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12/11/2015 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – The Centre for Comparative Literature, University presents A public lecture by our 2015 Northrop Frye Professor Patricia Parker, Stanford University Multilingual Shakespeares Thursday November 12 , 2015 at 4 pm Location: Victoria College, Alumni Hall, VC112 … Global and multilingual Shakespeare productions have become big business in the 21st century. But what this lecture focuses […]

06/11/2015 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Are you interested in studying literature alongside other disciplines like film, philosophy, anthropology? Are you interested in studying  literature across languages? If you are, then consider the MA & PhD programs at the  premier Centre for the study of Comparative Literature  in Canada. Come to our Open House for Prospective Students  Friday Nov. 6,2015 at 5 pm […]

30/10/2015 @ 8:30 am – 5:00 pm – The Comparative Literature Students’ Tribune / La Tribune des étudiant-e-s en littérature comparée Precision: 2nd edition (2ème édition) Date: 30 October 2015 Hours: 8.30 to 5.00 Place: Copper Room GSC216 (Goldring Student Centre, 150 Charles Street West), University of Toronto Contact person: Jeanne Mathieu-Lessard

28/10/2015 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – The Northrop Frye Centre is pleased to announce a guest lecture by Northrop Frye Centre Visiting Fellow, Prof. Tom Willard, entitled “Northrop Frye and the Art of Reading” on Wednesday, October 28th in the Northrop Frye Centre (VC102) at 3:00pm. All are welcome. Please click here to RSVP as space is limited. The recently published […]

26/09/2015 @ All Day – This event is supported by the Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Toronto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emXNrS-_KTo ‘Social death’, ‘empty shell’, ‘everlasting funeral’, ‘living dead’—these are the terms that are often used to talk about persons living with Alzheimer’s Disease (aka AD). The MemoryShift conference was designed to surface the effects of this devastating discourse and the ways in which it […]

16/09/2015 @ 12:00 am – September 16, 2015: Most graduate courses and seminars begin

08/09/2015 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am – Isabel Bader Theatre, 3rd floor, Seminar room

01/09/2015 – 30/10/2015 @ 12:00 am – Invitation à participer à : La tribune des étudiant-e-s en littérature comparée – 2ème édition 30 octobre 2015 Université de Toronto Comparatistes : Affirmez-vous ! La Tribune des étudiant-e-s en littérature comparée est un espace de rencontre permettant aux étudiant-e-s de deuxième et troisième cycles de partager leurs projets de recherche tout en réfléchissant aux […]

13/07/2015 @ 12:00 am – Registration for fall session begins

26/05/2015 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – “The Art of Citation” Writing in 2000 Susan Sontag had this to say of the contemporary literary scene: “Is literary greatness still possible? . . .  One of the few answers available to English-language readers is the work of W. G. Sebald.” The awe that Sebald’s writing inspires is partly due to his noted ethical […]