century, Contemporary -
Esther Whitfield
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Professor of Comparative Literature, Professor of Hispanic StudiesResearch Interests English, Spanish, Welsh, 19th Century, 20th Century, Contemporary
Affiliated and Visiting Faculty
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Vangelis Calotychos
Visiting Associate Professor of ClassicsResearch Interests Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, Reception Studies, Modern Greek Studies, Politics in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans -
Sasha-Mae Eccleston
Associate Professor of ClassicsResearch Interests Latin Literature, especially of the Roman Empire, Literary Theory, Classical Reception, especially within contemporary poetry and the African diaspora, Human-Animal relationships -
Molly Ierulli
Visiting Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature -
Namrata Kanchan
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Comparative LiteratureResearch Interests Early modern literary, social, and manuscript histories, Multilingual speech communities, transoceanic networks, Translation culture, Paleographical and codicological studies -
Samuel Perry
Associate Professor of East Asian Studies
Emeriti Faculty
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Reda Bensmaia
University Professor Emeritus of French Studies and Comparative Literature -
Michel-Andre Bossy
Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature, Professor Emeritus of French Studies -
Stephen Merriam Foley
Associate Professor Emeritus of English, Associate Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature -
Forrest Gander
Adele Kellenberg Seaver '49 Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing, Professor Emeritus of Literary Arts, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature -
Stephanie Merrim
Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature, Professor Emerita of Hispanic Studies -
Karen Newman
Owen F. Walker Professor Emerita of Humanities and Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature and English -
Arnold L. Weinstein
Richard and Edna Salomon Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature
In Memoriam
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Edward James Ahearn
University Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and French Studies