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The Program offers advanced academic training for teaching and research in world languages, literatures, and cultures. See detailed degree requirements. A Perspective for Our TimesComparative Literature & Cultural Studies program is an interdisciplinary program with emphasis on world literatures and cultural theory. The Program promotes critical inquiries across languages, genres, disciplines, nations and cultures. More than an all-encompassing and universalizing vision of literature and culture, it is a program that examines the asymmetries of cultural and literary exchanges in the global economic and cultural markets. Our program is part of the J.William Fulbright School of Arts and Science, and it is one of the programs of the University of Arkansas that more clearly embodies the spirit of internationalism promoted by the senator and former president of the University, J. William Fulbright, a native of Arkansas, creator of the world- known Fulbright Scholarship Program. Comparative literature & Cultural Studies students take courses offered by the English and Foreign Language departments as well as courses in other departments. The program has a team of nationally and internationally recognized faculty members with expertise in different languages, literary periods, and theoretical approaches, including postcolonial theory, gender studies, film, cultural studies, and psychoanalysis. The University of ArkansasFounded in 1871 and known nationally for the Fulbright Center for International Affairs and programs such as Creative Writing and Translation, the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville is the primary research institution of the state of Arkansas. The University has about 17, 000 students from the U.S. and abroad. In 2004, the University was ranked among the top-tier research institutions in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report. More information... University LibrariesThe library system of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, is composed of the David W. Mullins Library (the main research facility on campus) and five branch libraries: the Robert A. and Vivian Young Law Library, the Fine Arts Library, the Chemistry Library, the Physics Library, and the Learning Resources Center. The combined holdings of the libraries total over 1.6 million volumes of books and bound periodicals and over 3 million items in microform. The Libraries currently receive over 17,000 separate journal and serial publications by subscription, gift, and exchange. Other resources in the collections include over 24,000 audio and visual materials, and several thousand maps, electronic databases (indexes and full text), and manuscripts. More information.... LocationThe University is located in the scenic Ozark Mountains. The Fayetteville metropolitan area is ranked by the U.S. Census Bureau as being the sixth fastest-growing metro area in the nation. In 2002, Northwest Arkansas was ranked 23rd among the top 269 metro areas considered as the "Best Places for Business and Career," according to Forbes magazine and the Milken Institute. More information... Admission RequirementsAdmission to the M.A. Program requires a Bachelor of Arts degree or its equivalent from an accredited institution, the GRE (verbal, quantitative, and analytic writing), 3 letters of recommendation, and a sample paper. International students and non-native English speakers are required to take the TOEFL or the IELTS (International English Language Testing System). Admission to the Ph.D. Program has the same basic requirements plus an M.A. or its equivalent. Application deadline: January 15 for fall admission. Earlier applications are encouraged. More information... Assistantships, Fellowships, Financial SupportGraduate assistantships are available from the English, the Foreign Language departments, the Middle East Studies program, or other departments. Graduate assistants normally teach two courses per semester. They receive a stipend plus tuition remission for as many as 10 graduate credit hours. In addition to the assistantships, there are other fellowships like the Benjamin Franklin Lever Tuition Fellowship. Two nationally competitive fellowships for Ph.D. applicants are the Doctoral Academy Fellowships and the Distinguished Doctoral Fellowships. Through the Academic Common Market, doctoral students from West Virginia and Tennessee are eligible for in-state tuition. More information... More informationPlease write or contact: Luis Fernando Restrepo, Director, Comparative Literature & Cultural Studies Program Kimpel Hall 425, The University of Arkansas , Fayetteville , AR 72701
email: lrestr@uark.edu
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Founded in 1958, the Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Program at the University of Arkansas offers a versatile and interdisciplinary curriculum leading to a Master's of Arts and a Ph.D. degrees.