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Congratulations to Dr. Sophie Feng!The Centre for Comparative Literature is delighted to announce that Sophie Feng successfully defended her PhD dissertation on June 18, 2026. Sophie’s dissertation “Undoing Voice, Unmaking Cartography: Mapping the Intersections of Trauma and Vulnerability in Diasporic … Continue reading →

CALL FOR PAPERS: Literatures of the Global South: Space, Place, EnvironmentUniversity of Toronto 2nd – 4 th June 2027Keynote: Ato Quayson (Stanford University) The Centre for Comparative Literature invites submissions for a scholarly conference andedited collection that will explore the … Continue reading →

Please join us in congratulating our colleague, Professor John Zilcosky, whose recent article “Wrestling with My Father” has won the annual Best Article Prize from the Journal of Sport History. The editor of the journal, Professor Daniel Nathan, describes the … Continue reading →

The Centre for Comparative Literature would like to congratulate Felix Roessler, our Complit PhD student, for being awarded the 2026-27 ‘Burstow Scholarship for Studies in Activism from the Margins’.

The Centre for Comparative Literature would like to congratulate Sophie Feng, our PhD Student, for being awarded a FRQSC (Fonds de recherche du Québec) postdoctoral fellowship. Sophie’s dissertation entitled “Undoing Voice, Unmaking Cartography: Mapping the Intersections of Trauma and Vulnerability … Continue reading →

We are pleased to announce the publication of Shelter in Text: Essays on Dwelling and Refuge, edited by Myra Bloom and Kasia Van Schaik, University of Alberta Press.

Professor Sakaki Wins JHI Fellowship: The Centre of Comparative Literature wishes to congratulate Professor Atsuko Sakaki who has been awarded a Jackman Humanities Institute 6-Month faculty fellowship for 2026/27. Professor Sakaki will use the fellowship to work on the research … Continue reading →

The Centre for Comparative Literature is excited to be co-sponsoring an upcoming conference. Title: ‘Early Modern Asexualities’ 📅 Date: January 5–7, 2026📍 Location: Victoria College Chapel and Online For more information and to RSVP, please visit the following website:https://crrs.ca/crrsevents/early-modern-asexualities/ The … Continue reading →

We are excited to share that the Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures has published an article on the volume that Dr. Teresa Valentini, Angela Weiser, and Professor John Zilcosky edited. The article can be found at the following website: … Continue reading →

The Centre for Comparative Literature is pleased to announced that Professor Ann Komaromi, along with her co-author Michael Beizer, has been awarded The 2025 Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Scholarship for A Time to Sow: Refusenik Life in Leningrad, 1979-1989 (U … Continue reading →