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List of Professors
| Name |
Years at Michigan |
Position | |
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Paul Ilie |
1959 - 1983 | Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature |
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Lionel Rothkrug |
1963 - 1970 | Associate Professor of History and Comparative Literature |
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Charles Witke |
1971 - 2001 |
Professor of Greek and Latin Professor of Comparative Literature Director of the Program in Comparative Literature 1971-1976 |
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L. Ross Chambers |
1975 - 2002 | Marvin Felheim Distinguished University Professor of French and Comparative Literature |
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William C. Fitzgerald |
1985 | Visiting Assistant Professor of Classical Studies and Comparative Literature |
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James I Porter |
1986 - 2008 | Professor of Greek, Latin & Comparative Studies |
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Timothy H. Bahti |
1986 - 2001 |
Associate Professor of Germanic Languages & Literatures Associate Professor of Comparative Literature |
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Tobin Siebers |
1986 - 2015 |
Professor of Art & Design Professor of Comparative Literature Chair, Program of Comparative Literature 2001 |
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Alina M. Clej |
1986 - 2016 |
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature Associate Profesor of French |
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Jankovic Viadeta |
1987 | Visiting Professor of Comparative Literature |
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Antón Shammás |
1987 - 2022 |
Professor of Middle East Literature - Department of Comparative Literature Professor of Middle East Literature, Department of Middle East Studies |
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Gregory L. Lucente |
1988 - 1997 | Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature |
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Veronica Gregg |
1990 - 1996 |
Assistant Professor of Afroamerican & African Studies Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature |
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Simon Gikandi |
1991 - 2004 |
Professor of English Language & Literature Professor of Comparative Literature |
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Rei Terada |
1991 - 2002 |
Associate Professor of English Language and Literature Associate Professor of Comparative Literature |
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Santiago Colas |
1992 - 2017 |
Professor of Comparative Literature Professor of Residential College |
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Benjamin B. Acosta-Hughes |
1999 - 2009 |
Associate Professor of Greek & Latin Associate Professor of Comparative Literature |
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Vassilios Lambropoulos |
1999 - 2018 |
Professor of Modern Greek Studies & Modern Greek Studies Professor of Comparative Literature |
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Tomoko Masuzawa |
1999 - 2020 | Professor of Comparatie Literature & History |
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Lydia Liu |
2002 - 2006 | Professor of Far Eastern Languages and Literatures, Chinese Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, Comparative Literature |
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Anne Carson |
2003 - 2009 |
Professor of Classical Studies Professor of Comparative Literature Professor of English Language & Literature |
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Basil J. Dufallo |
2003 - 2011 |
Associate Professor of Classical Studies Associate Professor of Comparative Literature |
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Kader Konuk |
2003 - 2014 |
Associate Professor of Germanic Languages & Literature Associate Professor Comparative Literature |
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Mira Seo |
2005 - 2012 |
Associate Professor of Classical Studies Associate Professor of Comparative Literature |