Karen Pinkus
Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature Department Chair
Academic Interests:
- Comparative Media Studies
- French
- German
- Italian
- Spanish
- Literature, Science, and the Environment
- Latin
- Swedish
Department Faculty
Department Leadership
Andrea Bachner
Professor Director of Graduate Studies
Academic Interests:
- Catalan
- Chinese
- Comparative and World Literature
- Comparative Media Studies
- Critical Studies of Race, Gender, and Sexuality
- French
- German
- Italian
- Literary Theory and Translation Studies
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Transregional and Postcolonial Studies
Jonathan B. Monroe
Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies
Academic Interests:
- French
- German
- Spanish
- English
Parisa Vaziri
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature & Near Eastern Studies TA Course Leader
Faculty
Andrea Bachner
Professor Director of Graduate Studies
Academic Interests:
- Catalan
- Chinese
- Comparative and World Literature
- Comparative Media Studies
- 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:
- Critical Studies of Race, Gender, and Sexuality
- German
- Transregional and Postcolonial Studies
- Bengali
- Literature, Science, and the Environment
- Hindi
- Russian
- Sanskrit
Cathy Caruth
Class of 1916 Professor of English
Academic Interests:
- Comparative Media Studies
- French
- Literary Theory and Translation Studies
- English
- Politics and Aesthetics
- Psychoanalysis and Trauma Studies
Debra Ann Castillo
Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow, Emerson Hinchliff Professor of Hispanic Studies
Academic Interests:
- Comparative and World Literature
- Comparative Media Studies
- Critical Studies of Race, Gender, and Sexuality
- Spanish
- Transregional and Postcolonial Studies
Naminata Diabate
Associate Professor
Academic Interests:
- French
- Spanish
- Latin
- Malinke
Laurent Dubreuil
Professor of French, Francophone & Comparative Literature
Academic Interests:
- Comparative and World Literature
- French
- German
- Italian
- Literary Theory and Translation Studies
- Ancient Greek
Paul Fleming
L. Sanford and Jo Mills Reis Professor of Humanities
Academic Interests:
- French
- German
- Latin
- Ancient Greek
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
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Politics and Aesthetics
Philip Lorenz
Associate Professor
Academic Interests:
- Comparative and World Literature
- Literary Theory and Translation Studies
- Spanish
- Politics and Aesthetics
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:
- French
- German
- English
- Ancient Greek
- Modern Greek
Jonathan B. Monroe
Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies
Academic Interests:
- French
- German
- Spanish
- English
Timothy Murray
Professor of Comparative Literature and Literatures in English; Director, Cornell Council for the Arts
Academic Interests:
- Chinese
- French
- Latin
- Japanese
Karen Pinkus
Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature Department Chair
Academic Interests:
- Comparative Media Studies
- French
- German
- Italian
- Spanish
- Literature, Science, and the Environment
- Latin
- Swedish
Nancy Pollak
Associate Professor
Academic Interests:
- Russian
- English
Parisa Vaziri
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature & Near Eastern Studies TA Course Leader
Gail Holst-Warhaft
Adjunct 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.