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
Professor Lilya Kaganovsky appointed as a Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholar
Professor Lilya Kaganovsky has been appointed as a Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholar...
Prof. Hilger and Prof. Murison awarded $100,000 for "The Art of Medicine: A Public Square on Health and Medicine for the Illinois System"
Prof. Mehta awarded $150,000 from Presidential Initiative to Celebrate the Impact of the Arts and Humanities
Prof. Rini Mehta has been awarded $150,000.00 in support of her project, “Global Film...
Eric Calderwood receives Honorable Mention for MLA’s William Riley Parker Prize
Prof. Eric Calderwood, of the University of Illinois, Urbana, is receiving honorable mention for...
Upcoming Events
Rana Hogarth | Curious and Eclectic Seminar Series
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology: Room 1005
Rana Hogarth | "Of Acids and Anti-blackness: Experimentation in the Eighteenth Century"
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology: Room 1005
U.S. Higher Education and Immigration: African Immigrants, New Paths, New Territory
Room 101, ISB, 910 S.Fifth St., Champaign
Fashion, Style, & Aesthetics Reading Group Meeting
Espresso Royale in the Krannert Art Museum, 500 East Peabody Drive
Elliott Gorn, CHI Bicentennial Lecture
Featured Courses
CWL 114
Exploration of the cultural and historical roots of globalization and the development of global consciousness from...
CWL 241
Comparative study of major works of literature, philosophy and culture in the Western tradition from the ancient...
CWL 395
Presentation and discussion of subjects relating literature to other disciplines; topic varies. May be repeated to a...
