Video Testimonials

Watch the videos below to hear from Comparative Literary Studies alumni, faculty, and current students on what the Comparative Literary Studies Program at Northwestern University means to them.

Comp. Lit. Senior Seminar Colloquium, 2023

Hear from CLS seniors about their senior theses from Fall 2023!

CLS STUDENT TESTIMONIALS

Diana Deng ('25)

"CLS provides me with a unique way to expiriment creatively with different narratives, and to see where they cohere and where they break apart across cultural differences." (Diana Deng)

Bobby Yalam ('24)

"You get a lot of support from the faculty since the department is so intimate." (Bobby Yalam)

CLS provides me a unique way to expiriment creatively

Comp. Lit. Senior Seminar Colloquium, 2022

Hear from CLS seniors about their senior theses from Fall 2022!

CLS STUDENT TESTIMONIALS

Tara Shirvaikar ('21)

"I really loved CLS because it allowed me broaden my perspective." (Tara Shirvaikar)

Lois Biggs ('20) and Lucy Yang ('20)

"...Opportunity to keep working with languages." (Lois Biggs)

"What I love about Comp Lit as a major is it is so flexible...so if I wanted to take Dante, Proust, Chinese poetry, I could take all of those and have those [classes] be counted." (Lucy Yang)

Max Rowe ('20)

"[Comp Lit] is one of the most interdisciplinary programs at all of Northwestern, if not the most interdisciplinary. I think that is a huge advantage of the program..." (Max Rowe)