Rutgers University :: Program in Comparative Literature

Faculty Spotlight

Comparative Literature welcomes two new faculty, beginning Fall 2009.

Andrew Parker, Professor of English at Amherst College will be Visiting Professor of French and Comparative Literature, 2008-2009.

Emily Van Buskirk (Ph.D. Harvard) will be a new Assistant Professor in the Department of Germanic, Russian and East European Languages and Literatures, but will do her graduate teaching in Comparative Literature.

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Student Job Placements

In 2008-2009, FIVE Comparative Literature graduate students secured jobs.

Ignacio Infante, Chad Loewen-Schmidt, Christopher Rivera, Josh Beall, Barbara Hamilton

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Contact Us

Comparative Literature
195 College Avenue
College Avenue Campus
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1062
Phone: (732) 932-7606
Fax: (732) 932-2041
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Graduate Director: Elin Diamond
Undergrad Director: César Braga-Pinto
Admin Assistant: Marilyn Tankiewicz

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE at Rutgers is a thriving interdisciplinary program offering a full doctoral curriculum and Ph.D. and a multi-tracked undergraduate major and minor. All students in Comparative Literature are challenged to think across national literatures and cultures and to consider the relationship of literary texts and theory to other disciplines and media. Both the graduate and the undergraduate programs offer students the freedom to shape a unique course of literary, linguistic, and cultural study within a framework of careful supervision and support. We offer our job-seeking graduate students extensive job placement counseling and help prepare our undergraduates for future lives in academia or the professions.

Upcoming Events

April 24, 2010

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Comp Lit Events

Graduate Colloquium & Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner
Comparative Literature
Fall 2009

Steven Gonzagowski
"Detritus of Desire

Wednesday, November 18th
5:30-7:30 p.m.
195 College Avenue

Bring your favorite dish to be enjoyed by all!

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