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Queen Mary researcher translates Marquis de Sade novel into English for the first time
Dr Will McMorran, a world-leading expert on the Marquis de Sade at Queen Mary University of London has translated the infamous author’s The Marquise de Gange into English for the very first time for Oxford World’s Classics. Full story here
Date added: Thursday, September 30, 2021
Ground-breaking narrative in business report published
A new report reveals how prominent business leaders see arts and humanities skills as integral to their companies and the talent pipeline.
Date added: Tuesday, June 22, 2021
New MA Bursary in French Studies at QMUL's School of Linguistics, Languages and Film
The School of Languages, Linguistics and Film at Queen Mary, University of London is happy to announce the Jill Forbes MA Bursary for students in Comparative Literature with French OR Film Studies with French.
Date added: Thursday, April 13, 2017
Comparative Literature Research Seminar
Anastasia Koro and Julian Koch, both PhD students at QMUL's Comparative Literature department, will present at the next departmental research seminar Anastasia Koro (QMUL): Theory of form in Russian avant-garde literary and visual cultureJulian Koch (QMUL): More than Imaginary: Schelling’s Einbildung as Untranslatable 29 March 2017 | 3.30 – 5.30 pm George Steiner Seminar Room, Lock-keeper’s Cottage Everyone is welcome to join us for the talk and tea & biscuits
Date added: Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Professor Galin Tihanov delivers his inaugural lecture 'World Literature as a Construct: Spaces of Dissent'
The event took place on 21 March 2017, at 6.30 pm, at the Skeel Lecture, The People's Palace
Date added: Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Professor Kiera Vaclavik presents at the School of Advanced Study: ‘Turning Your Research Into an Exhibition’
For further information, vitit the talking humanities blog.
Date added: Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Professor Aamir A. Mufti delivers this year's George Steiner Lecture: 'Strangers in Europe: Migrant, Terrorist, Refugee'
QMUL's Comparative Literature department is delighted to welcome Professor Aamar R. Mufti as speaker this year. He will address the migration crisis in Europe, in a lecture entitled “Strangers in Europa: Migrant, Terrorist, Refugee”. Aamir R. Mufti is Professor of Comparative Literature at UCLA, and among his current projects are books concerning exile and criticism, the colonial reinvention of Islamic orthodoxy, and the migration crisis of the European project.
Date added: Wednesday, March 29, 2017
QMUL Engagement and Enterprise Awards 2017: Will McMorran wins Best Opinion/Comment Piece Award
Will McMorran was recognised for the articles in the media relating to his co-translation of the Marquis de Sade's "The 120 Days of Sodom".
Date added: Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Professor Tihanov to speak at World Literature Summit and Forum in China
Professor Galin Tihanov has been invited to speak at this year's World Literature Summit and Forum.
Date added: Thursday, October 15, 2015
Angus Nicholls becomes Co-Editor of History of the Human Sciences
Angus Nicholls, has been appointed as co-editor of History of the Human Sciences.
Date added: Thursday, March 17, 2016
Ben Hutchinson comes to SLLF
We were honoured to have Professor Ben Hutchinshon deliver our first departmental research seminar of 2016.
Date added: Thursday, January 21, 2016
Comparative Literature PhD Students Present their Work
Our last departmental research seminar for this term.
Date added: Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Candlestick Press Editor Speaks to Comparative Literature Undergraduates
Jenny Swann spoke to final year students.
Date added: Friday, November 13, 2015
Dr Kiera Vaclavik Appointed to AHRC Peer Review College
Kiera Vaclavik has recently been appointed to the prestigious Peer Reveiw College of the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Date added: Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Andrew Hines, PhD candidate in Comparative Literature, publishes paper on Donald Trump's use of metaphor
A PhD student in the department of Comparative Literature, has just published an article on Donald Trump's use of metaphor.
Date added: Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Dr. Angus Nicholls to give two keynote lectures at the first Antwerp Summer School in Philosophy and Society
This August, Dr. Angus Nicholls will deliver two keynote lectures at the first Antwerp Summer School in Philosophy and Society.
Date added: Monday, July 4, 2016
Professor Galin Tihanov to present a key-note address
Professor Galin Tihanov to present a key-note address
Date added: Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Emily Apter to deliver this year's Steiner Lecture
The 2015-16 Steiner Lecture will be delivered by esteemed scholar of world literature and translation studies, Emily Apter.
Date added: Thursday, October 15, 2015
Level 5 & 6 Semester One Reading Lists
Reading lists for level 5 & 6, semester one.
Date added: Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Premiere of the Wonderland Suite Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra
The premiere of the Wonderland Suite performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.
Date added: Friday, November 13, 2015
NSS 2016 Results
Overall satisfaction among students of Comparative Literature at Queen Mary University of London is at 82 per cent.
