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Welcome to the DLCL

The Division brings together individuals dedicated to the study of literatures, cultures, and languages from humanistic and interdisciplinary perspectives.

The Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages hosts five departments, as well as the Stanford Language Center.

Events

March
14
Date
Thursday, March 14, 2024. 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 260, Stanford, CA 94305
Rm 252

Please join French-Speaking Worlds: Then and Now for a talk by Manuel Covo (Associate Professor of History, UC Santa Barbara).

March
17
Date
Sunday, March 17, 2024. 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Location
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
471 Lagunita Drive, Stanford, CA 94305

Join conductor Jonathan Pak and his ensemble for a special performance of Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire and an…

April
2
Date
Tuesday, April 2, 2024. 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 260, Stanford, CA 94305
Rm 216

Please join French-Speaking Worlds: Then and Now for a talk by Jennifer Tamas-Le Mentheour (Associate Professor of French, Rutgers University-New…

News

The student’s creative works compiled here are the results of their final project in the ILAC 102 course, Spanish through Poetry: Environmental Poetry, Fall 2
On November 13, 2023, Sarah Prodan released her second studio album titled Little Bird. 

Research Unit

Speakers in a Symposium

Focal Groups

DLCL Focal Groups bring together faculty members and graduate students who share academic interests ranging across and beyond singular languages and national literatures. Our Focal Groups are conceived as portals that open from the Division outward to the wider community of literary and humanities scholars. All Focal Groups include participants from humanities departments outside the DLCL. Each focal group maintains a research workshop at which both faculty and graduate students present and discuss their work. Some Focal Groups offer formal courses, and all groups are responsible for overseeing research-oriented endeavors, including sponsoring conferences, publications, podcasts, and other activities that disseminate the outcomes of their research.

Female Speakers in a Symposium

Research Groups

DLCL Research Groups are collaborative groups that receive funding from the DLCL for one to three years. Graduate students from within the DLCL and other Stanford departments can start a research group by submitting a proposal during the Call for Proposals period each year in the spring for the following academic year.

Students Listening to a Speaker

Reading Groups

DLCL Reading Groups are smaller, student-run groups, centered around a specific area of literature. Unlike DLCL Focal Groups and Research Groups, Reading Groups do not require a Faculty PI, and typically hold internal meetings and discussions. DLCL Reading Groups are coordinated by DLCL graduate students and include students from within the DLCL and other Stanford departments.