Comparative Literature and Culture

Research in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Academics in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures are active researchers with international reputations. Learn more about our work here.

Studying Comparative Literature and Culture at Royal Holloway

Explore literature, film, philosophy and art from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century. Learn more about what you can expect from our BA in Comparative Literature and Culture here.

REF 2021: Royal Holloway 5th in the UK for Modern Languages Research in the Times Higher subject ranking

Following the publication of the results of REF 2021 Modern Languages is placed 5th in the country in the subject research ranking published by the THES.

Research in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Academics in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures are active researchers with international reputations. Learn more about our work here.

Studying Comparative Literature and Culture at Royal Holloway

Explore literature, film, philosophy and art from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century. Learn more about what you can expect from our BA in Comparative Literature and Culture here.

REF 2021: Royal Holloway 5th in the UK for Modern Languages Research in the Times Higher subject ranking

Following the publication of the results of REF 2021 Modern Languages is placed 5th in the country in the subject research ranking published by the THES.

Research in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Academics in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures are active researchers with international reputations. Learn more about our work here.

Event

David Vilaseca Memorial Lecture

Date 10 October 2023

The lecture will focus on the relational and intersubjective possibilities of sound, and its entanglements with bodies and technologies.

News

The Sensational Museum: £1million grant will put disability at the centre of museums in the UK

Date 08 February 2023

Researchers across the UK will lead a project called The Sensational Museum to help heritage organisations to reimagine peoples’ experience of museums thanks to a £1million grant.

Explore literature, visual culture and ideas across centuries, continents and media

Studying Comparative Literature and Culture

Explore literature, film, philosophy and art from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century.

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Learn more about the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures - who we are and what we do.

Research in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Academics in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures are active researchers with international reputations. Learn more about our work here.

Centre for Visual Cultures

Based in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, the Centre for Visual Cultures (CVC) is an interdisciplinary centre for cutting-edge research.

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