CAT, the Department of Cultural Analysis & Theory, administers three graduate degree tracks:
- Comparative Literature (M.A. and Ph.D. degrees)
- Cultural Studies (M.A. and Ph.D. degrees)
- Women’s & Gender Studies (M.A. and Ph.D. degrees)
The M.A. and Ph.D. programs distinct, with different requirements, and applicants must specify to which program they are applying, but students in one program may include the other as one of their primary fields of study.
Full Information on Graduate admissions and M.A. and Ph.D. degree structure can be found in the
Department Handbook (available as a PDF).
Spring 2013
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News
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Department
Brooke Belisle, a 2013 New Faculty Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies will join the department next year. "Click here for more info"
Vivien Hartog Award Recipients Announced
Congratulations to Alexis Chartschlaa and Laura James, winners of the 2013
Vivien Hartog Travel Award.
New MA/PhD in Women's and Gender Studies
The Department is pleased to announce that the new MA/PhD program in Women's and Gender Studies has received official certification.
Faculty
E.K. Tan published a peer-reviewed journal article, 華語語系研究：海外華人與離散華人研究之反思 [Sinophone Studies: Rethinking Overseas Chinese Studies and Chinese Diaspora Studies] in 中國現代文學 [Journal of Modern Chinese Literature (Taiwan)] 22 (Winter 2012): 41-58; and an essay, “Transcending Multiracialism: Kuo Pao Kun’s Multilingual Play Mama Looking for Her Cat and the Concept of Open Culture” in
Sinophone Studies: A Critical Reader, edited by Shu-mei Shih, Brian Bernards and Chien-hsin Tsai (Columbia University Press 2013).
Robert Harvey gave a lecture entitled "Partage informe: Foucault's Transgression" at a philosophy & literature symposium at Brown University on April 5.
Students
Sarah Paruolo, gave a paper at ACLA 2013 in Toronto titled "Shadows of Trujillo:Oscar Wao and the Haunting of a People."
Marcus Brock, was admitted into the 2013 Cornell School of Criticism and Theory, was invited to moderate the VIP screening and reception for the filmPortrait of Jason, and will give a talk at the Stony Brook LGBTA Spring Retreat.
Celina Hung, has accepted the tenure-track position of Assistant Professor in Literature at NYU-Shanghai. She will be stationed in Shanghai with affiliation with the Comparative Literature Department in the NYU Manhattan campus.
Laine Nooney, has received a Distinguished Travel Award from the Grad School and GSO, a Faculty-Staff Dissertation Fellowship Award, and was selected for the Provost's Lecture Series.
Joana Moura has been awarded a doctoral grant (approximately $16,000 per annum) by the Foundation for Science and Technology at the Portuguese Ministry of Education and Science.
