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Comparative Literature / East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Haun Saussy is University Professor in the Departments of Comparative Literature and East Asian Languages and Civilizations. His interests include classical Chinese poetry and commentary, literary theory, comparative study of oral traditions, problems of translation, pre-twentieth-century media history, ethnography, and the ethics of medical care. His most recent book is The Ethnography of Rhythm: Orality and Its Technologies (Fordham University Press, 2016).