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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.

June 06, 2024 Persian Flagship, Persian, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies

Persian Flagship Program Renewed for 2024–28

The University of Maryland offers the only Persian Flagship Program in the United States.

April 02, 2024 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.

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.

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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

SPAP welcomes Columbian writer Melba Escobar

September 09, 2019 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese

SPAP welcomed Colombian writer and journalist, Melba Escobar, who was participating in the 2019 National Book Festival celebrated in Washington DC.

Filming Spain's Exile in our Hearts

September 05, 2019 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese

Events in this series are sponsorred by SPAP, SLLC, ARHU, UMD Grad School,

Regina Ianozi named Academic Advisor of the Year

September 04, 2019 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, German Studies

Congratulations to Dr. Regina Ianozi (Germanic Studies)

2019-20 New Faculty Appointments

August 29, 2019 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, Communication, History, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The College of Arts and Humanities welcomes the new faculty cohort to the University of Maryland.

SLLC Celebrates Boren Scholars

May 30, 2019 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Arabic, French

Congratulations to the 2019-2020 recipients of the Boren Scholarship!