Comp Lit. Departments and Programs
Universities with Comparative Literature Departments and Programs
(in alphabetical order)
American University of Paris
Department of English and Comparative Literature, 31 Avenue Bosquet, 75007 Paris,
France
Arizona State University
Program in Comparative Literature, Department of English, Tempe, AZ 85287-0302
Beloit College
Program in Comparative Literature, 700 College Street, Beloit, WI 53511
Bloomfield College
Department of Literature, 467 Franklin Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
Brandeis University
Department of Romance and Comparative Literature, P.O. Box 9110, Waltham, MA 02254-9110
Brigham Young University
Department of Comparative Literature, 3010 JKHB, Provo, UT 84602
Brown University
Department of Comparative Literature, Box E, 20 Manning Walk, Providence, RI 02912
Bryn Mawr College
Bi-college Major in Comparative Literature, Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College,
101 North Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
California State University, Fullerton
Department of English and Comparative Literature, P.O. 34080, Fullerton, CA 92634-9480
California State University, Long Beach
Department of Comparative Literature and Classics, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long
Beach, CA 90840
Case Western Reserve University
Program in Comparative Literature, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures,
Guilford House, 11112 Bellflower, Cleveland, OH 44106-7118
Catholic University of America
Program in Comparative Literature, 323 Marist Hall, Washington, DC 20064
Cedar Crest College
Program in Comparative Literature, Department of International Languages, 100 College
Drive, Allentown, PA 18104
City University of New York, Brooklyn College
Program in Comparative Literature, Brooklyn, NY 11210
City University of New York, Graduate School and University Center
Program in Comparative Literature, 33 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036
City University of New York, Queens College
Department of Comparative Literature, Kiely Hall 310, Kissena Boulevard, Flushing,
NY 11367
City University of New York
, Hunter College
Program in Comparative Literature, Department of Romance Languages, 695 Park Avenue,
New York, NY 10021
The Claremont Graduate Humanities Center
Program in Cultural Studies, 710 North College Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711
Clark University
Program in Comparative Literature, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures,
Eastabrook Hall 302, Worcester, MA 01610-1477
College of William and Mary
Program in Literary and Cultural Studies, The Charles Center, Tucker Hall, Williamsburg,
VA 23187-8795
The College of Wooster
Program in Comparative Literature, Wooster, OH 44691
Columbia University
Committee on Comparative Literature, 602 Philosophy Hall, New York, NY 10027
Cornell University
Field of Comparative Literature, 145 Goldwin Smith Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-3201
Dartmouth College
Program in Comparative Literature, 6051 Dartmouth Hall, Hanover, NH 03755-3511
Drexel University
Program in Comparative Literature, Department of Humanities and Communications, 3030
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Duke University
Program in Literature, Art Museum 104, Box 90670, Durham, NC 27708-0670
Eckerd College
Program in Comparative Literature, 4200 54th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33711
Emory University
Program in Comparative Literature, 212-A Humanities Building, Atlanta, GA 30322-2290
Farleigh Dickinson University
Department of English and Comparative Literature, 840 River Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666
Florida Atlantic University
Department of English and Comparative Literature, P.O. Box 3091, Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991
Fordham University College at Lincoln Center
Program in Comparative Literature, 113 West 60th Street, New York, NY 10023
Georgia Southern University
Minor in Comparative Literature, Department of Literature and Philosophy P.O. Box
8023, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460-8023
Goddard College
Comparative Literature Concentration, Plainfield, VT 05667
Gonzaga University
Program in Literary Studies, Spokane, WA 99258
Hamilton College
Department of Comparative Literature, 198 College Hill Road, Clinton, NY 13323
Hampshire College
Department of Comparative Literature, School of Humanities and Arts, Amherst, MA 01002
Harvard University
Department of Comparative Literature, Boylston Hall 401, Cambridge, MA 02138
Haverford College
Bi-college Major in Comparative Literature, Byrn Mawr College and Haverford College,
Haverford, PA 19041
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Department of English and Comparative Literature, Demarest Hall, Geneva, NY 14456
Hofstra University
Department of Comparative Literature and Languages, 322 Calkins Hall, Hempstead, NY
11550
Immaculata College
Department of Literature, Immaculata, PA19345
Indiana University
Department of Comparative Literature, Ballantine Hall 402, Bloomington, IN 47405
Indiana University, South Bend
Department of Comparative Literature, 1700 Mishawaka Avenue, P.O. Box 7111, South
Bend, IN 46634
Johns Hopkins University
Program in Comparative Literature and Intellectual History, Humanities Center, 3400
North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218-2690
Kent State University
Program in Comparative Literature, Department of English, Kent,OH 44242
Lake Forest College
Program in Comparative Literature, Lake Forest, IL 60045;
La Salle University
Department of Literature, 1900 West Olney Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19141
