Comparative Thought and Literature | Johns Hopkins 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.

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Graduate Program

Students work with faculty members to design an individual program of study and are encouraged to spend at least one year abroad.

Undergraduate Courses

Take courses which provide a broad introduction to the documents and thought of Western culture.

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Faculty

Our faculty research addresses a wide range of philosophical questions relating to art, literature, film, and history.

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September 9, 2019

Professor Anne Eakin Moss Receives 2019 Discovery Award

Professor Anne Eakin Moss’s team has been chosen to receive a 2019 Johns Hopkins Discovery Award for their proposal, “Invitation to the Masses: The Russian and Iranian Revolutions and their Arts of Persuasion.” Her team includes Professors Niloofar Haeri (KSAS) and Narges Bajoghli (SAIS).

August 22, 2019

Remembering Dick Macksey

Richard Macksey, co-founder of the Humanities Center, passed away in July. Professor Emeritus Neil Hertz reflects on the life of his former colleague.

July 24, 2019

In Memoriam: Richard A. Macksey

Professor Richard (“Dick”) Macksey, Professor Emeritus in the Humanities, died on July 22, 2019, at an assisted living facility in Baltimore County, following complications from an illness. He was 87. Co-founder in 1966 of the Humanities Center, now known as the Department of Comparative Thought and Literature, and Director of the Center for over twelve years, […]

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