Fall 2026 Unit Affiliated Courses

Landscape Archaeology

Christopher Fennell

Problems in Comparative History: Queer Sexualities

Tamara Chaplin

Seminar in Literary Themes and Movements: Apocalypse

Rebecca Oh

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Read article: Former Unit Director Susan Koshy Leads "At Risk U" Mellon Sawyer Seminar on Academic Freedom
Former Unit Director Susan Koshy Leads "At Risk U" Mellon Sawyer Seminar on Academic Freedom
Former Director of the Unit for Criticism, Susan Koshy, is leading a faculty team that has been awarded a Mellon Sawyer Seminar grant to study the challenges to academic freedom and democracy in US universities today. The co-organizers of the Sawyer Seminar are Rosalyn LaPier (History/...
Read article: Nicholson Fellowship 2026 Awarded to Namita Gupta and Adil Zahoor
Nicholson Fellowship 2026 Awarded to Namita Gupta and Adil Zahoor
Namita Gupta and Adil Zahoor have been awarded 2026 Nicholson Fellowship to attend School of Criticism and Theory at Cornell University.  In an intensive six-week course of study, participants work with a faculty of distinguished scholars in one of four...
Read article: Faculty Affiliate Wail S. Hassan Elected Second Vice President of the Modern Language Association
Faculty Affiliate Wail S. Hassan Elected Second Vice President of the Modern Language Association
Waïl S. Hassan (Professor, Comparative & World Literature and English) was elected Second Vice President of the Modern Language Association (MLA) in December 2024. His term began in January 2025 and will continue through January 2026. Following the MLA’s leadership succession, Professor Hassan...

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