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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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Seminars

Winter 2026 Seminars

Intro to Contemporary Critical Thinking

Nate Kramer
CMPST 610

Studies in Periods and Movements

Kenneth Hartvigsen
CMPST 620R

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