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Frederick M Ahl

Frederick M Ahl

Professor

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Andrea Bachner

Andrea Bachner

Professor

Interests:

  • Catalan
  • Chinese
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish

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Anindita Banerjee

Anindita Banerjee

Associate Professor

Interests:

  • Bengali
  • German
  • Hindi
  • Russian
  • Sanskrit

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Cathy Caruth

Cathy Caruth

Class of 1916 Professor of English

Interests:

  • English
  • French

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Debra Ann Castillo

Debra Ann Castillo

Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow, Emerson Hinchliff Professor of Hispanic Studies
TA Course Leader

Interests:

  • Spanish

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Cynthia Chase

Cynthia Chase

Professor Emerita

Interests:

  • English

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Jonathan D. Culler

Jonathan D. Culler

Class of 1916 Professor Emeritus

Interests:

  • English

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Brett de Bary

Brett de Bary

Professor Emeritus

Interests:

  • Japanese

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Naminata Diabate

Naminata Diabate

Associate Professor

Interests:

  • French
  • Latin
  • Malinke
  • Spanish

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Laurent Dubreuil

Laurent Dubreuil

Professor of French, Francophone & Comparative Literature

Interests:

  • Ancient Greek
  • Comparative and World Literature
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Literary Theory and Translation Studies

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Paul Fleming

Paul Fleming

L. Sanford and Jo Mills Reis Professor of Humanities

Interests:

  • Ancient Greek
  • French
  • German
  • Latin

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Patricia Keller

Patricia Keller

Associate Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature
Director of Graduate Studies

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Philip Lorenz

Philip Lorenz

Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies

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Tracy McNulty

Tracy McNulty

Professor
Department Chair

Interests:

  • French
  • German

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Natalie Melas

Natalie Melas

Associate Professor

Interests:

  • Ancient Greek
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Modern Greek

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Jonathan Beck Monroe

Jonathan Beck Monroe

Professor

Interests:

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish

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Timothy Murray

Timothy Murray

Professor of Comparative Literature and English

Interests:

  • Chinese
  • French
  • Japanese
  • Latin

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Karen Pinkus

Karen Pinkus

Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature

Interests:

  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Latin
  • Spanish
  • Swedish

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Nancy Pollak

Nancy Pollak

Associate Professor

Interests:

  • English
  • Russian

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Naoki Sakai

Naoki Sakai

Goldwin Smith Professor of Asian Studies

Interests:

  • Japanese

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Gavriel Shapiro

Gavriel Shapiro

Professor of Comparative and Russian Literature

Interests:

  • English
  • Hebrew
  • Russian

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Parisa Vaziri

Parisa Vaziri

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature & Near Eastern Studies

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Amy Villarejo

Amy Villarejo

Frederic J. Whiton Professor of Humanities

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Gail Holst-Warhaft

Gail Holst-Warhaft

Adjunct Professor

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