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Cathy Caruth, professor of comparative literature and literatures in English, was honored with The Stephen and Margery Russell Distinguished Teaching Award.
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Seed grants, student travel grants and internships totaling $355,000 in the 2021–22 academic year supported international work done by many A&S faculty and students.
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The Department of Comparative Literature has awarded Kun Huang the 2022 Graduate Student Teaching Award, and Praveen Tilakaratne the 2022 Graduate Student Essay Award.
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Cornell faculty and their community partners will tell the stories of local migrant farmworkers, use documentary film to better understand climate change and dispossession, learn how migratory birds are affected by drug trafficking and more.
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Jonathan Mercedes is a comparative literature major.
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Naminata Diabate outlines the movement's tactics and explains how womens' protests helped end the Liberian civil war.
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With the theme “Futurities, Uncertain," the fifth Cornell art biennial will feature artworks, installations, and performances.
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Debra Castillo and Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz, recently convened a new working group with support from the CNY Humanities corridor. Under the auspices of Teatrotaller, Debra Castillo is also directing a full length play on gender violence in Latin America.
See how Eliana structured her Comparative Literature major.
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The journal, which is a review of contemporary criticism, is celebrating with an anniversary blog.
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