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Arabic, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

UMD Launches Immersive Arabic Program in Jordan

Education Abroad announces Maryland-in-Amman, a new study abroad program launching Spring 2026 that transforms Jordan's vibrant capital into your classroom.

May 27, 2025 Language House, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Celebrating SLLC Graduates

Watch our students step into the next chapter.

May 21, 2025 Arabic, Language House, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Meet the 2025 SLLC Scholarship Awards Recipients

Five language students are awarded SLLC Scholarships.

May 06, 2025 Arabic, Language House, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Languages Compete in SLLC Mini World Cup 2025

SLLC hosts its third mini world cup for students and faculty.

May 06, 2025 Language House, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

SLLC Celebrates Maryland Day 2025

Maryland Day was filled with cultural events and international performances.

March 26, 2025 Arabic, Chinese, Cinema and Media Studies, French, German Studies, Japanese, Russian, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese

Unlock New Skills This Summer: Explore our 2025 Course Offerings

Gain ground and earn UMD credits through convenient 3 and 6-week summer sessions.

February 14, 2025 Language House, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Love Speaks Every Language

These SLLC students met their spouses while studying language.

February 11, 2025 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Foreign language studies are overlooked. A mandate would change that.

After spending a summer immersed in Jaipur, India, one University of Maryland student argues that language learning isn’t just a personal skill—it’s a global necessity.

January 15, 2025 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

The 10 Best Books of 2024

The staff of The New York Times Book Review chooses the year’s top fiction and nonfiction, including Álvaro Enrigue's "You Dreamed of Empires".

October 29, 2024 Cinema and Media Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, French, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Exploring French Art and Film: Brendan Berger’s ‘Life-Changing’ Year Abroad

The senior French and film student took in art at renowned museums and attended the Cannes Film Festival.

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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

Five SLA PhD students present at Virtual SLRF 2020

September 10, 2021 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Second Language Acquisition

Virtual SLRF 2020 was a great opportunity for its participants and presenters to share their research and catch up

2021-2022 Film Series - Systemsprenger: Rebels and Revolutionaries in German Cinema

September 08, 2021 German Studies

All films will be available with English subtitles. During the fall semester, all screenings will be held virtually.

Mellon Grant Funds Continuation of Persian and Arabic Digitization Project

September 03, 2021 Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

The $100k grant supports the development of user-friendly, open-source software to produce high-quality digital transcriptions of printed texts.