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Comp Lit SURF Fellows, 2019-2020

November 24, 2024

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!

Reading and Composition Essay Prize Winners Announced!

November 24, 2024

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

Winner of the Reading and Composition Essay Prize in the Close...

Koffee Klatch

November 24, 2024

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!

2019-2020 Undergraduate Peer Representatives

November 24, 2024

From left to right, Bella Chavez, ... Alex Jimenez, Molly Kearnan, Luna Khalil, and Mackhai Nguyen. Visit the Peer Rep page for more information.

Erin Bennett wins 2019 Teaching Effectiveness Award

November 24, 2024

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!

Alumni Weekend

November 24, 2024

Hosted by the Townsend Center ... in Stephens Hall, the Alumni Weekend (May 4-5, 2019) was a tremendous success, with everyone having a great time; some gushing commentary below ...

"I just wanted to write and thank you so much again for putting together our wonderful reunion this past weekend. I'll only start to gush if I try to articulate to you one more damn time just what a marvelous place the department was and continues to be for me and the lot of us, and how much we learned in and from our whole community during our time in Berkeley and beyond. So much for keeping the gush...

Comparative Literature Commencement 2019

November 24, 2024

Rain does not dampen the spirits ... of the Comparative Literature students graduating in 2019! Overall Comp Lit had 25 students (including 7 grad students) participate this year in the Languages Commencement, with the reception moved indoors to the main Dwinelle atrium. Shown in the picture are Departmental Citation recipient Yisheng Tang (holding the Comparative Literature banner) and behind her to the left is Selma Bomfim. More info about commencement can be found ...

Graduating Senior Receives Fulbright Scholarship

November 24, 2024

Carmela Martinez has won ... a Fulbright Scholarship and she will serve as an English teaching assistant in Hamburg, Germany. Congratulations Carmela!

Chloe Chan wins AC award

November 24, 2024

Summer 18 Comparative Literature ... student Chloe Chan has won the student prize in American Culturesfor her submission "Postapocalypse Now" after taking Caitlin Scholl's 60AC class of the same name. Also in the same class was Comp Lit student Charlie Kruse, whose innovative submission can be found ...

Comparative Literature Grad Student wins awards

November 24, 2024

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!