About the FLL Graduate Programs
The M.A. and Ph. D. programs in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures offer a transition into advanced literary and cultural study. Many other programs require students to have specialized narrowly in a single national literature or language early in their undergraduate careers. Dedicated to fostering innovative critical approaches to literature and culture, the FLL graduate programs help students build from their existing intellectual strengths and often diverse backgrounds.
Students benefit from both individualized faculty attention and involvement in an interdiscplinary research community. In their courses, they encounter the paradigms, major movements and emerging areas of study critical to their own dosciplines — French and Francophone Studies, German Studies, and within the CL/CS, the concentrations in Classics, Comparative Literature, and Cultural Studies. They receive professional training focused on developing their own research profiles, compiling a portfolio of teaching techniques, and strengthening their writing and communication skills, including proficiency in foreign languages.
Most importantly, our programs provide a time, a set of intellectual and creative resources, and a place for becoming actively involved in debates about why and in what ways literature and culture matter. As Abdourahman A. Wabari wrote recently in For a World Literature:
"It is not insignificant to point out that the most engaging writers and thinkers of recent decades have by and large been teaching in North America. From the campuses of New York, UCLA, and Albuquerque, they have been cultivating the larger world, embracing their communities, mixing genres and inventing livable dreams for tomorrow."
All graduate students are eligible to apply for financial support. We offer M.A. and Ph. D. students the opportunity to teach courses in French, German, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian and other languages, as well as to assist in large Humanities courses taught in English. Students are also eligible for Teaching Assistantships in other disciplines, including English and Religious Studies.
Please explore the FLL Graduate Programs section for more information.
General Graduate Studies Information