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Jane Hinckley

Part-time/Adjunct Faculty, Comparative Arts & Letters
Affiliated Faculty, Women's Studies
JKB 3005H
801-422-9576
jane_hinckley@byu.edu
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Kerry Soper

Full-time Faculty, Comparative Arts & Letters
Affiliated Faculty, American Studies
JFSB 3008B
801-422-1242
kerry_soper@byu.edu
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Francesca Lawson

Full-time Faculty, Comparative Arts & Letters
3034 JFSB
(801) 422-5547
francesca_lawson@byu.edu
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James Swensen

Full-time Faculty, Comparative Arts & Letters
JFSB 3054
801-422-2206
james_swensen@byu.edu
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Julie Allen

Full-time Faculty, Comparative Arts & Letters
JFSB 3025
801-422-7891
julie_allen@byu.edu
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Beauty From Loss

June 13, 2020 12:00 AM
Collected creative works made by students at the Intermountain Indian School shed new light on a dark past.
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Education Week 2019: A Herculean Lecture

May 24, 2020 12:00 AM
Greek myths have been told time and again, but Professor Roger Macfarlane explores how these myths have been adapted to our modern culture.
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Shedding Light on the Dark Side of Vesuvius

April 12, 2020 12:00 AM
As part of The Leonardo museum’s Pompeii exhibition, Professor Roger Macfarlane lectured on the archaeological work that is happening at Mt. Vesuvius. 
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Author Q&A: Dr. George B. Handley, "If Truth Were a Child"

February 12, 2020 12:00 AM
Dr. George B. Handley of the Comparative Arts & Letters Department recently published his 11th book, If Truth Were a Child (2019). Unlike his previous titles—which include creative non-fiction, scholarly works, a memoir, and a novel—this book is a compilation of reflective essays analyzing the intersection between faith and intellectualism.
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Author Q&A: Dr. Larry H. Peer, “Romanticism: Seminal Insights"

January 06, 2020 12:00 AM
Dr. Larry H. Peer of the Comparative Arts & Letters department recently published his 18th book, titled Romanticism: Seminal Insights (Brigham Young University Press).
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College Welcomes Art History Program

October 11, 2014 12:00 AM
We are pleased to announce that the Board of Trustees has approved the transfer of the Art History program to the College of Humanities, and that it will be housed in the Department of Humanities, Classics and Comparative Literature, to be renamed the Department of Comparative Arts and Letters (CAL).
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