Lycoming College
Department of Literature, Academy Street, Williamsport, PA 17701
Lynchburg College
Department of Literature, 1501 Lakeside Drive, Lynchburg, VA 24501-3199
Mills College
Program in Comparative Literature, Department of English and Foreign Languages, 5000
MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94613
Molloy College
Department of Literature, 1000 Hempstead Avenue, Rockville Center, NY 11570
New York University
Department of Comparative Literature, 19 University Place, Fourth Floor, New York,
NY 10003
Northwestern University
Program in Comparative Literature and Theory, 152 Kresge Hall, Evanston, IL 60208-2205
Oberlin College
Program in Comparative Literature, Rice 3, Oberlin, OH 44074
Occidental College
Department of English and Comparative Literature, 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA
90041
Ohio University
Area in Comparative Literature, Department of English, Athens, OH 45701
The Ohio State University
Division of Comparative Studies, 308 Dulles Hall, 230 West Seventeenth Avenue, Columbus,
OH 43210
Pacific Lutheran University
Department of Comparative Literature, Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
The Pennsylvania State University
Department of Comparative Literature, 434-N Burrowes Building, University Park, PA
16802
Plymouth State College
Department of Comparative Literature, Plymouth, NH 03264
Princeton University
Department of Comparative Literature, 326 East Pyne Building, Princeton, NJ 08544
Purdue University
Program in Comparative Literature, Stanley Coulter Hall, West Lafayette, IN 47907
Randolph-Macon Women’s College
Department of Comparative Literature, 2500 Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg, VA 24503
Reed College
Department of Comparative Literature, 3203 S. E. Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, OR
97202-8199
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Program in Comparative Literature, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
San Diego State University
Department of English and Comparative Literature, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego,
CA 92182-8140
San Francisco State University
Department of World and Comparative Literature, 1600 Holloway, San Francisco, CA 94132
Sarah Lawrence College
Department of Comparative Literature, One Meadway Drive, Bronxville, NY 10708
Scripps College
Joint Program in Literature, Pomona and Scripps Colleges, Balch Hall, 1030 Columbia
Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711
Shepherd College
Department of Comparative Literature, Sheperdstown, WV 25443
Smith College
Program in Comparative Literature, Wright Hall, Northampton, MA 01063
Southern Connecticut State University
Program in Comparative Literature, Engleman Hall 119, New Haven, CT 06515
Stanford University
Department of Comparative Literature, Encina Hall, 4th Floor, Stanford, CA 94305-2031
State University of New York, Binghamton
Department of Comparative Literature, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
State University of New York, Buffalo
Department of Comparative Literature, 638 Clemens Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260-4610
State University of New York, College at Geneseo
Program in Comparative Literature, Geneseo, NY 14454
State University of New York, College at New Paltz
Program in Comparative Literature, New Paltz, NY 12561
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Program in Comparative Literature, Department of Comparative Studies, Stony Brook,
NY 11794-3355
St. Lawrence University
Department of Comparative Literature, Canton, NY 13617
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Department of Comparative Literature, St. Mary’s City, MD 20686
St. Olaf College
Department of Comparative Literature, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN 55057
Swarthmore College
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA
19081-1397
Trinity College
Program in Comparative Literature, Department of Modern Languages, Hartford, CT 06106-3100
Tufts University
Interdisciplinary Program in World Literature, Olin Building, Medford, MA 02155
United States Military Academy
Department of Comparative Literature, West Point, NY 10996-5000
University of Arkansas
Program in Comparative Literature, Kimpel Hall 333, Fayetteville, AR 72701
University of Arizona
Committee on Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies, 1239 North Highland, Tucson,
AZ 85721
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Comparative Literature, 4418 Dwinelle Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-2510
University of California, Davis
Program in Comparative Literature, 922 Sproul Hall, Davis, CA 95616-8685
University of California, Irvine
Program in Comparative Literature, Department of English and Comparative Literature,
Irvine, CA 92717-6718
University of California, Los Angeles
Program in Comparative Literature, 2326 Murphy Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1536
University of California, Riverside
Program in Comparative Literature, Department of Literatures and Languages, Riverside,
CA 92521
University of California, San Diego
Department of Literature, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0410
University of California, Santa Barbara
Program in Comparative Literature, Phelps Hall 4206, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
University of California, Santa Cruz
Board of Studies in Literature, 157 Kresge College, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
University of Chicago
Department of Comparative Literature, 1050 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
University of Cincinnati
