Queen Mary researcher translates Marquis de Sade novel into English for the first time 30 September 2021
Dr Will McMorran, a world-leading expert on the Marquis de Sade at Queen Mary University of London has translated the infamous author’s The Marquise de Gange into English for the very first time for Oxford World’s Classics. Full story here
Home schooling is hundreds of years old – here’s what its history teaches us about learning through play 11 August 2021
Dr Rachel Bryant Davies, Lecturer in Comparative Literature has written for The Conversation on how looking at historical playful learning can help us moving forward.
Queen Mary academics elected to the British Academy 23 July 2021
Two academics from Queen Mary University of London, Professor Galin Tihanov, and Professor Amanda Vickery, have been elected to the British Academy Fellowship in recognition of their contribution to the humanities and social sciences.
Ground-breaking narrative in business report published 22 June 2021
A new report reveals how prominent business leaders see arts and humanities skills as integral to their companies and the talent pipeline.
'IntranQu’îllités' (producer Kasia Mika): UK domestic film premiere 25 September 2020
British Academy COVID-19 grant awarded to Rachel Bryant Davies, Lucie Glasheen, and Kiera Vaclavik (Comparative Literature) for project, 'Childhood heroes: storytelling survival strategies and role models of resilience to Covid-19 in the UK'. 24 September 2020
This new project, which is a collaboration with children’s magazine Storytime, grew out of developing research within the Centre for Childhood Cultures. You can read more here.
Professor Galin Tihanov invited to deliver keynote address at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University 9 September 2020
Professor Galin Tihanov will deliver a key-note address, 'Exilic Inscriptions: Mobility and the Resistance to Theory' at the launch of a new research project on exile and migration hosted by the Harriman Institute at Columbia University.
Friday 11th September, 2020 at 12:00pm Eastern Time (US), Online
For further details and to register, please follow this link: https://u.osu.edu/redmigrations/
Professor Galin Tihanov: new article, 'Romanticism’s Longue Durée' 22 May 2020
New MA Bursary in Comparative Literature with French at QMUL's School of Linguistics, Languages and Film 10 May 2019
The School of Languages, Linguistics and Film at Queen Mary, University of London is happy to announce the Jill Forbes MA Bursary for students in Comparative Literature with French.
Professor Rebecca L. Walkowitz delivers this year's George Steiner Lecture: "On Not Knowing: Lahiri, Tawada, Ishiguro" 7 March 2019
This year the Department of Comparative Literature and Culture welcomed Professor Rebecca L. Walkowitz (Rutgers University) for the George Steiner Lecture.
Prof Tihanov convenes DFG symposium 'Comparative World Literatures' 8 October 2018
Professor Galin Tihanov is invited convenor (with Professor Dieter Lamping) of a major international conference on world literature sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), 8-13 October.
Prof Tihanov to deliver keynote address at the international conference 'Revisiting Cosmopolitanism' 8 October 2018
Galin Tihanov, George Steiner Professor of Comparative Literature, has been invited to deliver a keynote address at the Twenty First International Conference of the Forum on Contemporary Theory (FCT), in India. Other speakers include Homi Bhabha (Harvard) and Bruce Robbins (Columbia).
PhD student Melanie Xang-Er Tang awarded Arthur Terry Postgraduate Essay Prize 23 September 2018
We are pleased to announce that Melanie Xang-Er Tang, PhD student in the Department of Comparative Literature and Culture, has won the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA)'s annual prize for an essay on any aspect of comparative literature.
Comparative Literature Welcome Party 2018 20 September 2018
All students and staff in the Department of Comparative Literature and Culture are warmly invited to our Welcome Party on Tuesday 2 October at 5.15pm in the ArtsOne ground-floor foyer.
Please register here.
CFP: The Past, Present and Future of the Literary Anthology (International Conference) 17 September 2018
The deadline for abstracts for the international conference to be held at QMUL in June 2019 is 28th February. Click here to submit a proposal.
New seminar series announced 6 September 2018
The Departments of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature are organizing a joint research seminar on the theme of Translation, Transmission, and Cultural Transfer.
Andrew Hines awarded PhD in Comparative Literature 4 July 2018
Congratulations to Andrew Hines, PhD student in the Department of Comparative Literature and Culture, for his successful viva yesterday!
An Interview with Professor Galin Tihanov 25 June 2018
Song Baomei, associate professor from Northeast Agricultural University, interviewed Professor Tihanov when working as a visiting scholar at Queen Mary, University of London. Galin Tihanov is George Steiner Professor of Comparative Literature, member of the Academia Europaea and Honorary President of the ICLA Committee on Literary Theory.