Date added: Friday, August 12, 2016
Prof. Galin Tihanov elected member of the International Comparative Literature Association Co-ordinating Committee for the Histories of Literatures in the European Languages (CHLEL)
Prof. Galin Tihanov has been elected member of the International Comparative Literature Association Co-ordinating Committee for the Histories of Literatures in the European Languages.
Date added: Monday, July 4, 2016
LINKS
LINKS is a collaboration between London institutions involved in teaching and research in comparative literary studies.
Date added: Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Comparative Literature MA Student Wins 2015 BCLA Essay Prize
MA student Alexandra Jayne Dantzlerward has won first place in this year's British Comparative Literature Association postgraduate essay competition.
Date added: Friday, October 2, 2015
The Inaugural Graduate Conference in Philosophy and Literature at Queen Mary University of London: Schedule Announced
Friday, May 27th 2016. Conference schedule announced:
Date added: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
2015-16 Levels 5 & 6 Reading Lists
Information about set texts for level 5 & 6 modules taking place in 2015-16.
Date added: Friday, August 14, 2015
Gerald Gillespie at SLLF
We were honoured to have Professor Gillespie start our season of Comparative Literature research seminars at SLLF.
Date added: Tuesday, October 27, 2015
CFP: 2016 Graduate Conference in Philosophy and Literature at Queen Mary
The conference will be the first of its kind at Queen Mary and aims to offer a rigorous yet friendly environment for post-graduates from both philosophy and literature departments to debate issues.
Date added: Friday, October 23, 2015
LINKS (London Intercollegiate Network for Comparative Studies) 2015-16 Programme Announced
LINKS is a collaboration between London institutions involved in teaching and research in comparative literary studies, to promote dialogue and cooperation.
Date added: Wednesday, September 30, 2015
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Professor Galin Tihanov has been invited to speak at this year's World Literature Summit and Forum.
Date added: Thursday, October 15, 2015
Link to New Article on Kiera Vaclavik and Her Major Research Project, Addressing Alice: The Emergence of a Style Icon
Click here to find out more about Kiera Vaclavik and her latest research project.
Date added: Monday, January 19, 2015
Photo From the Spring Comparative Literature Research Event
Here is a photo from the Comparative Literature Research Event and Party.
Date added: Friday, August 14, 2015
Comparative Literature MA Student Wins First Prize in the 2014 BCLA Essay Competition
Congratulations to Yiyi Lopez Gandara.
Date added: Monday, November 3, 2014
Dr Will McMorran publishes an article on the Marquis de Sade in The Guardian. His translation (with Thomas Wynn) of "The 120 Days of Sodom" was published with Penguin Classics on 29 September 2016
‘The most impure tale ever written’: how The 120 Days of Sodom became a ‘classic’
Date added: Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Professor Galin Tihanov to teach at the 2017 IWL Summer School in Copenhagen
Professor Galin Tihanov to teach at the 2017 IWL Summer School in Copenhagen
Date added: Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Out now: a translation of Philippe Brenot, "The Story of Sex: From Apes to Robots", by Will McMorran
Out now: a translation of Philippe Brenot, "The Story of Sex: From Apes to Robots", by Will McMorran
Date added: Saturday, October 29, 2016
Angus Nicholls featured in QMUL's 'e-Bulletin'
Dr Angus Nicholls is featured in the 'People' section of this month's University e-bulletin:
Date added: Friday, November 11, 2016
"After Brexit, what does democracy mean?": an article by Andrew Hines, Comparative Literature PhD student
Andrew Hines, Comparative Literature PhD student at QMUL, publshed an article in the online journal The Conversation:
Date added: Tuesday, November 29, 2016
"Friedrich Max Müller and the Role of Philology in Victorian Thought": a new volume, co-edited by Angus Nicholls
"Friedrich Max Müller and the Role of Philology in Victorian Thought": a new volume, co-edited by Angus Nicholls
Date added: Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Prof Wiebke Denecke delivers this year's George Steiner Lecture: "World Literature, Premodern Comparisons and Global Cultural Memory in Action".
This year the Department of Comparative Literature and Culture welcomed Professor Wiebke Denecke (Boston University) for the George Steiner Lecture, supported by the AHRC Open World Research Initiative (OWRI) as part of the Cross-Language Dynamics Research Programme.
Date added: Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Home is Exile: Poetry & Translation
The Department of Comparative Literature and Culture, the , and Exiled Writers Ink sponsored a poetry reading (original and in translation) and discussion with exiled poets Yang Lian and Adnan Al-Sayegh, and their respective translators (Brian Holton and Stephen Watts). The event, organized by (QMUL) and Dr Jennifer Langer (Exiled Writers Ink), was followed by a drinks reception.
Date added: Thursday, March 22, 2018
Dr Will McMorran wins prestigious translation prize for The 120 Days of Sodom
Dr Will McMorran was awarded the 2017 Scott Moncrieff Prize alongside Dr Thomas Wynn for translating The 120 Days of Sodom into English, which was then released as a Penguin Classic in 2016.
