#  Karen Thornber 

Harry Levin Professor in Literature and Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations 

Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning

 

 

 



   ![Prof. Karen Thornber](/sites/g/files/omnuum8766/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/rsea/files/thornber_karen017.jpg?itok=aV21f3xJ) 

 



 

 location\_on CGIS S222, 1730 Cambridge Street 

 smartphone [617-496-6244](tel:617-496-6244) 

 email <thornber@fas.harvard.edu> 

 



 

*Research Interests:* Comparative literature, world literature, and the literatures and cultures of East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan), as well as the Indian Ocean Rim (South and Southeast Asia, Middle East, Africa).



 

 

 





 

 

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