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Fall 2026 Course: COMPLIT 291X / GERMAN 291/ROM-STD 201: Questions of Theory – Jeffrey Schnapp

SPRING 2026 COURSE: COMPLIT 163X: Jewish Languages and Literatures in America – Kathryn Hellerstein

SPRING 2026: COMPLIT 166X – Calvino and Computation

Bruno Munari, Design and Visual Communication (translation and critical edition by Jeffrey Schnapp)

Fall 2026 COURSE: COMPLIT 110X: What Is a Novel? – David Damrosch

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