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Avram Alpert's book THE GOOD-ENOUGH LIFE coming out April 19
April 03, 2022
Avram Alpert, a graduate of the Comparative Literature and Literary Theory Program, has written a new book The Good-Enough Life (Princeton U. Press) to be released on April 19th (North America) and June 14th (UK/Europe). The book argues that in an imperfect world, everyone should have decency and sufficiency, and no one should have too much. It looks at the far-reaching implications of that simple statement for individuals, relationships, society, and nature.
Sherif H. Ismail publishes in Life Writing
March 25, 2022
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February 13, 2022
Follow us on INSTRAGRAM:Véronique Charles and Nico Fonseca named 2021-22 Dean's Scholars
January 24, 2022
Each year the School of Arts and Sciences hosts the Stephen A. Levin Family Dean’s Forum to honor outstanding students for their academic performance and intellectual promise by designating them as Dean’s Scholars. This year, TWO of these outstanding students come from COMPARATIVE LITERATURE.
Horst S. Daemmrich, Influential German Professor and Literary Critic, Is Dead at 91
December 02, 2021
Horst S. Daemmrich, influential German Professor, dead at the age of 91.Michael Martin Shea publishes translations in Asymptote.
November 04, 2021
Doctoral candidate Michael Martin Shea has published his translations of the Argentine poet Liliana Ponce in the translation journal Asymptote.
https://www.asymptotejournal.com/poetry/liliana-ponce-fudekara/
Hilah Kohen publishes article on Race in Slavic Studies
September 10, 2021
Hilah Kohen, Katherine M. H. Reischl, Andrew Janco, Susan Grunewald, Antonina Puchkovskaia
Rita Barnard writes on "Comparative Thinking in an Age of Corruption"
May 13, 2021
Rita Barnard has edited a volume of Safundi called Trump, Zuma, and the Grounds of US-South African Comparison with the introduction "Comparative Thinking in an Age of Corruption." Please see link:
https://www-tandfonline-com.proxy.library.upenn.edu/toc/rsaf20/21/4?nav=tocList
She is editor of *The Cambridge Companion to Nelson Mandela*
www.cambridge.org/9781107600959
Comparative Literature and Literary Theory Graduate Student Awards
May 12, 2021
A.VERONIQUE CHARLES: Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2021-22
YOONBIN CHO: Kim Program Graduate Fellow, U Penn, 2021-22, U PENN