Various contemporary cultural artifacts, film reel, manual typewriter, photo of Angela Davis, rows of slides pinned to wall

Department of Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature

Crossing a range of traditional disciplines, we seek to lead the public conversation about the powers of culture in the modern world.

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Recent News

"Cole Pulice’s Ambient Saxophone Multiverse", a Pitchfork Profile

Pitchfork gives insight into the experimental jazz of CSCL grad student Cole Pulice.

"‘Cinema’s First Nasty Women’ Review: The Defiant Dames of Silent Film"

Maggie Hennefeld's "Cinema's First Nasty Women" reviewed by the Wall Street Journal.

"City in a City": Cole Pulice makes Pitchfork's list of 100 Best Songs of 2022

Read Pitchfork's top 100 list and listen to graduate student Cole Pulice's fantastic saxophone and piano piece at #83.

Announcing the 2022-2023 CSCL Colloquium Series

Announcing a year full of fantastic speakers in our colloquium series!

SCMC recommends 9 horror movies to watch this Halloween

See our spooky film recommendations in this MN Daily article.

Upcoming Events

April 04, 2023

Cinema’s First Nasty Women: Silent Cinema Shorts with Live Music Featuring Dreamland Faces

These selections from Maggie Hennefeld's "Cinema's First Nasty Women" collection will be set to live, original music by Dreamland Faces and Northop’s own historic pipe organ.