People

Ag Apolloni

Associate of the Department of Comparative Literature

ag_apolloni@fas.harvard.edu

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: By appointment, please email Matilde Morales mmoralesguzman AT g.harvard.edu to book your appointment

Svetlana Boym

In Memoriam

Mary Frances Bradford

Graduate Student

marybradford@g.harvard.edu

Alex Braslavsky

Undergraduate Tutorial Board Teaching Fellow, 2026-2027

alexbraslavsky@g.harvard.edu

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: By appointment

Jung Ja Choi

Associate of the Department of Comparative Literature

choi2@fas.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

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 2026: Mondays 4:30-6pm or by appointment

Zhisheng Ivy Deng

Graduate Student

zdeng@g.harvard.edu

Marianne Doherty

Graduate Student

GSAS

mdoherty@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 2026: W 3-4pm, F 10:30-11:30am or by appointment - 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

Artemis ffytche

Graduate Student

artemisffytche@g.harvard.edu

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

Mei Fujie

Graduate Student

mfujie@g.harvard.edu

Debjani Ganguly

Director, The Institute for World Literature

debjaniganguly@fas.harvard.edu

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: Wednesdays 9:30-11:30am or by appointments

Rita Goldberg

Associate of the Department of Comparative Literature

goldberg@fas.harvard.edu

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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