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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 student awarded $3000 scholarship for study abroad

December 10, 2021 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Italian

The Italian program is pleased to announce that the recipient of this year’s Gloria Friedgen Scholarship is our distinguished student Marcella Finelli. Marcella is a junior double majoring in Italian Studies and Education.

Maryland Today

Two graduating language minors among those named Senior Marshals

December 10, 2021 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Students with minors in French and Spanish honored as senior marshals

German Cluster wins first place at Language House Film Festival

December 08, 2021 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Language House, German Studies

A friendly competition among language clusters at this annual event

Call for proposals: Héros et Héroïnes ordinaires: micro et macro-résistances dans les films de fiction après 2001

December 08, 2021 French, Cinema and Media Studies

A bilingual film studies conference

Delta Phi Alpha Scholarship Recipient

December 07, 2021 German Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

The German Studies program congratulates Caroline Pugh

El Espectador, Colombia

Luis Charry debuts biweekly column in Colombian Newspaper

November 20, 2021 Spanish and Portuguese

Focusing on writers

Dean's Senior Scholars Announced

November 15, 2021 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Two scholars, in Spanish and Arabic, balance rigorous academics with service to the community

Winter Session January 3-21, 2022

November 12, 2021 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Gain ground and earn UMD credits through this convenient 3-week session. Classes meet online. Current UMD students simply register. All other students must first apply.

The Diamondback

James Gao (1948-2021), Historian of the Chinese Revolution and Member of the Center for East Asian Studies

November 10, 2021 Center for East Asian Studies

James Gao, Professor of Modern Chinese History at the University of Maryland, College Park, died on October 26, 2021, at the age of 73. The cause was cancer.

SPAP community engagement at DC Bilingual School

November 09, 2021 Spanish and Portuguese, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Juguemos a leer. Reading in Your Heritage Language.