Comparative Literature People

Faculty

Vincent Barletta

Associate Professor of Iberian and Latin American Cultures and of Comparative Literature

Research Interests

Catalan Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Luso-Brazilian Languages, Literatures & Cultures
Medieval Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Philosophy and Literature
Poetry and Poetics
Portuguese Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Renaissance
Spanish Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Russell Berman

Walter A. Haas Professor of the Humanities, Professor of Comparative Literature, Professor of German Studies, Director of Comparative Literature, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution

Research Interests

German Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Political History, Theory & Culture

Adrian Daub

Professor of Comparative Literature , Professor of German Studies, J.E. Wallace Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Director, Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research

Research Interests

Film History, Criticism & Theory
German Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Philosophy and Literature
Poetry and Poetics
Women’s Studies

Amir Eshel

Edward Clark Crossett Professor of Humanistic Studies, Professor of Comparative Literature, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies

Research Interests

Contemporary Literature
German Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Hebrew Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Literary and Cultural Theory
Philosophy and Literature

Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Mark Pigott KBE Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Anthony P. Meier Family Professor in the Humanities, Director of the Stanford Humanities Center

Research Interests

Digital Humanities
Literary and Cultural Theory
Literary Criticism (history of criticism, theory of literature)
Modernism
Poetry and Poetics
Renaissance
Transatlantic Studies

Monika Greenleaf

Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature

Research Interests

Autobiography & Biography
Film History, Criticism & Theory
Poetry and Poetics
Romanticism
Theater
Visual Arts and Visual Culture

Marie Huber

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature

Research Interests

Comparative Studies
Medieval Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Persian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Philosophy and Literature
Poetry and Poetics

Alexander Key

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature

Research Interests

Arabic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Language Theory
Literary and Cultural Theory
Literary Criticism (history of criticism, theory of literature)
Persian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Poetry and Poetics

Joshua Landy

Andrew B. Hammond Professor of French Language, Literature and Civilization, Professor of Comparative Literature, Professor, by courtesy, of English

Research Interests

Cognitive Studies
Film History, Criticism & Theory
Philosophy and Literature

Haiyan Lee

Professor of Comparative Literature, Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Walter A. Haas Professor of the Humanities

Research Interests

Anthropology
Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Cognitive Studies
Literary Criticism (history of criticism, theory of literature)
Philosophy and Literature
Political History, Theory & Culture

David Palumbo-Liu

Professor of Comparative Literature, Professor, by courtesy, of English, Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor, Chair of Graduate Studies, Comparative Literature

Research Interests

Literary and Cultural Theory
Marxism, Literature, and Society
Political History, Theory & Culture
Postcolonial Studies

Patricia Parker

Professor of Comparative Literature, Margery Bailey Professor of English and Dramatic Literature

Research Interests

Feminist Studies
Literary and Cultural Theory
Renaissance
Romanticism

Joan Ramon Resina

Professor of Iberian and Latin American Cultures, Professor of Comparative Literature, Director, Iberian Studies Program

Research Interests

Catalan Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Modernism
New Ruralism
Philosophy and Literature

José David Saldívar

Leon Sloss, Jr. Professor of Comparative Literature, Professor, by courtesy, of Iberian and Latin American Cultures

Research Interests

Cultural History & Studies
Latin Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Literary Criticism (history of criticism, theory of literature)
Modernism
Trans-American Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Ramón Saldívar

Professor of Comparative Literature, Professor, by courtesy, of Iberian and Latin American Cultures, Professor of English, Hoagland Family Professor of Humanities and Sciences

Research Interests

American Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Latin Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Literary and Cultural Theory
Modernism
Postcolonial Studies

Lecturers

Burcu Karahan

Lecturer of Comparative Literature (Turkish Language and Literature)

Research Interests

Film History, Criticism & Theory
Prose Fiction Studies
Translation and Translation Studies
Turkish and Ottoman Studies
Women’s Studies

