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Comparative Literature

Taper Hall of Humanities 161
(213) 740-0102
FAX: (213) 740-8058
Email: complit@usc.edu
college.usc.edu/colt

Chair: Peggy Kamuf, Ph.D.

Faculty

Anna H. Bing Dean's Chair in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences: Peter Starr, Ph.D.

Professors: Dagmar Barnouw, Ph.D. (German)*; Dominic C.N. Cheung, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Peggy Kamuf, Ph.D. (French and Italian)*; Moshe Lazar, Ph.D.; Akira Mizuta Lippit, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultures and Cinematic Arts); Gloria Orenstein, Ph.D.; Karen Elyse Pinkus, Ph.D. (French and Italian); Peter Starr, Ph.D. (French and Italian); William G. Thalmann, Ph.D. (Classics)*; Daniel Tiffany, Ph.D. (English)

Associate Professors: Roberto Ignacio Diaz, Ph.D. (Spanish and Portuguese); Vincent Farenga, Ph.D. (Classics); Heather James, Ph.D. (English); Panivong Norindr, Ph.D. (French and Italian)

Assistant Professors: Orlando Bentancor, Ph.D. (Spanish and Portuguese); Gabriel Giorgi, Ph.D. (Spanish and Portuguese); Jinhee Kim, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Antonia Szabari, Ph.D. (French and Italian); Boris Wolfson, Ph.D.* (Slavic Languages and Literatures)

Emeritus Professors: David Malone, Ph.D.; Albert Sonnenfeld, Ph.D.* (French and Italian)

Associated Faculty

Professors: Joseph A. Boone, Ph.D. (English); David E. James, Ph.D. (Cinematic Arts); James R. Kincaid, Ph.D. (English); Marsha Kinder, Ph.D. (Cinematic Arts); Tania Modleski, Ph.D. (English); Hilary M. Schor, Ph.D. (English and Gender Studies); David St. John, M.F.A. (English); Alexander Zholkovsky, Ph.D. (Slavic Languages and Literatures)

Associate Professors: Janet Johnson, Ph.D. (Music); Margaret Rosenthal, Ph.D. (French and Italian)

Assistant Professor: David Bialock, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultures)

*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.

Degree Programs

The Comparative Literature Department offers the B.A., minor, M.A. and Ph.D. in cross-linguistic and cross-cultural literary studies, including the study of various literary genres, periods and movements; literary theory; and interdisciplinary approaches to literature. The literatures and cultures represented in the department include: Western (European and American) and East Asian.