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.
Combined Degree Programs
Comparative Literature offers five Combined Doctoral programs
Department News
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Award-Winning Translator Niloufar Talebi Reads from "Elegies of the Earth" and Discusses the Art of Translation
The Department of Comparative Literature hosted Niloufar Talebi for a reading from her award-winning anthology of Ahmad Shamlou.
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Dr. Ksenia Sidorenko: From Comparative Literature Scholar to Student Advocate and College Dean
Dr. Ksenia Sidorenko New Dean of Berkeley College
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Remembering Ken Atchity
Kenneth J. “Ken” Atchity, former professor of English and Comparative Literature at Occidental College, leaves behind a remarkable legacy.
