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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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German Student Awards 2021

May 24, 2021 German Studies

Anjali Gajendiran is the recipient of The Anneliese and Alfred Strauch Scholarship for Language Study. She is currently studying Bioengineering and Germanic Studies at UMD and plans to study abroad in Berlin in Spring 2022.

SLLC Director Addresses our Graduates

May 24, 2021 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Dr. Fatemeh Keshavarz addresses our 2021 Graduates in this video message. SLLC: Reflections on the Past and Hope for the Future

2020-2021 SLA MA and PhD Graduates

May 22, 2021 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Second Language Acquisition

Congratulations to the Second Language Acquisition graduates from the 2020-21 class! We are very proud of our fearless MA and PhD graduates who have succeeded in obtaining their degrees in SLA from the School of Languages, Lite

Objects of Desire: Online Exhibit

May 18, 2021 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French

All are invited to view "Objects of Desire," a virtual exhibit compiled by the students of FREN498E.

SLA Congratulates its Outstanding TAs

May 17, 2021 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Second Language Acquisition

The SLA program congratulates Takehiro and Adonis for obtaining the 2021 Outstanding TA awards.

Congratulations Language House Graduates!

May 13, 2021 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Language House

Congratulations to our four graduates from the Language House!

Dr. Baer publishes new book on German Cinema

April 28, 2021 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, German Studies

This book presents a new history of German film from 1980-2010, a period that witnessed rapid transformations,

Dr. Orlando publishes edited volume on teaching Haiti

April 23, 2021 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French

Working together with her colleague, Prof. Cécile Accilien of Kennesaw State University, Dr.

An Evening of Central American Poetry

April 21, 2021 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese

U.S.-Central American poets Maya Chinchilla, Leticia Hernández-Linares, Jenise Miller, and Janel Pineda read from their work.

Dr. Baer appointed co-editor of The German Quarterly

April 19, 2021 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, German Studies

Associate Professor of German and Media and Cinema Studies, Dr. Hester Baer has recently been appointed the next co-editor of German Quarterly.