Comparative Literature, PhD
Program Description
Oregon's doctoral program in Comparative Literature department, the first of its kind on the West Coast, preserves the commitment to language and literary history proper to the best traditions of the field, while also offering a flexible course of study structured to accommodate the diverse interests and backgrounds of its students, which typically number about 25.The program has long been known for the humane ad supportive environment it affords. The intellectual quality of its students is matched only by their esprit de corps.
Upon admission to the program, students are offered up to six years (18 consecutive terms) of funding in support of their studies, provided they make satisfactory academic progress toward degree and meet all requirements of employment, and all receive hands-on training. Furthermore, thanks to a curriculum that emphasizes collaboration and mentorship, students have the opportunity, generally over the final two years of their degree program, to design and teach their own courses on literature, film and related media.
The Department of Comparative Literature's core faculty, along with participating faculty from across the Oregon campus, is known for its academic breadth, with strengths ranging from the Early Modern to the present, and with emphases on theoretically informed approaches to intermedial aesthetics, globalization studies, comparative modernisms, psychoanalysis, disability studies, and much more.
Application at a Glance
Detailed instructions are available on the program’s website. The following are required for your application:
Program-Specific Application Requirements:
Letters of Recommendation: Contact three willing individuals familiar with your educational background and abilities. Notify your references that they will be receiving an e-mail prompt with a link requesting a letter of recommendation. Please request that your recommenders submit their letter in PDF format.
Statement of Purpose: Submit a one- to three-page statement of purpose. Please convert your statement to a PDF file before uploading it.
Writing Sample: Submit a ten- to twenty-page sample, in English, of your critical or scholarly writing about literature. Please convert your file to a PDF before uploading it.
Optional:
GRE Scores are not required as part of the application process.
English requirement for Graduate Employment (GE):
Additional requirements are in place for graduate students with teaching appointments are required to take the Speak test when they arrive on Campus in the Fall. More information about this requirement can be found on the Division of Graduate Studies website (https://graduatestudies.uoregon.edu/).
Statement of Purpose: Submit a one- to three-page statement of purpose. Please convert your statement to a PDF file before uploading it.
Writing Sample: Submit a ten- to twenty-page sample, in English, of your critical or scholarly writing about literature. Please convert your file to a PDF before uploading it.
Optional:
GRE Scores are not required as part of the application process.
English requirement for Graduate Employment (GE):
Additional requirements are in place for graduate students with teaching appointments are required to take the Speak test when they arrive on Campus in the Fall. More information about this requirement can be found on the Division of Graduate Studies website (https://graduatestudies.uoregon.edu/).
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College of Arts and Sciences
Campus: Eugene
Fall 2024
Final Deadline - January 16, 2024
Applications must be submitted and paid for by 11:59 PM Pacific Time on the specified deadline date to be considered eligible.