An article by Anna Katharina Schaffner, Head of Comparative Literature, has made the front cover of this week’s Times Literary Supplement (TLS), dated 14 February 2014. … Read more
Category: Comparative Literature
National Student Survey 2014 opens
The National Student Survey 2014 (NSS) is now open. The NSS is a UK-wide survey, giving students towards the end of their degree the opportunity … Read more
New placement opportunity in Germany
The Department of German and the Centre for Modern European Literature are pleased to announce a new partnership with the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach (DLA). From … Read more
Forthcoming lecture on Spiegelman’s ‘Maus’
On 27 January Dr Axel Staehler from the Department of Comparative Literature will be giving a lecture on Art Spiegelman’s award-winning Maus (1986-1991) at the Tunbridge Wells … Read more
Anna Schaffner convenes sexuality seminar
Dr Anna Schaffner from the Department of Comparative Literature is co-convening a seminar series on the History of Sexuality at the Institute of Historical Research, … Read more
A comparative approach to Jewish magical realism
Symbolism: An International Annual of Critical Aesthetics has just published a special issue on Jewish magical realism, edited by Dr Axel Staehler, Reader in Comparative … Read more
Axel Staehler interviewed in French magazine ‘Transfuge’
Dr Axel Staehler, Reader in Comparative Literature, gave an interview on contemporary Jewish literature in the US to Cécile Guérin of the French culture and art … Read more
New scholarships available for 2014/15
We are pleased to announce our participation in University-wide and School specific scholarship schemes at the School of European Culture and Languages (SECL) at both … Read more
Centre for Modern European Literature welcomes Visiting Research Fellow
Starting in Autumn 2013, the Centre for Modern European Literature is launching a new programme of Visiting Research Fellowships. We are delighted to announce that the … Read more
Comparative Literature success in the National Student Survey
The results of the 2013 National Student Survey (NSS) have now been released, revealing good news for Kent and the department of Comparative Literature in … Read more