Johns Hopkins UniversityEST. 1876
America’s First Research University
The Department of Comparative Thought and Literature comprises scholars who share a commitment to philosophical questions as they relate to art, literature, film, and history. Collaboration, exchange of ideas, and intellectual freedom are at the department’s core.
Students earning a PhD in Humanistic Studies work with faculty members to design an individual program of study.
Take courses which provide a broad introduction to comparative approaches to human expression across linguistic, cultural, and temporal boundaries.
Our faculty research addresses a wide range of philosophical questions relating to art, literature, film, and history.
We are pleased to announce the publication of Modern Tragedy and the End of Worlds, a new book by Leonardo Lisi, now available from Northwestern University Press. The emergence of […]
This issue has been brought out from behind the paywall and made open access. We are pleased to announce the publication of a new Comparative Literature Issue of MLN, edited […]
We are pleased to announce the recent publication of Understanding Cavell, Understanding Modernism, a volume edited by Professor Paola Marrati. Stanley Cavell, undoubtedly one of the most singular and influential […]
