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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

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: Spring 2025: Monday 5-6:30pm 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: Spring 2025: Wed. 2:45-4:45pm - Please book on Calendly link

Matylda Figlerowicz

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

Ursula Deser Friedman

College Fellow, 2024 - 2025

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Barker 063

ursulafriedman@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-998-0705

Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesdays 1:30-2:30pm at Barker 063/via Zoom and by appointment (email to schedule)

Luis Manuel Girón-Negrón

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

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: By appointment

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

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

Post Doc in Comparative Literature; Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, starting July 2025

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

leelenfield@fas.harvard.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

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

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: Spring 2025 Monday 3 to 4pm

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: Spring 2025: Wednesdays 12-1pm

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

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: On sabbatical leave - by appointment only

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: Spring 2025 TBD

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

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: Wednesday 12-1pm or by appointment

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: On Leave 2024-2025

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: Wednesday 1-3pm or by appointment

Moira Weigel

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: weigel@fas.harvard.edu

Office Hours: 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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