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Welcome message from Niklaus

November 24, 2024

Dear students, staff, ... lecturers, and faculty colleagues,

It has been a strange summer. I hope that everyone has made the most of their extended time at home, and that it was at least a little productive and also somewhat restful in spite of all the challenges.

I would like to offer a remote, but very warm, welcome to our new graduate students, Cole Carvour, Landon Kramer, Madeleine Kresin, Tom Maude-Griffin, and Madeline Zimring.

I also want to offer a warm welcome to our new faculty colleague, Beth Piatote, and to Karina Palau,...

Recent Publications by our Graduate Students

November 24, 2024

Here is a sample of the current ... work our graduate students are publishing. Congratulations to the authors!

Sheri Hellberg and Alex Brostoff published a co-authored conversation about queer non-monogamy and the elasticity of translation in Reading in Translation, which is edited by Comp Lit alumna Stiliana Milkova Marlena Gittleman and Alex Brostoff are co-authoring an...

Juneteenth

November 24, 2024

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. We can look back to the debtor prisons and chain gangs of reconstruction...

Congratulations Graduates!

November 24, 2024

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 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...