News archive and events happening in the Department of Comparative Literature.
Saul Schwartz (PhD Princeton, 2015) is the 2018-2019 postdoctoral fellow for the department’s Sawyer Seminar in Linguistic Anthropology and Literary and Cultural Studies.
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November 24, 2024
James Monroe ... Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature, was honored on Friday September 21st by his former students Michelle Hamilton PhD 2001 (now Director of Medieval Studies and Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Minnesota) and David Wacks, PhD 2003 (now Professor of Spanish and Romance Langua
We had a great turnout for this year’s Weisinger lecture, hosted by the Townsend Center. This year’s presenter was Thomas Ostermeier, the head of the famed Schaubühne theater in Berlin, and in collaboration with the German Department and Cal Performances, the presentation was followed by his production of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People at Zellerbach Auditorium.
Students, friends, and faculty attend the dance performance by Sasha Waltz at Zellerbach Auditorium on Saturday October 20th, 2018. One student said the performance was “incredible.”
From L-R are Albert Castro, Maxwell Klaiman, Hideyasu Kurose, Deniz Göktürk (chair of German), Roger Dillahunty, Kaiyu Xu, Annabel Jankovic, and Sophie Volpp (chair of Comparative Literature).
Please join us in congratulating Judith Butler, Karina Palau, and other award recipients at Excellence in Advising awards reception and ceremony on Wednesday, December 12th from 4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Banatao Auditorium in Sutardja Dai Hall. We look forward to celebrating the truly great advising that is being done at Berkeley and the collective accomplishments of our entire advising community.
UC Berkeley English Professor (and 2011 PhD/Comp Lit alum) Amanda Goldstein has won the MLA Prize for a First Book for Sweet Science: Romantic Materialism and the New Logics of Life (University of Chicago Press, 2017).
Selby Wynn Schwartz (Ph.D., 2005)... was just awarded the prestigious Rome Prize.
Comparative Literature student ... Dylan Cox has won the Eisner Prize for Poetry.
Judge's remarks - "Merry Wishes from the End"
Undergrads Andrew Kuznetsov ... (shown) and Gilad Barach, along with grad student Yael Eshelovitz, have all won the Anne & Benjamin Goor Prize for Jewish Studies. Congratulations! Go here for more information.
CL Grad Student Mary Mussman ... has won two awards, the Elizabeth Mills Crothers Prize in Literary Composition and the Emily Chamberlain Cook Poetry Prize. Congratulations Mary!
A note on Juneteenth from Acting ... Chair Judith Butler: Juneteenth marks the end of slavery and we are asked to look back upon that horrific institution that debased, exploited, and dispensed with black life. Some will say that slavery came to an end and take this chance to congratulate the United States for its emergence from slavery. But what of slavery still remains? We can point to contemporary slave labor in the US and elsewhere which, though illegal, still continues to afflict the lives of many migrants.
Although we are not able to ... celebrate in person, we hope you will join us in congratulating a phenomenal group of new graduates!
Department of Comparative Literature 2020 Commencement Program
Below is a congratulatory video from Chair Sophie Volpp.
Comp Lit Undergrads Iris Morrell ... Skylar Clark, and Giancarlo Tucci-Berube have all won the SURF Fellowship (Summer Undergrad Research Fellowship); more information about Iris's project is listed here, with details to follow about Skylar's and Giancarlo's projects. Congratulations Iris, Skylar, and Giancarlo!
Congratulations to our R&C... Essay Prize Winners!
Winner of the Reading and Composition Essay Prize in the Research category: Emily Ma, "How to Get Away with Murder: Impunity in The Act of Killing and The Saga of Hrafnkel Frey’s Godi."
R&C Instructor: Trinh Luu
Klatch noun: a social ... gathering, especially for coffee and conversation. This year's Comp Lit - French Koffee Klatch had a great turnout of over 40 students, staff and faculty. Everyone in the Comp Lit/French community enjoyed bagels, coffee, arts & crafts and stimulating conversation!
From left to right, Bella Chavez, ... Alex Jimenez, Molly Kearnan, Luna Khalil, and Mackhai Nguyen. Visit the Peer Rep page for more information.
The Teaching Effectiveness Award ... was given to just sixteen Graduate Student Instructors across the campus. The recipients were honored at a ceremony in May, sponsored by the Graduate Council's Advisory Committee for GSI Affairs and the GSI Teaching and Resource Center. Congratulations, Erin!
Robert Alter, Berkeley Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, chooses his words carefully—in conversation and in writing. Wednesday’s panel at the Magnes Center in Berkeley celebrated Alter’s latest feat—north of 3,500-pages and decades in the making—a decidedly literary translation of the Hebrew Bible into English. Dean and Comparative Literature professor Anthony Cascardi introduces the august panel consisting of English Professor and poet Robert Hass, Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Hebrew scholar Ronald Hendel, and Professor of History and Religion Jonathan Sheehan.
Carmela Martinez has won ... a Fulbright Scholarship and she will serve as an English teaching assistant in Hamburg, Germany. Congratulations Carmela!
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