People

Department Administration

John T. Hamilton

Director of Graduate Studies

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Barker Center 345

jhamilt@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-4272

Office Hours: Spring 2025: Thursdays 3-5pm or by appointment

Faton Limani

Department Administrator and Graduate Studies Coordinator

Office: Dana Palmer 107

faton_limani@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-2543

Office Hours: M-F: 9 am-5 pm (remote most Fridays)

Isaure Mignotte

Department Coordinator and Undergraduate Program Coordinator

Office: Dana-Palmer 106

mignotte@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-4186

Office Hours: Mon remotely: 10-5pm; Tue & Th in person: 10am-5pm, and Fridays remotely: 10-1pm

Sandra Naddaff

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

Jeffrey Schnapp

Chair, Department of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Boylston Hall 423

jeffrey@metalab.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-2528

Office Hours: On Leave 2024-2025

Mariano Siskind

Interim Chair, 2024-2025

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Boylston 327

siskind@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 495-9371

Office Hours: Spring 2025: Thursday 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.

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