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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 →

The Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Toronto is holding an open house on Monday, October 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM for prospective students. The Open House is a hybrid event with the option of zoom attendance. It is to … Continue reading →

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Natasha Hay has been awarded a prestigious SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Philosophy at DePaul University.

We are excited to announce that our Complit PhD student, Zichuan Gan, was featured on an episode of CBC Ideas. Ideas is CBC Radio’s program of contemporary thought. Podcast Title: ‘What Chinese Science Fiction Has to Tell Us’ Listen to … Continue reading →

We are pleased to share that Dr. Robert Twiss has accepted a position as Career Development Fellow in French Studies at Durham University. Please join us in congratulating him on this exciting opportunity!

The Centre for Comparative Literature would like to congratulate Gianmarco Bocchi (Complit PhD Student) for receiving the Faculty of Arts & Science Superior Teaching Award. Gianmarco was nominated for his work as a course instructor at the Department of Italian … Continue reading →

The recording from the “Power and Vulnerability in Italian Feminist Thought” panel can be accessed from the following website: https://youtu.be/10z-TjzbYl8?feature=shared Speakers: Professor Diane Enns, Professor Antonio Calcagno, and Professor Silvia Benso Sponsored by the Department of Italian Studies, the Centre … Continue reading →

Professor Ann Komaromi, has been chosen for a 12-month Jackman Humanities Institute Fellowship next year, 2025-2026. Ann Komaromi (Ph.D. 2001, University of Wisconsin-Madison) researches late Soviet culture, samizdat (underground publishing) and dissidence in the USSR. Komaromi’s articles and books theorize … Continue reading →

We are excited to announce our call for papers for our upcoming graduate student conference, “SIGNS OF EXIT,” hosted at the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto from March 14th-16th, 2025. Please click here for more info.

Sophie Feng, our Centre’s PhD student was recently awarded the prize for the best paper presented by a doctoral student at the conference entitled “1974-2024: Annie Ernaux’s Years: A Global Perspective” held in Edinburgh and St. Andrews Universities on Oct. … Continue reading →