Home is Exile: Poetry & Translation 22 March 2018
The Department of Comparative Literature and Culture, the Centre for Poetry, and Exiled Writers Ink sponsored a poetry reading (original and in translation) and discussion with exiled poets Yang Lian and Adnan Al-Sayegh, and their respective translators (Brian Holton and Stephen Watts). The event, organized by Prof Omar García (QMUL) and Dr Jennifer Langer (Exiled Writers Ink), was followed by a drinks reception.
Dr Will McMorran wins prestigious translation prize for The 120 Days of Sodom 13 March 2018
Dr Will McMorran was awarded the 2017 Scott Moncrieff Prize alongside Dr Thomas Wynn for translating The 120 Days of Sodom into English, which was then released as a Penguin Classic in 2016.
Julian Koch awarded PhD for Research in Comparative Literature 28 February 2018
Thesis title: "Effigies or Imaginary Affinities? The conception of the image in the poetry and poetics of Paul Celan and André du Bouchet."
Prof Wiebke Denecke delivers this year's George Steiner Lecture: "World Literature, Premodern Comparisons and Global Cultural Memory in Action". 6 February 2018
This year the Department of Comparative Literature and Culture welcomed Professor Wiebke Denecke (Boston University) for the George Steiner Lecture, supported by the AHRC Open World Research Initiative (OWRI) as part of the Cross-Language Dynamics Research Programme.
New MA Bursary in French Studies at QMUL's School of Linguistics, Languages and Film 13 April 2017
The School of Languages, Linguistics and Film at Queen Mary, University of London is happy to announce the Jill Forbes MA Bursary for students in Comparative Literature with French OR Film Studies with French.
Professor Aamir A. Mufti delivers this year's George Steiner Lecture: 'Strangers in Europe: Migrant, Terrorist, Refugee' 29 March 2017
QMUL's Comparative Literature department is delighted to welcome Professor Aamar R. Mufti as speaker this year. He will address the migration crisis in Europe, in a lecture entitled “Strangers in Europa: Migrant, Terrorist, Refugee”. Aamir R. Mufti is Professor of Comparative Literature at UCLA, and among his current projects are books concerning exile and criticism, the colonial reinvention of Islamic orthodoxy, and the migration crisis of the European project.
Comparative Literature Research Seminar 29 March 2017
Anastasia Koro and Julian Koch, both PhD students at QMUL's Comparative Literature department, will present at the next departmental research seminar
Anastasia Koro (QMUL): Theory of form in Russian avant-garde literary and visual cultureJulian Koch (QMUL): More than Imaginary: Schelling’s Einbildung as Untranslatable
29 March 2017 | 3.30 – 5.30 pm George Steiner Seminar Room, Lock-keeper’s Cottage Everyone is welcome to join us for the talk and tea & biscuits
Professor Galin Tihanov delivers his inaugural lecture 'World Literature as a Construct: Spaces of Dissent' 22 March 2017
The event took place on 21 March 2017, at 6.30 pm, at the Skeel Lecture, The People's Palace
Professor Kiera Vaclavik presents at the School of Advanced Study: ‘Turning Your Research Into an Exhibition’ 22 March 2017
For further information, vitit the talking humanities blog.
QMUL Engagement and Enterprise Awards 2017: Will McMorran wins Best Opinion/Comment Piece Award 8 February 2017
Will McMorran was recognised for the articles in the media relating to his co-translation of the Marquis de Sade's "The 120 Days of Sodom".
"Friedrich Max Müller and the Role of Philology in Victorian Thought": a new volume, co-edited by Angus Nicholls 13 December 2016
"Friedrich Max Müller and the Role of Philology in Victorian Thought": a new volume, co-edited by Angus Nicholls
"After Brexit, what does democracy mean?": an article by Andrew Hines, Comparative Literature PhD student 29 November 2016
Andrew Hines, Comparative Literature PhD student at QMUL, publshed an article in the online journal The Conversation:
Angus Nicholls featured in QMUL's 'e-Bulletin' 11 November 2016
Dr Angus Nicholls is featured in the 'People' section of this month's University e-bulletin:
Professor Galin Tihanov to present a key-note address 1 November 2016
Professor Galin Tihanov to present a key-note address
Out now: a translation of Philippe Brenot, "The Story of Sex: From Apes to Robots", by Will McMorran 29 October 2016
Out now: a translation of Philippe Brenot, "The Story of Sex: From Apes to Robots", by Will McMorran
Professor Galin Tihanov to teach at the 2017 IWL Summer School in Copenhagen 19 October 2016
Professor Galin Tihanov to teach at the 2017 IWL Summer School in Copenhagen
National Student Survey 2016 11 October 2016
National Student Survey 2016
Dr Will McMorran publishes an article on the Marquis de Sade in The Guardian. His translation (with Thomas Wynn) of "The 120 Days of Sodom" was published with Penguin Classics on 29 September 2016 11 October 2016
‘The most impure tale ever written’: how The 120 Days of Sodom became a ‘classic’
NSS 2016 Results 12 August 2016
Overall satisfaction among students of Comparative Literature at Queen Mary University of London is at 82 per cent.
