The Comparative Literature Undergraduate Journal

08/28/2025

The Comparative Literature Undergraduate Journal is seeking new editors! 🥳📖 We are open to all UC Berkeley undergraduates who have an interest in global literature, literary criticism, and gaining editorial experience! You can even get one unit for your participation! The application is on our website, at the link in our bio! We’re looking forward to reading your applications📚🌍

01/25/2025

Interested in submitting your academic literary research to an undergraduate journal? UC Berkeley’s Comparative Literature Undergraduate Journal is open to submissions! Deadline to submit is February 20th, 2025 at 11:59 PST. We look forward to reviewing your work! 📚📖

09/09/2024

Interested in joining our editorial team? CLUJ editor applications close this week so send in your applications now!💌

See our website for more details: ucbcluj.org

Priority deadline: 9/10
General deadline: 9/14

09/16/2023

📚🍁The Fall 23 submission deadline is COMING SOON!🍂 📖

Submit your research to be considered for the Fall 2023 Issue of the Comparative Literature Undergraduate Journal by 11:59 PM PT, October 1st!
Link to submit: https://tinyurl.com/clujFall23
submission guideline: https://ucbcluj.com/submissions/

We invite papers engaging with literary topics in a comparative nature, broadly construed. Possible topics include but are not limited to:
* Papers comparing at least two authors or texts
* Interdisciplinary research across disciplines within the humanities
*Research engaging with literary theory and schools of criticism

Please reach out to [email protected] with any inquiry. The editorial board looks forward to receiving your work!

Call for Papers: Fall 2023 Issue Deadline: 11:59 PM PT, October 1st, 2023 Submission form: The Comparative Literature Undergraduate Journal (CLUJ) welcomes submissions for its Fall 2023 issue. We …

08/29/2023

Hello fellow literature enthusiasts! Our Spring 2023 publication is officially published. You can access our digital copy:
https://ucbcluj.org/current-issue/.

This issue consists of three papers that highlight the connectedness of human, nature, and ideas. In “A WAVERING OF HER OWN: Virginia Woolf’s Feminine Writing in The Waves”, Emilia Barriga challenges the notions of "gendered writing", presenting how Woolf's writing is resonating with musicality and inhabited by fluid, egoless characters. In “QUEER DESIRE AS RESTORATION: The Rejection of Ph***ic Exchange in Christina Rossetti’s ‘Goblin Market'", Jolie Sukonik explores the intersection of queerness and the environment. In “FUNGI, FOLKLORE, AND FOREIGNNESS: Mushrooms as an image of otherness and hybrid existence in Olga Tokarczuk’s Dom dzienny, Dom nocny and Hiromi Goto’s Chorus of Mushrooms”, Natalia Bielecka examines how our understanding of mushrooms, or mycelium, can advance our understanding of literature, as well as our relationship to diverse forms of life.

We hope you enjoy reading these works just as much as we did!

The editorial board is proud to announce the publication of our Spring 2023 edition of the Comparative Literature Undergraduate Journal. Read Online: Spring 2023

08/26/2023

Fellow Berkeley Undergrads,the CLUJ editor application is now live!
Application: https://tinyurl.com/CLUJFall23editor
[Priority Deadline: September 11th, 11: 59 PM PT; Regular Deadline: September 16th, 11:59 PM PT]
E-board office hour: https://tinyurl.com/CLUJOfficeHour [September 5th, 6-7 PM PT]

Editor Information:
📓 CLUJ editors critically analyze research papers that deal with different aspects of literature, such as translation theories, literary theory, cultural criticism, historical analysis, philosophy, religion, and comparative approaches.
📚 Editors learn how to analyze formal elements of academic writing, such as structure, clarity, consistency, argument development, formatting, tone, register, and grammar. As an editor, you can expect to gain experience in editing academic pieces and improve your writing skills.
📖 Previous experience or knowledge of multiple languages is not required. We value the willingness to learn and active participation!

We admit editors on a rolling basis and will prioritize applications received early. Those who submit their applications before the Priority Deadline can enroll in COMLIT 198 to receive units for their work. Your application is not complete until we have received your writing sample.
We look forward to reading your application!

08/25/2023

🥳🤩Today, Comparative Literature Undergraduate Journal tabled on the Berkeley campus to introduce our publication and talk with students who are interested in getting involved. Thanks to all of you who expressed enthusiasm for literary research, and get ready to apply for CLUJ editor positions starting NEXT WEEK!! 👓

08/14/2023

📚 The New Round is ON! 📚
Submit your research to CLUJ Fall 2023
Link to submit: https://tinyurl.com/clujFall23 [Deadline: 11: 59 pm PT, October 1st]
submission guideline: https://ucbcluj.com/submissions/

The Comparative Literature Undergraduate Journal is a premier humanities publication showcasing the best undergraduate research on literature. We invite papers engaging with literary topics in a comparative nature, broadly construed. Multilingual submissions and/or papers regarding world literature are encouraged, but must be written mostly in English. Papers should be 16-60 pages long and follow the MLA citation. Possible topics include but are not limited to:
* Papers comparing at least two authors or texts
* Interdisciplinary research across disciplines within the humanities
*Research engaging with literary theory and schools of criticism
Accepted authors will be invited to present their work at the Comparative Literature Undergraduate Research Symposium held at UC Berkeley in April 2024.
Please reach out to [email protected] with any inquiry. The editorial board looks forward to receiving your work!

04/12/2023

We are pleased to announce the publication of the Fall 2022 issue of the Comparative Literature Undergraduate Journal!

In this issue, our published authors contribute three bold papers that look upon iconic literature and art to re-imagine the present and future: Julia Liu contrasts Gabriel Faure and Claude Debussy’s musical interpretations of Paul Verlaine’s poetry to argue that music and poetry are extensions of one another; Jennifer White weaves a vivid comparison of Ulysses with a contemporary novel to visualize the "stream" running through the written past and our virtual present; and Izzie Hackett grapples with the bleakness of postmodern parody in texts by Piglia and DeLillo and identifies how fictionalizing the past is a way to engage with the present.

Please read the issue at https://tinyurl.com/CLUJFall22Issue
Julia and Izzie presented their works at the CLUJ Panel that took place on April 15th. Please watch the recording at https://tinyurl.com/F22CLUJPanel.

04/11/2023

📚It's happening THIS SATURDAY! 📰The Comparative Literature Undergraduate Journal will host a panel at the symposium. 3 authors published in our Spring 2022 and Fall 2022 issues will present on their works and take questions. The panel will take place 9:15-10:15 AM PT, April 15th and the format will be hybrid. The Zoom link will be https://tinyurl.com/CLUJPanel. Join us if you are interested in learning more about CLUJ and the research of our authors!

The RSVP for our event is open! We look forward to hosting you all next Saturday!
tinyurl.com/reimaginingthebody