Translation studies

Homi Bhabha: Translation and Displacement (https://youtu.be/TVQcdbSV6OI)

Translation and Displacement: A Lecture by Homi Bhabha

Presented on May 6, 2016, by GC Public Programs at The Graduate Center in NYC.

Books

Lara Norgaard’s translation of Sabda Armandio’s “24 Hours with Gaspar”

Videos

https://vimeo.com/848538189?share=copy

CompLit Video_Ezra Lebovitz (https://vimeo.com/848538189?share=copy)

Ezra Lebovitz talks about his senior thesis (winner of the 2023 Sohier Prize)

Videos

https://vimeo.com/848541917?share=copy

CompLit Video_Ben Roberts (https://vimeo.com/848541917?share=copy)

Undergraduate concentrator Ben Roberts talks about Andrei Tarkovsky’s last three films

Videos

https://vimeo.com/848547703?share=copy

CompLit Video_Sandra Naddaff (https://vimeo.com/848547703?share=copy)

Concentrating in Comparative Literature: A conversation with DUS Dr. Sandra Naddaff

Videos

https://vimeo.com/848558411?share=copy

Harvard Interview 001 Edit 002 (https://vimeo.com/848558411?share=copy)

Comp Lit and Media History: A chat with Jeffrey Schnapp

Videos

https://vimeo.com/848543417?share=copy

CompLit Video_Lara Norgaard (https://vimeo.com/848543417?share=copy)

Comparative Curiosity: A conversation with Lara Norgaard

Writings and Publications

English translation of the Indonesian novel “24 Hours with Gaspar” by Sabda Armandio

Books

by Annette Damayanti Lienau

How Arabic influenced the evolution of vernacular literatures and anticolonial thought in Egypt, Indonesia, and Senegal

Sacred Language, Vernacular Difference: Global Arabic and Counter-Imperial Literatures

Courses

People

Lecturer on Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Mather House Dean's Office, 10 Cowperthwaite Street

leafgren@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-4829

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

matyldafiglerowicz@fas.harvard.edu

Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wed 1-2pm by appointment, see Calendly link

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Dana-Palmer 209

snaddaff@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-5650

Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday, 1:30-2:45pm

Professor of the Classics and Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Boylston 224

emilygreenwood@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-998-2430

Office Hours: By appointment

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Comparative Literature and of Romance Languages and Literatures

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Dana-Palmer 104

giron@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-2567

Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesdays 1-3pm or by appointment

Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Dana-Palmer 201

ddamrosc@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-7031

Office Hours: Spring 2025: Monday 5-6:30pm 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

Mar 6

Publishing of PHD Student Esther Kondo Heller’s First Poetry Collection

Feb 28

PhD Student Georgia Soares to Join Princeton University as a Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow!

Translation studies

Courses

People

Lecturer on Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Mather House Dean's Office, 10 Cowperthwaite Street

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wed 1-2pm by appointment, see Calendly link

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Dana-Palmer 209

Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday, 1:30-2:45pm

Professor of the Classics and Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Boylston 224

Office Hours: By appointment

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Comparative Literature and of Romance Languages and Literatures

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Dana-Palmer 104

Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesdays 1-3pm or by appointment

Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Dana-Palmer 201

Office Hours: Spring 2025: Monday 5-6:30pm or by appointment

Areas of Study

Menu