235 Nicholson Hall
216 Pillsbury Drive SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0195

Phone: 612-624-8099
Fax: 612-626-0228
E-mail: cscl@umn.edu

College of Liberal Arts

Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature

Welcome to the Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature. We are home to two undergraduate majors, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature (CSCL) and Studies in Cinema and Media Culture (SCMC). We also have two Ph.D.-granting graduate programs, Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society (CSDS) and Comparative Literature (CL).

News and Announcements

  • CSCL faculty member wins prestigious award from the American Academy in Rome

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    Hisham Bizri, College of Liberal Arts (CLA) faculty member at the University of Minnesota, has been selected as a recipient of the 112th annual American Academy in Rome Prize Competition. The academy officially announced the award recently in the New York Times.

    Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship a year ago, Bizri, an assistant professor in the department of cultural studies and comparative literature and a filmmaker, received the award in the Rome Prize’s visual arts category on the basis of his work to develop his film “The Last Day of Summer” from a screenplay he wrote.

    April 18th, 2008
Nicholson Hall

Nicholson Hall, home of the Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature. Nicholson Hall was designed by Harvey Ellis, working under Leroy Buffington, in 1890. Originally built as the University’s chemistry laboratory, it also served as the men’s student union until the 1920s. Nicholson was completely renovated in 2004-2006 with new departmental and faculty offices, and state-of-the-art classroom facilities.