We are pleased to announce that two of our students have been selected as prize winners in campus-wide competitions. Graduate student, Celine Piser, is a winner of the Anne & Benjamin Goor Prize in Jewish Studies and undergraduate Kayla Krut was awarded 2nd prize in the Elizabeth Mills Crothers Prize in Literary Composition and is co-winner of the Joan Lee Yang Memorial Poetry Prize. Congratulations Celine and Kayla! You can see a list of all the prize winners on the Prizes and Honors website.
The Department wishes to congratulate our recent graduates on their successful job searches. Best wishes and continued success in all your endeavors.
Munia Bhaumik: Assistant Professor, Emory University, Department of Comparative Literature
Javier Jiménez: Assistant Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Director of the Latin American Studies Program, Marietta College
Karla Nielsen, Curator of Literature, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
David Simon: Assistant Professor, University of Chicago, Department of English
Toby Warner: Assistant Professor, UC Davis, Department of French
For a list of job placements since 2005, please click here.
Spring is almost here and so commencement can not be far behind. The Comparative Literature Commencement will be on Tuesday, May 15 at 2:00 pm in Zellerbach Hall with a reception immediately following. Please click here for more information about the Comp Lit ceremony and the University-wide ceremony and how to register to participate in either or both.
It’s never too early to look forward to summer. Whether you want to re-live the 90’s, explore the line between madness and creativity, conjure up ghosts in Gothic fiction or learn the art of a really good pun, you’ll find that and more this summer in Comparative Literature. The Summer 2012 Schedule of Classes is now available for review. Summer Telebears for continuing Berkeley students will start on February 6th.
The Department of Comparative Literature is pleased to host many exciting lectures and seminars throughout the year. Information about upcoming events can be found here
