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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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Charlee Bezilla Awarded Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship

May 07, 2020 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French

Charlee Redman Bezilla has been awarded the Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship for Fall 2020.

Maryland Today

Oscars' Identity Problems

February 07, 2020 Cinema and Media Studies

Academy loves old-fashioned movie-maybe too much, says film studies professor.

Journey to Japan

December 17, 2019 Japanese, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Graduating Japanese major lands job in Tokyo.

Dr. Phoenix Liu Scholarship Recipients Announced

December 17, 2019 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Language House

Established by over 30 Language House alumni in 2019 to recognize outstanding students in the Language House immersion program

Merrill Presidential Scholar, Garrett Yocklin

November 19, 2019 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Italian, Persian

Congratulations to Philip Merrill Presidential Scholar Garrett Yocklin and his faculty mentor, Stefania Amodeo, who were honored

Language House Open Mic Night

November 11, 2019 Language House

The Language House is hosting an Open Mic Night!The event will take place on November 21st from 7-8:30pm in St. Mary’s Hall Multipurpose Room. Anyone is welcome to come join us for a night of performances.

Hervé-Thomas Campangne awarded Nancy Lyman Roekler Prize

November 05, 2019 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French

Hervé-Thomas Campangne in the Department of French and Italian was awarded the Nancy Lyman Roelker Prize.

Medical Humanities Roundtable

October 17, 2019 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

an interdisciplinary roundtable discussion which grew out of the College of Arts and Humanities' new research and curricular

Valérie K. Orlando Receives Distinguished Chair Award

October 04, 2019 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French

Dr. Orlando receives Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair Award to France for research and teaching at the Université-Lumière

Remembering Professor Emerita, Graciela Palau de Nemes

September 30, 2019 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese

The SLLC community mourns the passing of Dr. Graciela Palau de Nemes. A long-time faculty member in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Professor Emeritus