Comparative Literature

Steven Shankman

Professor Emeritus
UNESCO Chair in Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue, and Peace
Comparative Literature, English
Phone: 541-346-3997
Office: 373 PLC
Office Hours: Not teaching ENG this term; available via email
Research Interests: Comparative literature, the classical tradition in English and American literature, the eighteenth century, and the history of literary theory

Carol Silverman

Professor Emeritus
Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Folklore Program, Judaic Studies Program, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-346-5114
Office Hours:
Research Interests: Arts and human rights, music, Balkans, Roma, gender, ritual

Jean-Baptiste Simonnet

Comparative Literature Graduate Student
Comparative Literature
Phone: 541-346-0054
Office: 234 PLC

Devina Sindhu

Comparative Literature Graduate Student/GE
Comparative Literature
Phone: 541-346-0937
Office: 215 Villard Hall
Research Interests: Writing by and about women, global anglophone literature, feminist philosophy, phenomenology, decoloniality, decolonial feminism, world literature, philosophy and literature, ethics, postcolonial thought, South Asian literature and diaspora