Welcome
Welcome to the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Oregon. We have the oldest doctoral program in comparative literature on the West Coast, as well as a unique major for undergraduates, and a dynamic faculty representing disciplines across campus. Oregon is also the home of the principal journal in the field, Comparative Literature, which recently celebrated its sixtieth anniversary. Please explore our website to learn more about the department or contact us via e-mail.
2013 nomad undergraduate conference
Saturday, May 18, 12-5 p.m., 111 Lillis
Comparative Literature is a co-sponsor of the
New Media New Concepts New Forms
Speaker Series
Thursday, May 9
4:00 p.m., 221 McKenzie Hall
David Levy
Professor, Information School, University of Washington
"Information, Comtemplation, and the Roots of the American University"
Friday, May 10
9:00 a.m., 110 Fenton
Daniel Barbezat
Professor of Economics, Amherst College; Executive Director, Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
(with David Levy)
"Contemplative Practices and the Transformation of Higher Education"




A year of scandal and subversion - conspiracy and contrivance - of the solemn and the solitary. 
