Joaquim-Francisco Coelho, 1938-2019.  

"A review of three Arabic novels recently translated into English, this piece gave me a chance to think about the myopias involved in over-indulging destruction and apocalypticism. Relevant, I reckon, for both fiction writers and scholars whose vision feels narrowed by scenarios of doom and gloom."  Read the full...

“I work mostly on literature between roughly 2000 and 2015. But ‘2000’ means 2000 B.C.E.”

Hot off the press, the September-October edition of the Harvard Magazine includes a profile of our Chair, Prof. David Damrosch - this article was also featured as the lead item in the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Art section on August 22nd.

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Please join us in congratulating all the recipients of a Fall 2018 Teaching Award from the Bok Center in the Department of Comparative Literature!

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