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We study literary and cultural representation across linguistic and national boundaries.
We approach literary and cultural study with a keen awareness of critical theory.
Literature is news that stays news.
Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.
The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.
Our lives are all different and yet the same.
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Hilal Chouman and Dr. Radwa El Barouni
Penn Public Lecture: Phiroze Vasunia (University College London) "Anger"
September 09, 2025
Penn Public Lecture: Phiroze Vasunia (University College London) "Desire"
September 10, 2025
Penn Public Lecture: Phiroze Vasunia (University College London) "Compassion"
September 11, 2025
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Liz Rose, COML PhD, translated Cuban poet Iliana Rosabal-Pérez's Quinta necesidad (Fifth Necessity)
May 07, 2025
Professor Ben Nathans wins 2025 Pultizer Prize for Nonfiction
May 06, 2025
Eva Del Soldato, FIGS chair, has been awarded prestigious Rome Prize
April 24, 2025
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