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School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Meet the Eight Language Students Awarded $10,000 in Scholarships

Students prepare for careers in translation, counseling psychology, medicine, linguistics and microbiology informed by language studies and study abroad.

February 07, 2024 Korean, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

“A national scholarship? I’m just Alyssa from Frederick!”

Meet Alyssa Taylor '24—she spent the 2022-23 school year in Korea as a Gilman scholar at Seoul National University. Now, she's connecting students to their own study abroad journeys as a Global Learning Ambassador for Education Abroad.

January 23, 2024 Russian, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

2024 Maya Brin Artist-in-Residence Mikhail Durnenkov

The Maya Brin Residency Program is proud to announce Artist-in-Residence, Mikhail Durnenkov, who will be a visiting faculty member in the SLLC and the TDPS for the Spring 2024 semester.

November 20, 2023 Spanish and Portuguese, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, College of Arts and Humanities

Spanish Professor Retakes the Stage

Concert in Chile to reunite his influential 1990s rap group.

November 13, 2023 French, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

French Program Alumni receives $50,000 grant for research on Haitian women’s literature

Dr. Cae Joseph-Masséna will use her year-long research fellowship from American Association of University Women to work on her first book manuscript.

November 09, 2023 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, College of Arts and Humanities, Russian

Trampoline Gymnast Jumps to the Top

Undergrad heads to world championships with Olympic berth on the line.

September 22, 2023 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, English, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, History, Douglass Center

Breaking the M.O.L.D. Launches Second Cohort for Leaders of Color and Women in Higher Ed

The Mellon Foundation-funded initiative prepares underrepresented arts and humanities faculty at three Maryland universities for leadership roles.

June 06, 2023 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

The SLLC Celebrates its Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 Graduates

The School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (SLLC) at the University of Maryland recently held its Spring 2023 Commencement Ceremony, honoring the achievements of its undergraduate and graduate students.

May 22, 2023 History, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Paulina Leder ’23 Named Undergrad Researcher of the Year

The triple major explored filmmaker’s striving for artistic freedom in East Germany.

March 16, 2023 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Russian

2023 Maya Brin Resident Liudmila Novikova

The Maya Brin program brings leading Russian cultural figures to the University of Maryland for short term stays.

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Virtual gallery of MENA theatre extended through December

October 12, 2021 Persian, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies

Rebels and Revels: A Virtual Photo Exhibit on the Theatre of the Middle East offers access to 58 rare photos from six countries

Digital Guide to Theatre in the Middle East Launches

October 11, 2021 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, Persian

Professor Marjan Moosavi has created a new guide to MENA theatre in the 21st century

Maryland Today

The State of Spanish in the DMV

October 01, 2021 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

UMD researchers to record and document the unique linguistic features of the region’s Spanish speakers.

Italian program welcomes students and new lecturers

October 01, 2021 Italian

Porta un amic@ - Bring a friend

Rodríguez honored for Service to College

September 29, 2021 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese

Ana Patricia Rodriguez honored with Faculty Service Award

ARHU 2021 Service Award Winners Announced

September 22, 2021 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, Classics, History, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, College of Arts and Humanities

Six exceptional members of the ARHU community received an annual service award.

Baillargeon awarded Auerbach Cinema and Media Studies Research Award

September 16, 2021 French, Cinema and Media Studies

Baillargeon will use the award to complete her project, "Missed Connections: (Post/Trans) Nationalism, Intimacy, and Identity in Contemporary Québécois Cinema."

Foundation for Individual Rights in Education

Faculty Network interview: Cynthia Martin, University of Maryland

September 14, 2021 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Russian

This month, we talked with Cynthia Martin, Associate Professor of Russian at the University of Maryland. Dr. Martin is currently the Undergraduate Program Director for Russian, teaching a variety of courses on Russian language, literature, and culture.

Andrea Frisch is Senior Fellow at the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study in 2021-22

September 12, 2021 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French

Frisch (FRIT) is one of eighteen international scholars awarded research fellowships at the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study for 2021-22