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RU CompLit graduate students @ NEMLA 2026
Rutgers Comp Lit graduate students participated in the 2026 Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA) Conference held in Pittsburgh, presenting their research across a range of panels. Representing multiple cohorts, they … Read More
Rutgers Comparative Literature Launches Distinguished Speaker Series with Lecture by Kevin M. F. Platt (University of Pennsylvania)
The Comparative Literature Distinguished Speaker Series is a new initiative that brings leading scholars to Rutgers whose work crosses languages, cultures, traditions, and media while engaging broader theoretical questions. It … Read More
Comparative Literature Faculty Lecture Series Hosts Professor Daniel da Silva
On February 25, 2026, the Program in Comparative Literature at Rutgers University hosted Professor Daniel da Silva from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese for a talk in the Comparative … Read More
Penny Yeung and Chen Xing Immersed in Sinology this winter @ NTU in Taipei
Our newly graduated Dr. Penny Yeung and second-year cohort member Chen Xing escaped from the New Jersey cold to participate in the 2025 International Sinology Seminar, Intellectual Journeys in Modern … Read More
Penny Pui Chee Yeung wonderfully and successfully defended her dissertation in early September!
In September, Penny Yeung defended her dissertation entitled “Double Voicing: Postmonolingual Multilingualism in Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Dictée, Dung Kai-Cheung’s Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City, and Yoko Tawada’s … Read More
Abigail Drach enjoyed her poetic early autumn in the London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research
In September 2025, our first-year cohort member Abigail Drach took part in the London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research’s international conference on poetry. The theme of the conference was “Poetry Between … Read More
Xingming Wang successfully defended his dissertation on “Coal Attachment: Cultures of Fossil Fuels in Modern China”!
Xingming Wang defended his dissertation, “Coal Attachment: Cultures of Fossil Fuels in Modern China,” on September 26. His committee consists of Prof. Jorge Marcone (co-chair), Prof. Weijie Song (co-chair), Prof. … Read More
Emily Martin and Quillan Qian attended the PHYSIS Summer School for the 2025 summer
Our second-year cohort members, Emily Martin and Quillan Qian, attended the online Summer School PHYSIS offered by the School of Materialist Research (SMR) in Greece. The topic for this year … Read More
Milan Reynolds successfully defended his dissertation in February 2025!
An ending, a beginning, a ceremony, a defense… I was lucky to “defend” in the company of friends, family, colleagues, and a generous committee whose work inspires me. It was … Read More
Sneha Khaund defended her dissertation in March 2025 and now is Prof. Khaund!
The dissertation is a text that lives with one for so long that it is difficult to comprehend that indeed it has to someday come to an end. If only … Read More