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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.

October 14, 2024 English, History, Russian, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

2024-2025 Maya Brin Resident Maxim Osipov

The Maya Brin Residency Program is thrilled to announce the visit of Maxim Osipov.

October 10, 2024 Communication, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese

2024 Mark and Heather Rosenker Lecture featuring Joe Mazza

Joe Mazza presents "Enduring Words" for the 2024 Rosenker Lecture

September 17, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese

Honoring ‘Las Muertes’

Ana Patricia Rodríguez and two of her students highlight how D.C.’s Salvadoran diaspora uses art to grapple with painful past in new documentary

June 12, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Persian

PERS 251 / HIST219: Student research reflects study in Iranian modernity

A digital exhibit of student work created for PERS251 / HIST219

June 07, 2024 Arabic

Four Arabic Flagship Students Win Prestigious 2024–25 ARHU Boren Scholarships

The students will embark on two semesters of immersive language study in Meknes, Morocco.

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In Memory: Professor Emerita Madeleine Cottenet Hage

October 19, 2021 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French

The French department remembers Dr. Hage

The Conversation

French outrage over US submarine deal will not sink a longstanding alliance

October 15, 2021 French, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Despite a major breach of trust, the recent spat between France and the US corresponds to a long cycle of conflict and rapprochement between the two countries.

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."