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Department Notice on Covid-19 Virus Information

The Comparative Literature Department is operating on a reduced on-campus schedule to adhere to the social distancing practices. We are, however, working via telecommuting resources and other remote work arrangements. The department email is also being checked on a regular basis, so please send us an email at cmlt@uga.edu if we are able to help in any way. 

At this time, all study abroad programs have been suspended. 

 

Departmental Instructor Receives the 2020 Franklin College Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award

Ms. Minh Trang Thi Nguyen, the instructor of Vietnamese in the department, is this year's recipient of the Franklin College Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award. The award recognizes a faculty member who has made a life-changing impact on students through sustained commitment to high-quality instruction in undergraduate teaching. Her students have played a crucial role in nominating her for the award. 

Elliot Shaw

Graduate Program, Teaching Assistant

Elliot Shaw is a PhD candidate (ABD) in the CLIS program. He holds a BA in English and Secondary Education and an MA in Comparative Literature. His research occurs at the thresholds of literature, philosophy, and the social sciences. His dissertation, "The Apperceived Self: Autobiography and Self-Consciousness," demonstrates how apperception is central to both autobiographical writing and self-consciousness in general.

Selected Publications:

“Foregrounding the Subjective in Leiris, Lévi-Strauss, and Malinowski,” Nesir 4 (April 2023): 41–58. Link.

 

 

Nikki Fogle

Graduate Program

My areas of research interest are: Francophone Literature, 19th and 20th Century French Literature, The "other/otherness" theory and Intercultural Studies. I am also interested in the French philosopher and mystic Simone Veil.

Education:

B.A.-French-(Spelman College)

M.A.-International Communications-(L'I.S.E.G.-Strasbourg, France)

M.A.-English As A Second Language-(Universite de Metz, France)

M.A.-French Literature and Civilization-(Clark Atlanta University)

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