Centre for Comparative Literature

Elizabeth Legge

Associate Professor of Fine Art History,

Affiliated Faculty, Centre for the Study of the United States

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts & Science
• Department
  • Art History
  • Cinema Studies
  • Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
• Centres
  • Centre for Comparative Literature

Areas of Expertise

• 20th century art
• Contemporary Canadian and British art
• Dada
• Surrealism

Office: 416-978-7891
Home: 416-617-1964
Email: eliz.legge@utoronto.ca
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Eric Cazdyn

Distinguished Professor of Aesthetics and Politics, Department of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

• Campus
  • St. George
• Department
  • Cinema Studies
  • East Asian Studies
• Centres
  • Centre for Comparative Literature

Areas of Expertise

• Culture and politics
• Japanese film
• Media studies
• Surveillance
• The culture of disaster and crisis

Office: 416-585-4443
Home: 416-703-2450
Languages: Japanese
Website
Email: e.cazdyn@utoronto.ca
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John Zilcosky

Professor, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Faculty of Arts and Science

Professor, Centre for Comparative Literature

• Campus
  • St. George
• Department
  • Germanic Languages & Literatures
• Centres
  • Centre for Comparative Literature

Areas of Expertise

• Literary and cultural theory
• Modern European literature and thought
• Psychoanalysis and culture

Office: 416-926-2324
Languages: German and French
Email: john.zilcosky@utoronto.ca
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Linda Hutcheon

Professor, Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Science

• Campus
  • St. George
• Department
  • Comparative Literature
  • English
• Centres
  • Centre for Comparative Literature

Areas of Expertise

• Culture and opera
• Late style — creativity and aging
• Opera

Office: 416-978-6616
Home: 416-604-9471
Email: l.hutcheon@utoronto.ca
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Marie-Anne Visoi

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of French, Faculty of Arts and Science

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts & Science
• Department
  • French
• Centres
  • Centre for Comparative Literature

Areas of Expertise

• Bilingual education
• Blended teaching and multi-modal learning in French
• Comparative literature
• French cultural studies
• French immersion

Office: 416-926-7108
Mobile: 416-554-4588
Languages: French
Website
Email: marie.visoi@utoronto.ca
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Neil ten Kortenaar

Professor

• Campus
  • U of T Scarborough
• Department
  • Comparative Literature
  • English
• Centres
  • Centre for Comparative Literature

Areas of Expertise

• African literature
• Caribbean literature
• Multicultural literature
• South Asian literature

Office: N/A
Home: 416 461-3795
Languages: French, Spanish, Dutch
Email: neil.kortenaar@utoronto.ca
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Pia Kleber

Professor, Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies;

Professor, Centre for Comparative Literature;

Helen and Paul Phelan Chair in Drama

• Campus
  • St. George
• Department
  • Drama
• Centres
  • Centre for Comparative Literature

Areas of Expertise

• International drama
• International theatre trends
• Theatre and drama in Canada
• Theatre history

Office: 416-978-7483
Home: 416-531-3139
Languages: German, French
Email: pia.kleber@utoronto.ca
Media availablity: TV, Radio, Print/Online

Uzoma Esonwanne

Associate Professor, Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Science

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts & Science
• Department
  • English
• Centres
  • Centre for Comparative Literature

Areas of Expertise

• African literature
• Colonial discourse theory
• Literary theory

Office: 416-946-3917
Home: 416-780-0479
Languages: Igbo
Email: uzoma.esonwanne@utoronto.ca
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