News

Congratulations to CLA's Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award recipients Eric Daigre (English) and Matthew Hadley (Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature).

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

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

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

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

See our spooky film recommendations in this MN Daily article.

Even though the liberal arts go back to the past – thousands of years – we provide the answers of the future. Learn about today’s transformative student experience.

Announcing our search to hire a new tenure-track assistant professor. Applications due Oct. 14th.

The Star Tribune celebrates bringing feminist silent film stars to light in a project by Professor Maggie Hennefeld.

Read the New York Times review that calls this set of 20th-century short films featuring feminist protest and slapstick rebellion "a triumph of scholarship."

Summer 2022 news and highlights from the Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature.

Rachel Koller Croft (BA '08, English, minor in SCMC) spoke to the Minnesota Daily about finding luck in Hollywood, battling online sexism, and working toward your passions.

Professor Timothy Brennan writes on philosopher Jacques Derrida in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Catching up on some credits this summer? Check out our course offerings!

Announcing our inaugural undergraduate essay competition for distinction in critical writing!

Join us for five upcoming events - online and in person.

Associate Professor Tony C. Brown's freshman seminar explores human-animal connections through literary texts, guest speakers, and in-person encounters with animals.

The professor's 2021 intellectual biography has received attention around the world, including the Palestine Book Award for Biography.

Signing up for next semester's classes? Check out these amazing courses!

The first comprehensive biography of Edward Said explores how the public figure's intellectual breadth and influence developed over the years.