Multilingualism

Catherine Lefebvre Online Lecture: “Self-Translation & Translating Meaning Through Contemporary Art”

Jun

21

Lectures

Tim Parks: “The Translator as Reader and Writer”

Apr

19

Videos

https://vimeo.com/897371219?share=copy

Reading in Translation: full-length video (https://vimeo.com/897371219?share=copy)

“Reading in Translation”: full-length video

Videos

https://vimeo.com/896371306?share=copy

Reading in Translation (https://vimeo.com/896371306?share=copy)

A short compilation of students’ work at our annual event: “Reading in Translation.”

Videos

https://vimeo.com/897362815?share=copy

Reading in Translation (https://vimeo.com/897362815?share=copy)

Members of the Translation Studies 260 Graduate Workshop, taught by Dr. Thomas Wisniewski, read selections from their work-in-progress of translations from Japanese, German, Yiddish, Spanish, and Greek.

Books

Karen Laura Thornber’s “Global Healing: Literature, Advocacy, Care”

Articles

How thinking in a foreign language improves decision-making

Books

David Damrosch’s “Comparing the Literatures: Literary Studies in a Global Age”

Articles

From Harvard Magazine: A World of Literature – David Damrosch’s Literary Global Reach

Articles

Welcome to our new Assistant Professor: Matylda Figlerowicz

Articles

Why Does Ukraine Have a Jewish President? Ask Isaac Babel

Courses

People

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Dana-Palmer 206

leelenfield@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-1828

Office Hours: Spring 2026 TBD or by appointment

Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

wisse@fas.harvard.edu

Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard College Professor

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: c/o Reischauer Institute CGIS South S222 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

thornber@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-6244

Office Hours: Spring 2026 TBD and by appointment

Irving Babbitt Professor of Comparative Literature and Professor of English, Emeritus

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Barker Center 265

mshell@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-6538

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Dana-Palmer 204

matyldafiglerowicz@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-7187

Office Hours: Spring 2026 TBD; see Calendly link

Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Boylston Hall 228

gnagy@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-1941

Office Hours: Fall 2025 Mon 2:30-3pm or by appointment

Founded as a graduate program in 1904 and joining with the undergraduate Literature Concentration in 2007, Harvard’s Department of Comparative Literature operates at the crossroads of multilingualism, literary study, and media history.

News

Dec 19

Harvard Gazette Article: “Who needs the humanities?” with Professor Moira Weigel.

Dec 4

2024 MLA Prize For Comparative Literary Studies: Professor Annette Damayanti Lienau Receives Honorable Mention

Multilingualism

Jun

21

Apr

19

Courses

People

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Dana-Palmer 206

Office Hours: Spring 2026 TBD or by appointment

Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard College Professor

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: c/o Reischauer Institute CGIS South S222 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

Office Hours: Spring 2026 TBD and by appointment

Irving Babbitt Professor of Comparative Literature and Professor of English, Emeritus

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Barker Center 265

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Dana-Palmer 204

Office Hours: Spring 2026 TBD; see Calendly link

Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Boylston Hall 228

Office Hours: Fall 2025 Mon 2:30-3pm or by appointment

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