Emory Comparative Literature Department

Emory Comparative Literature Department An internationally recognized department with a top & dynamic graduate & undergraduate program.

On April 10th, the Depts. of French and Italian and Comparative Literature held a symposium title DaDa toDay?!This sympo...
04/27/2026

On April 10th, the Depts. of French and Italian and Comparative Literature held a symposium title DaDa toDay?!

This symposium traced the reaches of Dada in performance art, online culture, psychoanalysis, theatre, and poetry. Grad students Emma and Tim presented some of their work as a part of the day.

In case you're wondering what goes on in a Comp Lit class...This semester, Dr. Irving Goh offered his undergrad seminar ...
04/24/2026

In case you're wondering what goes on in a Comp Lit class...

This semester, Dr. Irving Goh offered his undergrad seminar titled "Genius! From Sappho to Taylor Swift." To complement readings and discussions, Dr. Goh had several invited lecturers.

First, Poet and MacArthur "Genius" Fellow Jericho Brown visited Professor Irving Goh's "Genius!" class on Feb 10, 2026. He talked about his poetry collection, The New Testament. After the class, he very generously signed copies of his book!

On April 7, 2026, Emily Daggett Smith, violinist and leader of the Vega String Quartet, which is Emory's Quartet-in-Residence, visited the seminarto talk about practicing, discipline, perfectionism, and well-being. She also performed for the class the Sarabande from Bach's Partita No.2 for solo violin.

Last Friday, the English and Comparative Literature Depts. came together to celebrate our undergraduates who completed a...
04/24/2026

Last Friday, the English and Comparative Literature Depts. came together to celebrate our undergraduates who completed an honors thesis. The event showcased their scholarship and gave the students a chance to talk about what goes into working on a year-long writing project.

Fiona (3rd from the left) was this year's Comparative Literature honors student. Her project, "Eating Words and Worlds: Food Writing, Othering, and the Aftertaste of Power" received highest honors in her defense.

Also in March, we welcomed back a lovely group of Comp Lit BA Alums for a panel discussion. The goal of the panel was to...
04/23/2026

Also in March, we welcomed back a lovely group of Comp Lit BA Alums for a panel discussion. The goal of the panel was to discuss the perennial question: "Well, what do you do with a degree in Comparative Literature!?"

Our alumni are in graduate school and law school, working in software, writing professionally, and working in higher education. Across the board though, regardless of career, all of our panelists expressed how important their skills in reading deeply and writing incisively have been in their lives since graduation.

Huge thanks to Juliana, Ben, Zach, Sofia, Yazi, and Allen for connecting with our undergrads!

Prof. Debjani Ganguly (Prof. of English at University of Virginia and Director of the Institute for World Literature at ...
04/23/2026

Prof. Debjani Ganguly (Prof. of English at University of Virginia and Director of the Institute for World Literature at Harvard University) came to Emory in March.

Dr. Ganguly give a lecture on speculative forms, planetary realism, and vitalist futures-- how we might imagine futures in an age of technological and environmental upheaval. She also led a workshop on the theoretical and practical challenges of interdisciplinary work.

In February, we celebrated the publishing of Dr. Irving Goh's (Emory Comparative Literature) book, Living On After Failu...
04/21/2026

In February, we celebrated the publishing of Dr. Irving Goh's (Emory Comparative Literature) book, Living On After Failure: Affective Structures of Modern Life. Dr. Goh presented a reading from his book, followed by a conversation with Dr. Jack Halberstam (Columbia University) on affect and negativity.

The next day, Dr. Halberstam led a workshop and gave a lecture around his forthcoming book, Anarchitecture After Everything: A Trans Manifesto (MIT Press, Fall 2026).

Spring 2026 semester's talks kicked off with a visit from Dr. Alvin Wong, Assoc. Professor of Comparative Literature at ...
04/21/2026

Spring 2026 semester's talks kicked off with a visit from Dr. Alvin Wong, Assoc. Professor of Comparative Literature at Hong Kong University.

Wong discussed his book, Unruly Comparison: Queerness, Hong Kong, and the Sinophone (Duke UP, 2025). He also led a workshop on publishing the first book.

Next up, in November we welcomed Dr. Adam Rosenthal (Emory Comp Lit PhD Alum!) for a lecture and workshop. The lecture w...
04/20/2026

Next up, in November we welcomed Dr. Adam Rosenthal (Emory Comp Lit PhD Alum!) for a lecture and workshop.

The lecture was titled "Hospitality and the History of Foreign Bodies" and the workshop discussed Dr. Rosenthal's recent published book, Prosthetic Immortalities Biology, Transhumanism, and the Search for Indefinite Life (University of Minnesota Press, 2024).

We've been lucky this year to host several incredible visiting scholars and lots of community events-- over the next wee...
04/20/2026

We've been lucky this year to host several incredible visiting scholars and lots of community events-- over the next week, we'll be recognizing and celebrating our year of learning.

First off, in the fall semester Dr. Carlos Rojas visited from Duke, where he is a professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. His discussed the ways that the quality of infectiousness associated with AI might be viewed as a threat to the human subject, but may also offer a way of rethinking the foundations of humanity itself.

We are so excited to invite you to this year's Honors Showcase along with ! Join us from Friday 4/16 from 2-4pm in Calla...
04/15/2026

We are so excited to invite you to this year's Honors Showcase along with !

Join us from Friday 4/16 from 2-4pm in Callaway N301 to hear from students in Comparative Literature and English who just defended their honors theses.

This is a great opportunity to celebrate their achievements, hear more about their individual projects, and lean about what it's like to work on a larger research project (looking at you, undergrads who are considering honors!)

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