{"id":556,"date":"2013-08-21T02:38:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T09:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.templatesquare.com\/architect\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2018-09-20T12:16:27","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T19:16:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-pe5do-f533be769517ee1a042dfcd95cc4f446\">\n.avia-image-container.av-pe5do-f533be769517ee1a042dfcd95cc4f446 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-pe5do-f533be769517ee1a042dfcd95cc4f446 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-pe5do-f533be769517ee1a042dfcd95cc4f446 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-1960 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-1960 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/fading-paint-texture-TomEversley-1500x430.jpg\" alt='' title='fading-paint-texture--TomEversley'  height=\"430\" width=\"1500\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-27a253f63fa963bcd81cda5f7a0f1fc6\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-27a253f63fa963bcd81cda5f7a0f1fc6{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-27a253f63fa963bcd81cda5f7a0f1fc6 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-27a253f63fa963bcd81cda5f7a0f1fc6 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-27a253f63fa963bcd81cda5f7a0f1fc6 av-special-heading-h2  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_one_full '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >About Comparative Literature <span class='special_amp'>&amp;<\/span> Languages<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1eqtg-aff13ce56a6267c8686847f38497f336\">\n.flex_column.av-1eqtg-aff13ce56a6267c8686847f38497f336{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1eqtg-aff13ce56a6267c8686847f38497f336 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-bbc0c-844c896f447c7f9a7f2696fbac096ee0\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-bbc0c-844c896f447c7f9a7f2696fbac096ee0 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:14px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-bbc0c-844c896f447c7f9a7f2696fbac096ee0 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/undergraduate\/\">undergraduate programs<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/graduate-program\/\">Ph.D. program in Comparative Literature<\/a>\u00a0train students to become inventive, thoughtful, strident, and uncompromising readers. 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