Gavin Walker
Professor Department Chair
Academic Interests:
- Comparative and World Literature
- Literary Theory and Translation Studies
- Politics and Aesthetics
- Psychoanalysis and Trauma Studies
- Transregional and Postcolonial Studies
Department Leadership
Naminata Diabate
Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies
Academic Interests:
- French
- Latin
- Malinke
- Spanish
Cathy Caruth
Class of 1916 Professor of English Director of Undergraduate Studies
Academic Interests:
- Comparative Media Studies
- English
- French
- Literary Theory and Translation Studies
- Politics and Aesthetics
- Psychoanalysis and Trauma Studies
Sophie Pinkham
Professor of the Practice TA Course Leader
Academic Interests:
- Russian
Faculty
Andrea Bachner
Professor
Academic Interests:
- Catalan
- Chinese
- Comparative Media Studies
- Comparative and World Literature
- Critical Studies of Race, Gender, and Sexuality
- French
- German
- Italian
- Literary Theory and Translation Studies
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Transregional and Postcolonial Studies
Anindita Banerjee
Associate Professor
Academic Interests:
- Comparative Media Studies
- Comparative and World Literature
- Literature, Science, and the Environment
Cathy Caruth
Class of 1916 Professor of English Director of Undergraduate Studies
Academic Interests:
- Comparative Media Studies
- English
- French
- Literary Theory and Translation Studies
- Politics and Aesthetics
- Psychoanalysis and Trauma Studies
Debra Ann Castillo
Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow, Emerson Hinchliff Professor of Hispanic Studies
Academic Interests:
- Comparative Media Studies
- Comparative and World Literature
- Critical Studies of Race, Gender, and Sexuality
- Spanish
- Transregional and Postcolonial Studies
Naminata Diabate
Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies
Academic Interests:
- French
- Latin
- Malinke
- Spanish
Laurent Dubreuil
Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences Professor of French, Francophone & Comparative Literature
Academic Interests:
- Ancient Greek
- Comparative and World Literature
- French
- German
- Italian
- Literary Theory and Translation Studies
Paul Fleming
L. Sanford and Jo Mills Reis Professor of Humanities
Academic Interests:
- Ancient Greek
- French
- German
- Latin
Arnika Fuhrmann
Professor
Academic Interests:
- Comparative Media Studies
- Critical Studies of Race, Gender, and Sexuality
- Politics and Aesthetics
Patricia Keller
Associate Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature
Academic Interests:
- Comparative Media Studies
- Politics and Aesthetics
- Portuguese
- Spanish
Philip Lorenz
Associate Professor
Academic Interests:
- Comparative and World Literature
- Literary Theory and Translation Studies
- Politics and Aesthetics
- Spanish
Tracy McNulty
Professor
Academic Interests:
- Comparative and World Literature
- French
- German
- Literary Theory and Translation Studies
- Politics and Aesthetics
- Psychoanalysis and Trauma Studies
Natalie Melas
Associate Professor
Academic Interests:
- Ancient Greek
- English
- French
- German
- Modern Greek
Jonathan B. Monroe
Professor
Academic Interests:
- English
- French
- German
- Spanish
Sophie Pinkham
Professor of the Practice TA Course Leader
Academic Interests:
- Russian
Nancy Pollak
Associate Professor
Academic Interests:
- English
- Russian
Parisa Vaziri
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature & Near Eastern Studies
Academic Interests:
- Comparative Media Studies
- Critical Studies of Race, Gender, and Sexuality
Gavin Walker
Professor Department Chair
Academic Interests:
- Comparative and World Literature
- Literary Theory and Translation Studies
- Politics and Aesthetics
- Psychoanalysis and Trauma Studies
- Transregional and Postcolonial Studies
Gail Holst-Warhaft
Adjunct Professor
Laurent Ferri
Curator and Adjunct Associate Professor
Faculty Spotlight: Jonathan Monroe
To grasp the achievements of writer Roberto Bolaño, whose work encompasses both Europe and the Americas, one must understand not only poetry and fiction but also literary history and politics, argues Jonathan Monroe, a professor of comparative literature and a member of the graduate fields of comparative literature, English, and Romance studies at Cornell.
In this Chats in the Stacks talk in Olin Library, Monroe discusses his new book, Framing Roberto Bolaño: Poetry, Fiction, Literary History, Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2019), which contributes to an expanded understanding of the entirety of Bolaño’s work and his importance within both hemispheric studies and world literature.