Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature - CSCL

03/18/2026

https://cla.umn.edu/anthropology/news-events/events/im-minnesota-reflection-soul

Michael Taussig of Columbia University presents "I'm From Minnesota;" A Study of Rivers and Reflections

11/12/2025

https://cla.umn.edu/cscl/news-events/events/decommodifying-kisaeng-womens-waged-entertainment-labor-koreas-transition-capitalism

Join CSCL for an upcoming colloquium with Laurie Lee (University Pennsylvania).

10/29/2025

https://cla.umn.edu/cscl/news-events/events/temporal-disobedience-anachronic-historiography-architecture-ub-city-pienza

PhD Candidate Anjali Ganapathy will be defending her dissertation on temporal disobedience in architecture.

10/07/2025

Join CSCL as we host Alison Griffiths to discuss her book “Nomadic Cinema: A Cultural Geography of the Expedition Film.”

As new technologies transformed global transportation and opened new avenues for documentation, and as imperialism and capitalism expanded their re...

09/23/2025

Congrats on your internship at Netflix, Zayna! We're excited to see how you use your SCMC minor in your future career:

09/17/2025

This spring, we lost a wonderful colleague in Michelle Lekas. She touched the lives of many who knew her, including several generations of students. We'd like to invite our community to come together to share memories of her and celebrate the life she lived. We hope you can come:

We invite you to a reception in remembrance of our beloved colleague, Michelle Lekas.

03/19/2025

How do you spend your summer? Reading? Watching TV? Thinking about aliens? We've got summer courses for all three:

02/25/2025

Next Friday, Dr. Harrison Fluss will be joining us to discuss Marx and Hegel in dialogue. See you then!

https://cla.umn.edu/cscl/news-events/events/owl-and-mole-does-marxism-need-Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science

Dr. Harrison Fluss visits CSCL to discuss Marx and Hegel in dialogue.

02/25/2025

Next Monday we welcome writer, curator, experimental musician, and former touring guitarist for Bikini Kill, Erica Dawn Lyle, to discuss important questions of our time from her upcoming book Kyanite. See you there!

Erica Dawn Lyle reads from her forthcoming book on urgent questions of fascism.

04/26/2024

Undergraduate Symposium today!

Last year’s symposium was a great success: remarkable student work, compelling discussions, good food, and much fun… which sets a high standard...

04/19/2024

Joint colloquium with U of MN Asian American Studies today at 1pm!

Hosted by the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and the Department of Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature.

03/04/2024

Come support PhD Candidate Olga Tchepikova-Treon during the public portion of her dissertation defense. The talk is titled "Disability Aesthetics in Alternative Film Cultures", and you can find all the details at the link below.

Please join us for the public portion of PhD Candidate Olga Tchepikova-Treon's dissertation defense.