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Contact Information

Office: Mather House Dean's Office, 10 Cowperthwaite Street

leafgren@fas.harvard.edu

Office Hours: Wed 3-4pm or by appointment

Websites

Role

Luke Leafgren

Lecturer on Comparative Literature

Lecturer on Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Allston Burr Resident Dean of Harvard College for Mather House

Research fields: the Arabic novel; Arabic language pedagogy; the theory and practice of literary translation

Education: PhD in Comparative Literature (Harvard University, 2012); BA in Philosophy and Theology (University of Oxford, 2003); BA in English (Columbia University, 2001)

Literary Translations: Daughter of the Tigris by Muhsin Al-Ramli (2019); The Baghdad Clock by Shahad Al Rawi (2018); The President’s Gardens by Muhsin Al-Ramli (2017); Oh, Salaam! by Najwa Barakat (2014); Dates on My Fingers by Muhsin Al-Ramli (2014)