Comparative & World Literature
Founded in 1967, the Program in Comparative and World Literature at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign has been at the forefront of interdisciplinary teaching and research in the humanities, offering courses that work across different national languages and literary traditions, as well as those that combine the study of literature with other disciplines, including film and visual culture, science and medicine, economics and law. Our program was one of the first to offer and emphasize non-Western and cross-cultural perspectives, and World Literature – from Asia and Africa, to Europe and the Americas – is an area where we continue to excel today.
Recent News
Interview with George Gasyna
Prof. Gasyna discusses the Polish author and "angry young man" Marek Hlasko, for "Encounters with Polish Literature," a series sponsored by Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
George Gasyna, Conrad Scholar
Prof. Gasyna has been named one of six Conrad Humanities Scholars in the College of LAS
Harriet Murav, CAS professor
Harriet Murav has been appointed as a Professor in the Center for Advanced Study starting Fall 2020, one of our highest honors.
Upcoming Events
REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: "Colonial Policy, Social Trust, and Economic Resilience: The Long-Term Impacts of Imperial Russian Settlement in Southern Kazakhstan"
https://illinois.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqf-mpqTgrE9KnlkuD7ci_Ltpm1eGlAIK7
HRI Work-In: Odyssey Projects in the Midwest
2021 Visual AIDS: Days With(out) Art
Dec 01, 2021 to Dec 04, 2021
Krannert Art Museum, 500 E Peabody Dr., Lower Level, Auditorium (KAM 62)
LLS Movie Series - "Spy Kids"
Medieval Studies Alumni Lecture Series: Catherine Keane
Zoom and 319 Gregory Hall
Featured Courses
History, Politics, Bollywood
CWL 451
Mad Knights and Fair Maidens
CWL 151
Through literature and film, this course examines classical...
Global Conrad and the Fictions of Autobiography
CWL 441
