News

New GIS in Comparative Literature
The Department of Comparative Studies is pleased to announce that it will now offer a Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Comparative Literature. You can find more information…

Professor Julia Watson publishes in the Chronicle of Higher Education
Julia Watson, Professor of Comparative Studies, recently wrote an essay with Sidone Smith entitled "Studying the Digital Self: Five analytical concepts that can guide scholarship on…

Dr. Isaac Weiner interviewed by ISLAMiCommentary about recent book
Comparative Studies Professor Issac Weiner was recently interviewed about his book "Religion Out Loud: Religious Sounds, Public Space, and American Pluralism" by the online publication…

Undergraduate Katie Petro wins Undergraduate Research Scholarship and International Research Grant
The Arts and Sciences Honors Committee has awarded a $4000 Undergraduate Research Scholarship and a $1500 International Research Grant to Katie Petro, an undergraduate major in Comparative Studies…

Latina/o Studies Travel Grant Application
The following link will open the application in an Adobe PDF in a new tab of your browser: [PDF] - Latina/o Studies Travel Grant Application …
Latina faculty members and students collaborate with 4L For Latinas
Latina faculty members are collaborating with Columbus community organization 4L For Latinas to host Columbus area K-12 girls in a semester-long weekend reading program. Approximately 20 girls are…

Ordinal 5 conceived by Professor Brian Rotman recorded in recent video
The video Ordinal 5 is directed and edited by Janet Parrott, Ohio State University (OSU). This video is the documentation of the physicalization of a mathematical idea as conceived by Brian Rotman…

Undergraduate Jacob Bogart wins $6,000 Research Scholarship
Undergraduate Comparative Studies student Jacob Bogart has won an Autumn 2013 Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Scholarship for his upcoming work on NGOs in Haiti titled "Help or Detriment?…