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Faculty

Homi K. Bhabha

Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Wadsworth House 134

hbhabha@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-0739

Office Hours: Fall 2023 TBD

Verena Conley

Director of Graduate Studies

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Dana-Palmer 202

vconley@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-9712

Office Hours: On Leave Fall 2023

David Damrosch

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: Mon 5-6:30pm and by appointment

David Elmer

Eliot Professor of Greek Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Boylston 223

delmer@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-4019

Office Hours: Wednesday 2:45-4:45pm. Please use the Calendly link

James Engell

Gurney Professor of English Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Barker Center 272

jengell@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-5055

Office Hours: Thursdays 3-4:30 in Northwest Bldg B103 or by appointment

Matylda Figlerowicz

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

matyldafiglerowicz@g.harvard.edu

Office Hours: On Leave 2023-2024

Luis Manuel Girón-Negrón

Director of Graduate Studies Fall 2023

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Dana-Palmer 104

giron@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-2567

Office Hours: Mon-Wed 10:30-11:30am or by appointment

Rita Goldberg

Lecturer on Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

goldberg@fas.harvard.edu

Emily Greenwood

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: Thu 11 am-12 pm or by appointment

John T. Hamilton

William R. Kenan Professor of German and Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Barker Center 345

jhamilt@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-4272

Office Hours: On Leave 2023-2024

Junting Huang

College Fellow

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Dana-Palmer 205

juntinghuang@fas.harvard.edu

Office Hours: Thursday 3-4 pm or by appointment

Luke Leafgren

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

Office Hours: Fall 2023 TBD

Annette Damayanti Lienau

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Dana-Palmer 203

annette_lienau@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-998-2430

Office Hours: Thursdays 3-4 pm or by appointment

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: Tuesday 4-5pm, sign up for your appointment on Calendly (below)

Gregory Nagy

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: Mon 2:30-3:30pm and by appointment

Martin Puchner

Byron and Anita Wien Professor of Drama and of English and Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Barker 220

puchner@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-1139

Office Hours: By appointment, online or in-person

Panagiotis Roilos

George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Boylston Hall 231

roilos@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-7783

Office Hours: Wed 3-4pm in Widener 475 or by appointment

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: Thursday, 10-11:30 am or by appointment

Martha Selby

Sangam Professor of South Asian Studies and Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: 1 Bow Street, 336

marthaselby@fas.harvard.edu

Office Hours: Mon - Wed 3:30-5pm: please e-mail me for appointment

Marc Shell

Irving Babbitt Professor of Comparative Literature and English

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Barker Center 265

mshell@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-6538

Office Hours: On Leave Fall 2023

Mariano Siskind

Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Boylston 327

siskind@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 495-9371

Office Hours: Mon 5-6pm or by appointment

David Stern

Harry Starr Professor of Classical and Modern Jewish and Hebrew Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Ave., Room 209

dstern@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-3977

Office Hours: By appointment

Karen Thornber

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

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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

thornber@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-6244

Office Hours: Thursdays 1-2pm or by appointment

David Der-Wei Wang

Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature and of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: 2 Divinity Ave. #130A

dwang@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-0925

Office Hours: Wed 1-3pm 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.

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