Overview

Department of Comparative Thought and Literature / Department of Comparative Thought and Literature is located in Baltimore, MD, in an urban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Intellectual history
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Comparative literature

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?	No
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Doctoral Degrees	Thesis Required

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

37

Applied

4

Accepted

3

Enrolled

Applying

75

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	December 1st	December 1st	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Doctoral Degree Requirements	Samples of written work

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 600 TOEFL IBT score: 100
IELTS: Required	IELTS Paper score: 7

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Application deadlines for financial awards	December 1
Types of financial support available	Fellowships Teaching Assistantships Institutionally-sponsored Loans Graduate Assistantships Tuition waivers for student who do not receive fellowships or assistantships

Student Body

13

Total Graduate Students

Not Reported

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Gender

Male (53%)

Female (46%)

Faculty

2

Total faculty

Full-time - 2

Part-time - 0

Male (1)

Female (1)

Research

Focus of faculty research:

European literature, modern and contemporary French philosophy, American pragmatism and skepticism, moral perfectionism, cinema and philosophy, gender studies, 19th- and 20th-century literature and philosophy, the novel, modernism, existentialism, ethics and justice in contemporary anglophone literature, Russian literature and cinema, film theory and history, gender studies, philosophies of community, theories of spectatorship

Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:

0

Location & Contact

Address 3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD  21218
United States

Contact Prof. Lisa Siraganian
Chair
Email: lsiraga1@jhu.edu
Phone: 410-516-7619

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