After 8 weeks in Buenos Aires last year through the Berkeley Global Internships Program, recent Comparative Literature Graduate Lexi DeHart knew she wanted to return to Argentina for a longer period of time. She applied for a Fulbright grant while still completing her internship. As a Fulbright ETA (English Teaching Assistant) in Argentina, Lexi will spend 10 months living and working in the city of Bahia Blanca, which is in the province of Buenos Aires, about 800km South of the City of BSAS. Lexi will be an assistant English teacher at El Universidad Nacional del Sur, teaching...
Lucille Lorenz, Arts & Humanities writer-in-residence
Eric Naiman is a Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. He is the author of the books Sex in Public (Princeton University Press, 1997) and Nabokov, Perversely (Cornell University Press, 2010). His teaching mainly focuses on 19th and 20th-century Russian literature, as well as early Soviet culture. Dr. Naiman received his JD from Yale Law School, and his PhD in Slavic Languages and Literatures from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Lucille Lorenz, Arts & Humanities writer-in-residence
Roni Masel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature, and holds the Norma and Sam Dabby Professor of Jewish Studies. Professor Masel’s main research interests include Hebrew literature, Yiddish literature, Jewish history, queer theory, and postcolonial theory. Masel is currently completing a book for which the working title is, Bad Readers: Misreading, Mistranslation, and Other Textual Malpractices in Hebrew and Yiddish.Dr. Masel received a PhD from New York University, and a B.A. from Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
We are proud to share that Aileen Zerrudo, a distinguished alumna of UC Berkeley’s Comparative Literature program, has been named the campus’s next Associate Vice Chancellor for Communications & Public Affairs and Chief Communications Officer.
Aileen returns to Berkeley with more than 20 years of experience leading communications for major global companies. At Clorox, where she spent 18 years, she helped reposition the company as a leader in sustainability and transparency. As Vice President for Communications, Sustainability Integration, and Crisis Management, she navigated...
Frank Cahill, a doctoral student in comparative literature at UC Berkeley, is the national word list coordinator for the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
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Hundreds of logolept tanquams will compete against hindermates this week in the famous Scripps...
Comparative literature student Frank Cahill competed in the Scripps National Spelling Bee as an eighth grader. This year, on May 28 and 29, he’ll be on the other side of the stage.
UC Berkeley Ph.D. student Frank Cahill worked with a team to build this year's Scripps National Spelling...
Angel's passion for Comparative Literature continues to drive her exploration of literature, history, and philosophy across cultures. For the second year in a row, Angel has been awarded the prestigious Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship. This summer, she will travel to Almaty, Kazakhstan, where she will continue her studies of Russian.
Congratulations to Angel on receiving her second FLAS Fellowship!
LOS ANGELES — Theatergoers are in for a very special occasion—a revelation, it’s not too excessive to say—if they will expand their horizons a bit and embrace a Native American perspective on view now.
Currently celebrating its 30th anniversary season, Native Voices presents the world premiere of Beth Piatote’s Antíkoni at the historic Southwest Campus of the Autry Museum of the American West, formerly known as the Southwest Museum...
We are thrilled to announce the upcoming release of Autotheories, co-edited by Alex Brostoff and Vilashini Cooppan. Coming out with MIT Press / Penguin Random House next week, this collection explores the evolving field of autotheory—a genre-bending synthesis of autobiography and critical theory. Notably, Autotheories has already been recognized on two "Most Anticipated of 2025" lists: The Millions Most Anticipated - The Great Winter 2025 Preview and Choice360 - Forthcoming Titles in Art & Architecture, 2025....
