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The Comparative Studies MA is an interdisciplinary program situated within the department of Comparative Arts & Letters, with professors who hold PhDs in Art History, Classical Studies, Comparative Literature, Interdisciplinary Humanities, and Scandinavian Studies. This remarkable breadth invites a wide variety of courses and academic possibilities.

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Upcoming Seminars

History in, not of, Literature and Visual Arts

Joe Parry
Winter 2024
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Epic Bodies

Mike Pope
Fall 2024
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Modern Antiquity—Roots and Branches of the Belle Epoque

Allen Christenson
Winter 2025
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Check out Past Seminars!

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Classic Hollywood Genres

Carl Sederholm
Fall 2023

The Art of War (not the book)

Heather Belnap
Winter 2023

Translation

Marlene Esplin
Fall 2022

The Witch

Stephen Bay
Winter 2022

Metafiction

Robert Colson
Fall 2021

Romanticism

Larry Peer
Winter 2021

Holbein and the Renaissance World

Matt Ancell
Fall 2020

The Anthropocene: The History and Future of Nature

George Handley
Winter 2020

The City of Rome

Mark Johnson
Fall 2019

Censorship

Julie Allen
Winter 2019

Greek Tragedy

Seth Jeppsen
Fall 2018

Romanticism

Larry Peer
Winter 2018

The Victorians

Allen Christenson
Fall 2017

Devotional Art

Elliott Wise
Winter 2017

The Eurydice Theme

Roger Macfarlane
Fall 2016