Date added: Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Julian Koch awarded PhD for Research in Comparative Literature
Thesis title: "Effigies or Imaginary Affinities? The conception of the image in the poetry and poetics of Paul Celan and André du Bouchet."
Date added: Wednesday, February 28, 2018
New MA Bursary in Comparative Literature with French at QMUL's School of Linguistics, Languages and Film
The School of Languages, Linguistics and Film at Queen Mary, University of London is happy to announce the Jill Forbes MA Bursary for students in Comparative Literature with French.
Date added: Friday, May 10, 2019
Prof Tihanov convenes DFG symposium 'Comparative World Literatures'
Professor is invited convenor (with Professor Dieter Lamping) of a major international conference on world literature sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), 8-13 October.
Date added: Monday, October 8, 2018
PhD student Melanie Xang-Er Tang awarded Arthur Terry Postgraduate Essay Prize
We are pleased to announce that , PhD student in the Department of Comparative Literature and Culture, has won the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA)'s annual prize for an essay on any aspect of comparative literature.
Date added: Sunday, September 23, 2018
Prof Tihanov to deliver keynote address at the international conference 'Revisiting Cosmopolitanism'
, George Steiner Professor of Comparative Literature, has been invited to deliver a keynote address at the Twenty First International Conference of the Forum on Contemporary Theory (FCT), in India. Other speakers include Homi Bhabha (Harvard) and Bruce Robbins (Columbia).
Date added: Monday, October 8, 2018
Comparative Literature Welcome Party 2018
All students and staff in the Department of Comparative Literature and Culture are warmly invited to our Welcome Party on Tuesday 2 October at 5.15pm in the ArtsOne ground-floor foyer. Please register here.
Date added: Thursday, September 20, 2018
New seminar series announced
The Departments of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature are organizing a joint research seminar on the theme of Translation, Transmission, and Cultural Transfer.
Date added: Thursday, September 6, 2018
CFP: The Past, Present and Future of the Literary Anthology (International Conference)
The deadline for abstracts for the to be held at QMUL in June 2019 is 28th February. Click here to submit a proposal.
Date added: Monday, September 17, 2018
Andrew Hines awarded PhD in Comparative Literature
Congratulations to , PhD student in the Department of Comparative Literature and Culture, for his successful viva yesterday!
Date added: Wednesday, July 4, 2018
An Interview with Professor Galin Tihanov
Song Baomei, associate professor from Northeast Agricultural University, interviewed Professor Tihanov when working as a visiting scholar at Queen Mary, University of London. is George Steiner Professor of Comparative Literature, member of the Academia Europaea and Honorary President of the ICLA Committee on Literary Theory.
Date added: Monday, June 25, 2018
Professor Rebecca L. Walkowitz delivers this year's George Steiner Lecture: "On Not Knowing: Lahiri, Tawada, Ishiguro"
This year the Department of Comparative Literature and Culture welcomed Professor Rebecca L. Walkowitz (Rutgers University) for the George Steiner Lecture.
Date added: Thursday, March 7, 2019
Professor Galin Tihanov invited to deliver keynote address at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University
Professor Galin Tihanov will deliver a key-note address, 'Exilic Inscriptions: Mobility and the Resistance to Theory' at the launch of a new research project on exile and migration hosted by the Harriman Institute at Columbia University. Friday 11th September, 2020 at 12:00pm Eastern Time (US), Online For further details and to register, please follow this link: https://u.osu.edu/redmigrations/
Date added: Wednesday, September 9, 2020
British Academy COVID-19 grant awarded to Rachel Bryant Davies, Lucie Glasheen, and Kiera Vaclavik (Comparative Literature) for project, 'Childhood heroes: storytelling survival strategies and role models of resilience to Covid-19 in the UK'.
This new , which is a collaboration with children’s magazine Storytime, grew out of developing research within the Centre for Childhood Cultures. You can read more here.
Date added: Thursday, September 24, 2020
'IntranQu’îllités' (producer Kasia Mika): UK domestic film premiere
Kasia Mika's film IntranQuîllités (with Ed Owles), Winner of the 2019 AHRC Research in Film Awards, has its UK domestic premiere on 26th September 2020. https://shortsightedcinema.com/programmes/keeping_on/
Date added: Friday, September 25, 2020
Queen Mary academics elected to the British Academy
Two academics from Queen Mary University of London, Professor Galin Tihanov, and Professor Amanda Vickery, have been elected to the British Academy Fellowship in recognition of their contribution to the humanities and social sciences.
Date added: Friday, July 23, 2021
Home schooling is hundreds of years old – here’s what its history teaches us about learning through play
Dr Rachel Bryant Davies, Lecturer in Comparative Literature has written for The Conversation on how looking at historical playful learning can help us moving forward.
Date added: Wednesday, August 11, 2021