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The '''Institute for Comparative Literature and Society''' ('''ICLS'''), formerly the '''Center for Comparative Literature and Society''' ('''CCLS'''), is less a department and more a faculty cluster, although it does administer the undergraduate major in comparative literature, grants graduate concentrations and certificates in the discipline, and offers related classes.  
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The '''Institute for Comparative Literature and Society''' ('''ICLS'''), formerly the '''Center for Comparative Literature and Society''' ('''CCLS'''), is an [[Institute]], which is a kind of faculty cluster one step above a [[Center]] but not quite a [[Department]]. It administers the undergraduate major in comparative literature, grants graduate concentrations and certificates in the discipline, and offers related classes.  
  
 
Despite its awkward, non-departmental status, comparative literature is a highlight of Columbia's academic program, with such scholars as [[Gayatri Spivak]] and [[Hamid Dabashi]] available to students.
 
Despite its awkward, non-departmental status, comparative literature is a highlight of Columbia's academic program, with such scholars as [[Gayatri Spivak]] and [[Hamid Dabashi]] available to students.

Revision as of 00:51, 27 December 2007

The Institute for Comparative Literature and Society (ICLS), formerly the Center for Comparative Literature and Society (CCLS), is an Institute, which is a kind of faculty cluster one step above a Center but not quite a Department. It administers the undergraduate major in comparative literature, grants graduate concentrations and certificates in the discipline, and offers related classes.

Despite its awkward, non-departmental status, comparative literature is a highlight of Columbia's academic program, with such scholars as Gayatri Spivak and Hamid Dabashi available to students.

See also