About the Director
Dr. Dorota Heneghan
Dorota Heneghan is the Director of Comparative Literature and Associate Professor of Spanish at 海角社区. She received her PhD in Spanish from Yale University in 2008 and MA in German from the University of Silesia (Poland) in 1995. Her research centers on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Spanish Literature and Culture, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Modern Spanish Culture, Modern German, Russian, and Polish Narrative and Theater, Gender, Transatlantic Studies, and Art History. She is the author of Striking Their Modern Pose: Fashion, Gender, and Modernity in Gald贸s, Pardo Baz谩n, and Pic贸n, (Purdue University Press 2015). Dr. Heneghan was awarded the Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professorship at the Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Bristol, United Kingdom. She is the recipient of Spain鈥檚 Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sports, Hispanex Research Grant; Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain鈥檚 Ministry of Culture and United States鈥� Universities Research Grant; as well as an A. Bartlett Giamatti Fellowship at the Yale Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library; a Yale University John Perry Miller Grant and Yale University John F. Enders Grants. Dr. Heneghan is currently working on a book, Gender Relations and Nation in Sof铆a Casanova鈥檚 Writings from Poland (1913-1933), which is about the relationship between the Spanish writer, Sof铆a Casanova鈥檚 experiences in Poland and Russia and her input in the literary and political life of early twentieth-century Spain. Her work has also appeared in Revista de Estudios Hisp谩nicos, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, Siglo Diecinueve Literatura Hisp谩nica, Hispanic Review, Anales Galdosianos, and 贬颈蝉辫补苍贸蹿颈濒补. She is the recipient of numerous teaching awards: 海角社区 Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College Tiger Athletic Foundation Teaching Award, 海角社区 Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College Robert L. 鈥淒oc鈥� Amborski Faculty Teaching Award, Yale College Prize Teaching Awards, and most recently the 海角社区 Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures Award for Outstanding Teaching.
Vision Statement
The 海角社区 Program in Comparative Literature provides a vibrant, collaborative space for students and faculty to explore transnational and interdisciplinary research in literary, cultural, and artistic traditions. Through scholarship, teaching, and community engagement, the program establishes and maintains relationships with a number of local, national, and international entities. Mutual exchange is a core value that fosters the program鈥檚 dynamic scholarly atmosphere. The interdepartmental nature of the program creates an opportunity for dialogue and research that engages many different traditions, genres and languages across the globe. In addition to an excellent grounding in multiple areas of literary study, the program envisions expanding the geographical and cultural scope of student and faculty projects.