Translation studies
East-West relations
Digital and experimental humanities
Multilingualism
Literature and politics

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May

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CONGRATULATIONS

David Damrosch gives the acceptance speech for the 2023 Balzan Prize

November 17, 2023

This course will explore contemporary literature and cinema across Southeast Asia, focusing on regional developments after the Asian financial crisis of 1997 through the present. Themes discussed include literature’s relationship to economic turmoil and political change; questions of class and social mobility; anti-authoritarian writing and issues of censorship; literature, youth culture, and new media landscapes; and literary explorations of gender and sexuality. Readings will include a selection of critical essays to foreground these central themes of the course, along with poetry, short fiction, and films from: Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam. Readings will be taught in English translation and films will be screened with English subtitles.

A message from the chair \ Jeffrey Schnapp

Reflecting the ongoing paradigm shift of comparative studies from an almost exclusive focus on Western European traditions to a newly global awareness, our faculty ranks have expanded in recent years to encompass a world-wide range of languages and cultures.

Interested in Concentrating in Comparative Literature?

Check out our Prospective Concentrators and Peer Advisors
pages for more information.

Contact our Director of Undergraduate Studies,
Dr. Sandra Naddaff.

Currently the Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature and Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature at Harvard University, David Damrosch began his career in the study of a much earlier…

Positions open

Title

No ladder faculty searches are currently underway.

School

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Department

Comparative Literature

Position Description

The Department of Comparative Literature has recently completed two tenure-track searches during the academic year 2023-2024: one in Translation Studies, the other in Media History and Archeology. No searches are anticipated for 2024-2025.

Areas of Study