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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.

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.

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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!

Germanic Studies Participating in the Green Office Program

May 14, 2019 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, German Studies

Germanic Studies is pursuing bronze level certification through the Office of Sustainability

2019-20 ARHU Boren Recipients

May 13, 2019 Arabic, French, Honors Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

The scholarships provide up to 20k for two semesters of critical language study.

2019-20 ARHU Fulbright Finalists

May 13, 2019 Arabic, French, German Studies, Honors Humanities, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese

The fellowships fund an array of global student exchanges.

Germanic Studies Awardees, Spring 2019

April 30, 2019 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, German Studies

Congratulations to our German Majors!

UMD Social Justice Day 2019 Awards

April 10, 2019 Art, Michelle Smith Collaboratory for Visual Culture , School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Inaugural awards recognize campus social justice initiatives.