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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: By appointment

Bruno Carvalho

Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature

Office: Boylston 518

bcarvalh@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-3826

Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30pm-3:00pm

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: Fall 2026: Mondays 4:30-6pm or 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: Fall 2026: W 3-4pm, F 10:30-11:30am or by appointment - Please book on Calendly link

Matylda Figlerowicz

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Dana-Palmer 204

matyldafiglerowicz@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-7187

Office Hours: On Leave 2026-27

Luis Manuel Girón-Negrón

Director of Graduate Studies

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Dana-Palmer 104

giron@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-2567

Office Hours: Fall 2026 TBA

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: Fall 2026 TBA

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: Thursdays 11 - 12:30pm

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

Spencer Lee-Lenfield

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Dana-Palmer 206

leelenfield@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-1828

Office Hours: Fall 2026: Tuesday 1–3pm please book on Calendly Link

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: Fall 2026 TBA

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: Thursdays 3-4:30pm; please sign up on Calendly link

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: Fall 2026 TBA

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: Fall 2026 TBA

Panagiotis Roilos

Chair, Department of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Boylston Hall 231

roilos@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-7783

Office Hours: Fall 2026 TBA

Jeffrey Schnapp

Carl A. Pescosolido Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Boylston Hall 423

jeffrey@metalab.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-2528

Office Hours: Fall 2026 TBD and by appointment

Martha Ann 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: Fall 2026 by appointment only, but generally available in the afternoons

Mariano Siskind

Smith Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Boylston 327

siskind@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 495-9371

Office Hours: Mondays 12-1.30 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: On Leave 2026-27

Karen Thornber

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: Fall 2026: Thursdays 10:30-11:30am 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: On Leave Fall 2026

Moira Weigel

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Dana-Palmer 202

weigel@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-9712

Office Hours: On Leave 2026-2027

Justin Weir

Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Professor of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Barker 377

weir@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-3737

Office Hours: On Leave 2026-27

Leah Whittington

John P. Marquand Professor of English and Professor of Comparative Literature

Office: Barker 275

lwhittington@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-0291

Office Hours: Fall 2026 TBA

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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