Faust and Mephisto Play Chess painting

Are modern politicians really making a deal with the devil?

Sept. 23, 2024

In an election season when accusations of ‘Faustian bargains’ are flying, CU Boulder scholar Helmut Müller-Sievers reflects on what that really means.

Marble bas-relief of Euripides

Uncovered Euripides fragments are ‘kind of a big deal’

Aug. 1, 2024

CU Boulder Classics scholars identify previously unknown fragments of two lost tragedies by Greek tragedian Euripides.

Nathan Alexander Moore and The Rupture Files book cover

Dystopian ‘fissures of disaster’ intensify our own world

July 12, 2024

In newly published story collection The Rupture Files, CU Boulder’s Nathan Alexander Moore explores identity and community in dystopian worlds.

Humphrey Bogart in a scene from "The Big Sleep"

A guy, a gun and a dangerous blonde … and why we like them

March 28, 2024

Remembering writer Raymond Chandler at the 65th anniversary of his death, a CU Boulder English scholar reflects on the hard-boiled investigator and why this character still appeals.

A feast scene from A Muppet Christmas Carol

Even after 180 years, A Christmas Carol is no humbug

Dec. 20, 2023

CU Boulder Victorian literature scholars discuss why Charles Dickens’ classic is still retold and probably will be retold in Christmases yet to come.

Ancient Chinese painting of men and horses

Isn’t it strange? That human is actually an animal

Dec. 12, 2023

CU Boulder researcher Antje Richter studies early medieval Chinese records of the strange to understand how literature explores what it means to be human.

Painting of Hector and Paris from The Iliad

The Iliad’s ‘alien familiarity’ gets a makeover

Nov. 28, 2023

In a critically acclaimed new translation of The Iliad, CU Boulder classics Professor Laurialan Reitzammer sees the enduring relevance of Homer.

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CU Boulder to revamp doctoral studies in the literatures

Nov. 8, 2016

In an effort to recruit the most talented students, the University of Colorado Boulder will fundamentally restructure the support for doctoral studies in its six literature Ph.D programs with the new Consortium of Doctoral Studies in Literatures and Cultures.