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In our increasingly globalized world, Comparative Literary Studies is an excellent foundation to work in any field where critical thinking, strong writing skills and foreign language comprehension are required.

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William West's book wins the 2022 Calloway Prize!

Kritish Rajbhandari (CLS PhD, 2019) had his article published in Comparative Literature journal

Professor Alessia Ricciardi awarded the 2021 American Association of Italian Studies Book Prize in the category of Literary Studies

Menglu Gao: University of Denver, Assistant Professor, English

Jonas Rosenbrück has been appointed Assistant Professor of German, Amherst College

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