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About Comparative Literature Comparative literature at Barnard College is the study of literary and closely related cultural expressions across linguistic and cultural boundaries. It is distinct in its conviction that our encounters with literary and cultural manifestations must be international in character. Undergraduate students in Comparative Literature acquire proficiency in a great variety of foreign languages, providing them the opportunity to study literature in world contexts and examine the connections between languages, cultures, and literary traditions. It is an interdisciplinary enterprise geared toward exploring boundaries and therefore routinely crosses borders and investigates literary, cultural and social relations between communities of readers, writers, and speakers. For this reason, majors are encouraged to read widely from different literatures and to develop a comprehensive view of important cultural issues. |
| Upcoming Events |
Regrets (a film by Cédric Kahn)
Film Screening
Q&A with director Cédric Kahn and actor, Yvan Attal
Thurs. March 11, 2010; 6PM
Dodge Hall 511
Wine & Cheese reception hosted by the
Maison Française
A Barnard College
Global Symposium
Women in the Arab World
Samia Mehrez, scholar and critic, Ahdaf Soueif, novelist, Moufida Tlatli,
filmmaker
President Debora Spar, moderator
Voices of the Region: A look at issues facing women in the region through the
lens
of literature and film.
Monday, March 15, 2010; Noon to 5:00pm
Jumeirah Emirates Towers; Godolphin Ballroom
Sheikh Zayed Road, City Centre
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Comparative Literature Program Planning Meeting
With Instructors and Majors from the Comp Lit Program
Come discuss majoring, meet the professors, have a look at syllabi for fall
courses, and ask questions of both the Comp Lit instructors and current majors.
Refreshments will be served.
Monday, March 22, 2010; 6-7
Milbank 227, Barnard
Obscenity and Modesty in Recent Fictional Representation
of Orthodox Jews in the US
A Discussion with Joshua Lambert
Tuesday, March 23, 2010; 4 pm
513 Fayerweather Hall
Columbia University
Refreshments will be served
RSVPs appreciated to NEG2116@columbia.edu
Diasporic Worlds and Critical Regionalisms: Literatures of
Displacement Abroad and at Home
Wednesday, March 24, 2010; 10:15am: Introductions
10:30am-12:30pm: Diasporas Abroad and at Home
3:30pm-5:30pm: Medium/Message: Diasporic Audiences and Trajectories of
Difference
The Kellogg Center, 1501 IAB, Columbia University
-Reception to follow-
Graduate Student Conference: "Jean Amery and Primo Levi:
Rhetoric of Testimony"
Friday, March 26, 2010; 10AM - 5PM
Event Program
http://german.as.nyu.edu/page/pg_2459
On Translating Dahlia Ravikovitch
Introducing Chana Bloch’s and Chana Kronfeld’s translation of the work of
Israel’s leading woman poet. A discussion of Hovering at a
Low Altitude.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010; 6 PM
Mendelsohn Convocation Center,
Jewish Theological Seminary
Refreshments will be served
