Maya Zachariassen, an alumna from the Department of Comparative Literature, has recently launched a micro press as part of her English-language bookshop Ark Books in … Read more
Category: Comparative Literature
PhD student to give Sylvia Naish lecture
Melanie Dilly, a PhD student in German and Comparative Literature, has won the 2015 Sylvia Naish Lecture Competition and will deliver her lecture entitled ‘One … Read more
Danish author Merete Pryds Helle to visit Kent
Danish author Merete Pryds Helle, funded by the Danish Cultural Agency and the Centre for Modern European Literature, will give a public lecture on Thursday … Read more
Axel Stähler on Jewish literature and identity
Dr Axel Stähler from the Department of Comparative Literature has co-edited two new volumes. The first, Writing Jews in Contemporary Britain was co-edited with Professor Sue … Read more
Holocaust talk by Joan Salter available
As part of Holocaust Memorial Week at Kent, the University of Kent was privileged to host Joan Salter, a Holocaust survivor, for an hour’s talk … Read more
National Student Survey 2015 opens
The National Student Survey 2015 (NSS) is now open. The NSS is a UK-wide survey, giving students towards the end of their degree the opportunity to … Read more
Holocaust memorial week at Kent
Second- and third-year Comparative Literature students are organising a series of events in honour of Holocaust Memorial Day after taking the module The Shoah in … Read more
Patricia Novillo-Corvalan on Maximilian of Austria
Dr Patricia Novillo-Corvalan from the Department of Comparative Literature will give a lecture entitled ‘Visions of the Abyss: Manet, Lowry, Bolaño, and the Ghost of Maximilian … Read more
Modern Languages and Linguistics ranked 3rd in the UK in REF2014
Modern Languages and Linguistics at Kent has achieved an outstanding result in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework exercise by being ranked joint 3rd (with a … Read more
Alumnus publishes Comparative Literature PhD thesis
Dr Christian Moretti, an alumnus from the Department of Comparative Literature having completed his PhD at Kent, has published his thesis under the title Conversations with … Read more