Faculty

Comparative Literature Program: Faculty Contact Information

Through parallel readings of exemplary texts from several literatures, the Comparative Literature Program aims at a deeper understanding of the differences and similarities among individual works and aesthetic concepts; authors or movements; theories and intellectual contexts; or forms, and genres from a critical perspective. As such, the Barnard faculty offering core courses and electives, for the Comp Lit program, includes members of professorial rank in the foreign languages and English, but also in Africana Studies, Anthropology, Women Studies, and various other programs.

Questions regarding foreign languages offered at Barnard

Questions regarding other languages offered at Columbia and Barnard

Questions regarding world regions and related disciplines

 

If you have questions regarding any of the following languages as they relate to Comparative Literature, please contact any of the following Comparative Literature Advisors:

Foreign Languages

Name Office Department Website Phone

Email
Peter Connor
French		 Milbank 304 French Department (Barnard) (212) 854-5539 pconnor@barnard.edu
Erk Grimm
German		 Milbank 320B German Department (Barnard) (212) 854-5415 egrimm@barnard.edu
Alfred MacAdam
Spanish		 Milbank 206 Spanish Department (Barnard) (212) 854-8805 amacadam@barnard.edu
Nelson Moe
Italian		 Milbank 320D Italian Department (Barnard) (212) 854-5418 njm11@cloumbia.edu
Brian O'Keeffe
French		 Milbank 308 French Department (Barnard) (212) 854-1923 bokeeffe@barnard.edu
Rebecca Stanton
Slavic		 Milbank 226A Slavic Department (Barnard) (212) 854-3133 rstanton@barnard.edu
Phillip Usher
French (On Leave Spring 2012)		 Milbank 312 French Department (Barnard) (212) 854-5321 pusher@barnard.edu
Nancy Worman
Classics		 Milbank 217 Classics Department (Barnard) (212) 854-3001 nworman@barnard.edu

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Questions regarding other languages offered at Columbia and Barnard

If you have questions regarding other languages offered at Columbia and Barnard, please contact the following:

Name Office Department Website Phone Email
Gil Anidjar
Hebrew		 80 Claremont, Room 207 Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies (Columbia) (212) 854-4739 ga152@columbia.edu
Taoufik Ben-Amor
Arabic		 308 Knox Hall Middle East,South Asian,and African Studies (Columbia) (212) 854-2895 tb46@columbia.edu
Ghazzal Dabiri
Persian		 313 Knox Hall Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies (Columbia) (212) 854-6664 gd2287@columbia.edu
Jeremy Dauber
Yiddish		 414 Hamilton Hall Columbia University Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies (212) 854-9608 jad213@columbia.edu
Hossein Kamaly
Persian and Islamic Studies		 Milbank 320A Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures (Barnard) (212) 854-5481 hkamaly@barnard.edu
JaHyun Kim Haboush
Korean Literature		 416 Kent Hall Department of East Asian Language and Cultures (Columbia) (212) 854-5040 jkh25@columbia.edu
David (Max) Moerman
Early Japanese and Buddhism		 Milbank 330 Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures (Barnard) (212) 854-5540 dmoerman@barnard.edu
Rakesh Ranjan
Hindi-Urdu		 411 Knox Hall Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies (Columbia) (212) 851-4107 ga152@columbia.edu

In addition, the Language Resource Center at Columbia University offers students instruction in the following less commonly taught languages:

Bengali - Georgian - Hausa - Indonesian - Kannada - Pulaar - Punjabi - Swahili - Telugu - Wolof - Zulu

Contact: Wendie Saxton, Administrative Assistant
353 International Affairs Building
lrc@columbia.edu
212-854-9224
http://www.lrc.columbia.edu/

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Questions regarding world regions and related disciplines:

If you have questions regarding any of the following areas of study as they relate to Comparative Literature, please contact any of the following:

Name Office Department Website Phone Email
Bashir Abu-Manneh
Africana Studies/English		 Barnard 401D Africana Department (Barnard)
English Department (Barnard)		 (212) 854-6948 babumann@barnard.edu
Kaiama Glover
Francophone Literatures (Caribbean)		 Milbank 310 Africana Studies (Barnard)
French Department (Barnard)		 (212) 854-5412 kglover@barnard.edu
Kim Hall
Africana Studies		 Barnard 411 Africana Studies Department (Barnard) (212) 854-0729 khall@barnard.edu
Ross Hamilton
Film Studies		 Barnard 419 Film Department (Barnard) (212) 854-3453 rhamilton@barnard.edu
Maja Horn
Hispano-American Literatures (Caribbean)		 Milbank 209 Spanish Department (Barnard) (212) 854-6065 mhorn@barnard.edu
Jennie Kassanoff
American Studies		 Barnard 413 American Studies Department (Barnard) (212) 854-5649 jkassano@barnard.edu
Linn Cary Mehta
Anglophone Literatures (Caribbean)		 Barnard 502 English Department (Barnard) (212) 854-9106 lmehta@barnard.edu
Graciela Montaldo
Latin American Studies (19th/20th culture and literature; Argentina)		 Casa Hispánica 307 Latin American Studies (Columbia) (212) 854-4882 gm2168@columbia.edu
Keith Moxey
Art History		 Barnard 313 Art History Department (Barnard) (212) 854-5039 kmoxey@barnard.edu
Gustavo Pérez-Firmat
Latin American Studies (Avant-garde literature; Cuban culture, poetry, and literature)		 Casa Hispánica 406 Latin American Studies (Columbia) (212) 854-8292 gpf@columbia.edu
Ruth Raphaeli-Slivko
Jewish Studies		 Barnard 419 Columbia University Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies (Columbia) (212) 854-6519 rr9@columbia.edu
Neferti Xina Tadiar
Women's Studies		 Barnard 201D Women's Studies Department (Barnard) (212) 854-2108 ntadiar@barnard.edu
Deborah Valenze
Foreign Area Studies- European Studies		 Lehman 415B History Department (Barnard) (212) 854-5940 dvalenze@barnard.edu
Margaret Vandenburg
English		 Barnard 410A English Department (Barnard) (212) 854-6945 mvandenb@barnard.edu
Hana Worthen
Theater		 Milbank 502 Theatre Department (Barnard) (212) 854-1333 hworthen@barnard.edu

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For information on languages or areas of study not listed, please contact the Program Director.