From its founding as a unique program for wide-ranging, cross-cultural, philologically and theoretically engaged studies of language and literature, the department has been committed to a broad geographic and intellectual scope, both in its graduate curriculum as well as its vibrant undergraduate course of study. Located at the heart of Yale’s campus, we are a center for multidisciplinary scholarship in over twenty languages, connecting our students and faculty to variety of departments, institutes, and working groups within Yale and beyond.
Connections on Campus
In addition to our own strong faculty, Comparative Literature has close connections to other stellar departments at Yale that our students could work with, both through its joint programs and a variety of research projects and working groups.
- Department of English
- Department of French
- Department of Spanish and Portuguese
- Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
- Department of Italian
- Department of Jewish Studies
Combined Degree Programs
Comparative Literature offers three Combined Doctoral programs
Department News
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Professor Marta Figlerowicz's newest book, "The Bad Child: A Maria Janion Reader," is now available
Marta Figlerowicz gathers a selection of writings from Maria Janion, one of Eastern Europe’s most profound and original intellectuals.
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Adventure In Scholarship at ILE-IFE
Marta Figlerowicz reflects on the Ife Institute of Advanced Study Summer Programme.
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Quentin Véron Field Prize Winner
The Comparative Literature department is proud to share that our very own Quentin Véron has been awarded the Theron Rockwell Field Prize.
