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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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Mellon Grant Funds Continuation of Islamicate Text Digitization Project

July 05, 2022 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities

A $1.75 million grant will help expand digital access to Arabic, Persian, Ottoman Turkish and Urdu manuscripts and books.

Fall 2022 Leadership Appointments

June 30, 2022 English, National Foreign Language Center, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, History, University of Maryland Art Gallery, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Music, Art, Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity

Dean Bonnie Thornton Dill announces new leadership appointments.

Presentation: «Migraciones & Exilios, 20» y «Spain’s 1939 Exiles in the Americas and Maryland»

June 28, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

José María Naharro Calderón presents his edited volume on Spanish exiles in the Americas

Congratulations to our Recently Promoted Faculty

June 27, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

The SLLC is proud to announce the following faculty promotions

Five SLLC students awarded Critical Language Scholarships

June 24, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

These language students were were awarded the U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) for intensive language study in summer 2022

Students Will Study in Taiwan and Morocco on Prestigious Boren Awards

June 24, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Four SLLC students have received prestigious Boren Scholarships that will allow them to pursue intensive language study

SLLC Undergraduates awarded over $64,000 in scholarships

June 10, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

From study abroad support to awards for excellence in language learning our students are excelling!

2022–23 ARHU Fulbright Recipients

June 05, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Philosophy, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Four ARHU students receive the prestigious grant.

Graduate Student Awards 2022

June 03, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Congratulations to our Graduate students!

Undergraduates nominate outstanding SLLC TAs