Department of English and Comparative Literature, 248 McMicken Hall, Cincinnati, OH
45221-0069
University of Colorado, Boulder
Program in Comparative Literature, Campus Box 358, Boulder, CO 80309-0358
University of Connecticut
Program in Comparative Literature, Box U-57, Storrs, CT 06269-1057
University of Dallas
Program in Literature, Irving, TX 75062-4799
University of Delaware
Progam in Comparative Literature, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures,
Newark, DE 19716
University of Georgia
Department of Comparative Literature, Park Hall, Room 127, Athens, GA 30602-6204
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Program in Comparative Literature, 2070 Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Matthews
Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801
University of Iowa
Program in Comparative Literature, 425 English-Philosohpy Building, Iowa City, IA
52242-1408
University of Kansas
Concentration in Comparative Literature, Lawrence, KA 66045
University of Kentucky
Program in Comparative Literature, 1153 Paterson Tower, Lexington, KY 40506
University of Maryland, College Park
Program in Comparative Literature, South Campus, Surge Building 2107, College Park,
MD 20742
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Department of Comparative Literature, 303 South College, Amherst, MA 01003
University of Michigan
Program in Comparative Literature, 2015 Tisch Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1003
University of Minnesota, Duluth
Department of Comparative Literature, Duluth, MN 55812
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, 350 Folwell Hall, 9 Pleasant
Street, SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0213
University of New Mexico
Program in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Department of Foreign Languages
and Literatures, Ortega Hall, Room 229, Albuquerque, NM 8713
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
The Curriculum of Comparative Literature, 341 Dey Hall, CB 3150, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3150
University of Oklahoma
Department of Comparative Literature, 660 Parrington Oval, Norman, OK 73019
University of Oregon
Program in Comparative Literature, Eugene, OR 97403-5242
University of the Pacific
Program in Comparative Literature, 3601 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, CA 95211
University of Pennsylvania
Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, 420 Williams Hall, Philadelphia,
PA 19104-6305
University of Puerto Rico
Department of Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages, San Juan, PR 00931
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
Program in Comparative Literature, Department of Humanities, Mayaguez, PR 00681
University of Rhode Island
Program in Comparative Literature, Department of Modern and Classical Languages and
Literatures, Kingston, RI 02881
University of Rochester
Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Rochester, NY 14627-0001
University of the South
Program in Comparative Literature, Sewanee, TN 37375
University of South Carolina
Program in Comparative Literature. John Welsh Humanities Building, Columbia, SC 29208
University of Southern California
Program in Comparative Literature, THH 234, University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0353
University of Tennessee
Program in Comparative Literature, 710 McClung Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996
University of Texas, Austin
Department of Comparative Literature, Calhoun Hall 217, Austin, TX 78712
University of Texas, Dallas
Concentration in Studies in Literature, Department of Humanities, P.O. Box 830688,
Mail Station J031, Richardson, TX 75083-0688
University of Toledo
Program in Comparative Literature, Toledo, OH 43606
University of Tulsa
Department of Comparative Literature, 600 South College Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74104
University of Utah
Program in Comparative Literature, Department of Languages and Literatures, 1400 LNCO,
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
University of Virginia
Program in Comparative Literature, 302 Cabell Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22903
University of Washington
Department of Comparative Literature, Box 354338, Seattle, WA 98195-4338
University of Wisconsin at Madison
Department of Comparative Literature, 934 Van Hise Hall, Madison, WI 53706-1380
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
Department of English and Comparative Literature, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201
Vanderbilt University
Program in Comparative Literature, Box 63, Station B, Nashville, TN 37235
Washington State University
Department of Comparative American Cultures, Wilson Hall, Room 111, Pullman, WA 99164-4010
Washington University
Program in Comparative Literature, Box 1107, #1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
Wayne State University
Program in Comparative Literature, 51 West Warren, Room 2242, Detroit, MI 48202
Webster University
Department of Comparative Literature, 470 E. Lockwood Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63119
West Chester University
Program in Comparative Literature, West Chester, PA 19383
West Virginia University
Program in Comparative Literature, Department of Foreign Languages, Box 6296, Morgantown,
WV 29506
Wheaton College
( Massachusetts) Department of Comparative Literature, Norton, MA 02766
Williams College
Department of Comparative Literature, Williamstown, MA 01267
Wittenberg University
Department of Comparative Literature, P.O. Box 720, Springfield, OH 45501
Yale University
Department of Comparative Literature, P.O. Box 208299, New Haven, CT 06520-8299