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Saidiya Hartman, Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
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Columbia Spectator: "Marcellus Blount Loved to Dance: Reflections on his 33 Years at Columbia"
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Brent Edwards, Epistrophies: Jazz and the Literary Imagination
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Matthew Hart Awarded Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award
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Hannah Weaver Announced as New Junior Medievalist
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"School Photos and their Afterlives," A Workshop with Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer
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Alan Stewart, The Oxford History of Life-Writing Vol. 2
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Andrew Delbanco, The War Before the War
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Colm Tóibín, Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know: The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce
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Jenny Davidson's Reading Jane Austen was named a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2018.
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A Celebration of the Life of Prof. Edward W. Tayler
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"Increasing the Visibility of the Humanities," The Record interviews Dean of Humanities and Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Sarah Cole
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T. Austin Graham awarded 2018 NEH Fellowship
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Eleanor Johnson, Staging Contemplation
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Faculty and Ph.D. Candidates Named The Society of Fellows and Heyman Center Fellows
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Celebration of the Life and Work of Steven Marcus
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George Stade (1933-2019)
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The Global South Atlantic, Edited by Joseph Slaughter and Kerry Bystrom

THE DEPARTMENT

Columbia's Department of English and Comparative Literature has played a significant role in the history of literary study in the United States and abroad since its inception.  With a large faculty of renowned scholars and dedicated teachers, our department offers a wide range of courses, recognizing traditional values in the discipline yet reflecting its changing shape. For details about our graduate and undergraduate programs, faculty, courses, and upcoming events, follow the appropriate link on the navigation bar above.

 

The Department of English and Comparative Literature is saddened by the passing of our longtime colleague George Stade, on February 26, 2019
The Department is delighted to announce that Hannah Weaver will be joining us this fall as our new junior medievalist.

In this deft study, Davidson provides fascinating details about how Austen’s novels were written and the world in which they were composed so modern readers might enjoy them even more.
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