Cintia Santana

Senior Lecturer of Comparative Literature

Research Interests

Comparative Studies
Poetry and Poetics
Prose Fiction Studies
Transatlantic Studies
Translation and Translation Studies

Vered Karti Shemtov

Eva Chernov Lokey Senior Lecturer in Hebrew Language and Literature, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature

Visitors

Yesim Kaptan

Visiting Scholar in the Department of Comparative Literature, AY23-24

Tomasz Wiśniewski

Visiting Student Researcher in Comparative Literature

Research Interests

German Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Intellectual History
Literary and Cultural Theory
Philosophy and Literature
Political History, Theory & Culture

Faculty by Courtesy

Margaret Cohen

Andrew B. Hammond Professor of French Language, Literature, and Civilization, Professor of English, Professor, by courtesy, of French and Italian, Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature

Research Interests

British Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Literary and Cultural Theory
Literary Criticism (history of criticism, theory of literature)
Modernism
Transatlantic Studies

Marisa Galvez

Professor of French and Italian, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies and of Comparative Literature, Director, French and Italian, Director, Structured Liberal Education

Research Interests

Comparative Studies
Medieval Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Poetry and Poetics

Héctor Hoyos

Professor of Iberian and Latin American Cultures, Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature, Director, Iberian and Latin American Cultures

Research Interests

Comparative Studies
Latin Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Literary and Cultural Theory
Modernism
Philosophy and Literature
Visual Arts and Visual Culture

Roanne Kantor

Assistant Professor of English, Assistant Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature

Research Interests

English Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Christopher Krebs

Professor of Classics, Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies

Indra Levy

Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature, Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Research Interests

Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Language and Society

Jisha Menon

Professor of Theater and Performance Studies, Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature

Ato Quayson

Jean G. and Morris M. Doyle Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature

Research Interests

African Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Comparative Studies
Cultural History & Studies
Postcolonial Studies
Realism
Theater

Jonathan Rosa

Associate Professor of Education, Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature, Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Anthropology, Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Linguistics

Nancy Ruttenburg

William Robertson Coe Professor of American Literature, Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature, Professor, by courtesy, of Slavic Languages and Literatures

Research Interests

African Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
American Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Comparative Studies
Literary and Cultural Theory

Gabriella Safran

Eva Chernov Lokey Professor of Jewish Studies, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies, Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature, Senior Associate Dean, Humanities and Arts, Chair of Graduate Studies, Slavic Languages and Literatures

Research Interests

Realism
Russian & Eurasian Languages, Literatures & Cultures

Fatoumata Seck

Assistant Professor of French and Italian, Assistant Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature

Research Interests

African Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Literary Criticism (history of criticism, theory of literature)

Kathryn Starkey

Edward Clark Crossett Professor of Humanistic Studies, Professor of German Studies, Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature, Professor, by courtesy, of English, Professor, by courtesy, of History, Chair, Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages

Research Interests

Comparative Studies
Cultural History & Studies
Digital Humanities
English Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
German Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Literary and Cultural Theory
Medieval Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Narratology
Poetry and Poetics
Visual Arts and Visual Culture
Women’s Studies

Elaine Treharne

Roberta Bowman Denning Professor, Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies, Robert K. Packard University Fellow in Undergraduate Education

Research Interests

British Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Comparative Studies

Alex Woloch

Richard W. Lyman Professor of the Humanities, Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature

Research Interests

British Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Literary Criticism (history of criticism, theory of literature)

Dafna Zur

Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature

Emeriti Faculty

John Bender

Professor of Comparative Literature, Emeritus, Jean G. and Morris M. Doyle Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Emeritus

Research Interests

British Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Digital Humanities
Philosophy and Literature
Visual Arts and Visual Culture

Gerald Gillespie

Professor of German Studies, Emeritus, Professor of Comparative Literature, Emeritus

Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht

Albert Guérard Professor of Literature, Emeritus, Professor of Comparative Literature, Emeritus , Professor of French and Italian, Emeritus, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies, Professor, by courtesy, of Iberian and Latin American Cultures

Research Interests