Heather Auksi

Completing her Honours Specialization in Comparative Literature at UWO, Heather is currently in the second year of her Masters Program. Her MA thesis focuses on the political and narrative appeal of Dante's Commedia for Holocaust survivors searching for a way to express their experiences. Heather hopes to continue with academics furthering her interest with Dante's corpus and his political concerns through his works. Staying at UWO for her MA has allowed Heather the opportunity to co-organize the CLC Graduate Student Conference and the CL Forum. She has also been enjoying the teaching opportunities, which is the main reason she chose UWO for her MA.

Kevin Godbout

I am from New Brunswick and received my MA in English from York University before coming here to Western. I began my PhD graduate studies in English, then decided to come over to Comparative Literature this past September. My languages are French and English, with some German. I'm a bit overly dedicated to the works of English artist William Blake, but I am working to expand my horizons, especially in literary theory. Benjamin, Deleuze, Derrida, de Man, Nietzsche, Hegel and Foucault are forming parts of my horizons and constellations. I've studied the history of French and English and I'm particularly enthusiastic about the various religions and "mysticisms" of the world. I tend to investigate various frames of origins in my reading and I hope to turn these readings into an eventual research project and PhD dissertation.

Agnes Herra

Agnes Herra is a third year PhD student in Comparative Literature. Her dissertation project is on postresistance literature, specifically in the Polish and African-American literary traditions. She completed her BA in English at Queen's University and her MA in English and Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her research interests include memory, trauma, resistance writing, human rights narratives, postcolonial literature, American studies and Polish Literature.

Wu, Meng was educated and professionally trained in South China. She is currently a Master’s candidate in Comparative Literature at The University of Western Ontario. Her research interests include contemporary Chinese essays, short fiction, diasporic literature and memory writing.