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New book explores the meaning of being a human animal

What does it mean to be a “human” animal?

Podcast examines the waterways of Venice

A new episode of the “What Makes Us Human” podcast series featuring English professor William Kennedy explains the influence of water on European Renaissance culture.

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AUG 25A&S Academic Open House - Department of Comparative ... Please plan to stop by our table and check out our exciting courses! Meet our director of undergraduate studies, Professor Philip Lorenz and hear about our Comparative Literature Major and...

AUG 26Russian Placement Exam RUSSA Language Placement Exam - FA 2019. Slava Paperno (sp27@cornell.edu), director of the Russian Language Program, will oversee this exam.

AUG 30RUSSA FA 2019 TBA Courses - Orgainzational Meeting Organizational meeting for all Fall 2019 courses that are marked TBA (Time to Be Arranged) in the course roster: Friday August 30 at 4:30, room KG42 Klarman Hall. We'll be looking for meeting...

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Faculty Publication Spotlight: Laurent Dubreuil

Newly Released book: Dialogues on the Human Ape.

Irving Goh and Jonathan Culler standing next to each other.

Congratulations to Irving Goh, a graduate of the Comparative Literature program, on his work L'existence prépositionnelle, published by Galilée under its "La philosophe en effet" series which is now available.

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