Andrew Hines, PhD candidate in Comparative Literature, publishes paper on Donald Trump's use of metaphor 3 August 2016
A PhD student in the department of Comparative Literature, has just published an article on Donald Trump's use of metaphor.
Dr. Angus Nicholls to give two keynote lectures at the first Antwerp Summer School in Philosophy and Society 4 July 2016
This August, Dr. Angus Nicholls will deliver two keynote lectures at the first Antwerp Summer School in Philosophy and Society.
Prof. Galin Tihanov elected member of the International Comparative Literature Association Co-ordinating Committee for the Histories of Literatures in the European Languages (CHLEL) 4 July 2016
Prof. Galin Tihanov has been elected member of the International Comparative Literature Association Co-ordinating Committee for the Histories of Literatures in the European Languages.
The Inaugural Graduate Conference in Philosophy and Literature at Queen Mary University of London: Schedule Announced 26 April 2016
Friday, May 27th 2016. Conference schedule announced:
Angus Nicholls becomes Co-Editor of History of the Human Sciences 17 March 2016
Angus Nicholls, has been appointed as co-editor of History of the Human Sciences.
Ben Hutchinson comes to SLLF 21 January 2016
We were honoured to have Professor Ben Hutchinshon deliver our first departmental research seminar of 2016.
Comparative Literature PhD Students Present their Work 9 December 2015
Our last departmental research seminar for this term.
Premiere of the Wonderland Suite Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra 13 November 2015
The premiere of the Wonderland Suite performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.
Candlestick Press Editor Speaks to Comparative Literature Undergraduates 13 November 2015
Jenny Swann spoke to final year students.
Dr Kiera Vaclavik Appointed to AHRC Peer Review College 4 November 2015
Kiera Vaclavik has recently been appointed to the prestigious Peer Reveiw College of the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Gerald Gillespie at SLLF 27 October 2015
We were honoured to have Professor Gillespie start our season of Comparative Literature research seminars at SLLF.
CFP: 2016 Graduate Conference in Philosophy and Literature at Queen Mary 23 October 2015
The conference will be the first of its kind at Queen Mary and aims to offer a rigorous yet friendly environment for post-graduates from both philosophy and literature departments to debate issues.
Emily Apter to deliver this year's Steiner Lecture 15 October 2015
The 2015-16 Steiner Lecture will be delivered by esteemed scholar of world literature and translation studies, Emily Apter.
Professor Tihanov to speak at World Literature Summit and Forum in China 15 October 2015
Professor Galin Tihanov has been invited to speak at this year's World Literature Summit and Forum.
lecture 15 October 2015
Comparative Literature MA Student Wins 2015 BCLA Essay Prize 2 October 2015
MA student Alexandra Jayne Dantzlerward has won first place in this year's British Comparative Literature Association postgraduate essay competition.
LINKS 30 September 2015
LINKS is a collaboration between London institutions involved in teaching and research in comparative literary studies.
LINKS (London Intercollegiate Network for Comparative Studies) 2015-16 Programme Announced 30 September 2015
LINKS is a collaboration between London institutions involved in teaching and research in comparative literary studies, to promote dialogue and cooperation.
Photo From the Spring Comparative Literature Research Event 14 August 2015
Here is a photo from the Comparative Literature Research Event and Party.
2015-16 Levels 5 & 6 Reading Lists 14 August 2015
Information about set texts for level 5 & 6 modules taking place in 2015-16.
Link to New Article on Kiera Vaclavik and Her Major Research Project, Addressing Alice: The Emergence of a Style Icon 19 January 2015
Click here to find out more about Kiera Vaclavik and her latest research project.
Comparative Literature MA Student Wins First Prize in the 2014 BCLA Essay Competition 3 November 2014
Congratulations to Yiyi Lopez Gandara.
Level 5 & 6 Semester One Reading Lists 16 July 2014
Reading lists for level 5 & 6, semester one.