Comparative Thought and Literature | Johns Hopkins University

The Department of Comparative Thought and Literature comprises a cadre of 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.

News & Announcements

February 11, 2019

Frances Ferguson to Become Associate of the Department of Comparative Thought and Literature

The Department of Comparative Thought and Literature is pleased to announce that Frances Ferguson, Ann L. and Lawrence B. Buttenwieser Professor of English at the University of Chicago, will join the department as an Associate from fall 2019 to Spring 2022.

October 31, 2018

New Graduate Program Handbook

The Department of Comparative Thought and Literature has recently revised its Graduate Program detailed in the new Handbook.

September 28, 2018

Ways of Reading: Beyond, Beneath, and Beside Theory

The Graduate Students of the Department of Comparative Thought and Literature at Johns Hopkins University are proud to announce their bi-annual conference on February 22 and 23, 2019. We are pleased to host keynote speakers Heather Love (Associate Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania) and Bernie Rhie (Associate Professor of English, Williams College).