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Bes Bajraktarević

Graduate Student

bajraktarevic@g.harvard.edu

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: On Leave Fall 2025

Mary Frances Bradford

Graduate Student

marybradford@g.harvard.edu

Min Ji Choi

Graduate Student

mchoi@g.harvard.edu

Paul Chouchana

Graduate Student

paulchouchana@g.harvard.edu

Verena Conley

Visiting Research Professor of Comparative Literature and Romance Languages and Literatures

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: 175 Widener

vconley@fas.harvard.edu

Peter Corti

Undergraduate Tutorial Board Teaching Fellow, 2025-2026

petercorti@fas.harvard.edu

Ollie Cowley

Graduate Student

ocowley@g.harvard.edu

Maria Dabija

Graduate Student

mariadabija@g.harvard.edu

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 2025: TBD

Zhisheng Ivy Deng

Graduate Student

zdeng@g.harvard.edu

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 2025: TBD - Please book on Calendly link

James Engell

Gurney Research Professor of English Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

jengell@fas.harvard.edu

Matylda Figlerowicz

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: Dana-Palmer 204

matyldafiglerowicz@fas.harvard.edu

Office Hours: Fall 2025: TBD; 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: Fall 2025 TBD: via Zoom and by appointment (email to schedule)

Mei Fujie

Graduate Student

mfujie@g.harvard.edu

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: Fall 2025: TBD

Rita Goldberg

Lecturer on Comparative Literature

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

goldberg@fas.harvard.edu

William Granara

Research Professor of the Practice of Arabic on the Gordon Gray Endowment

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Office: CMES 38 Kirkland St. #302

granara@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-9065

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

Ben Gregson

Graduate Student

bgregson@g.harvard.edu

Raphi Halff

Graduate Student

rhalff@g.harvard.edu

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: Fall 2025: TBD

Odile Harter

Research Librarian, Harvard College Library

Office: Widener Library, Room 220

oharter@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-8028

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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