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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.

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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Dr. Hernán Sánchez M. de Pinillos at the Library of Congress

November 16, 2016 Spanish and Portuguese

On October 21 professor Hernán Sánchez Martínez de Pinillos presented a lecture on Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra at the Library of Congress as part of the library’s celebration of Cervantes’ life and work.

2016-17 Scholarship Recipients

November 15, 2016 American Studies, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Chinese, French, Romance Languages, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

ARHU is pleased to announce the 2016-17 Senior Scholars, Scholarship Recipients and Freshmen Scholars.

Lecture and "Tricks of the Trade" with Javier Uriarte

November 04, 2016 Spanish and Portuguese

Professor Javier Uriarte will be visiting the Department to give a presentation followed by an informal discussion

"Cortar y Pegar": An Event with Professor Antonia Viu

November 04, 2016 Spanish and Portuguese

Professor Antonia Viu of the Adolfo Ibáñez University (Chile) gave a talk at the University of Maryland.

Anthology of Spanish American Thought and Culture

October 24, 2016 Spanish and Portuguese

Jorge Aguilar Mora has published the Anthology of Spanish American Thought and Culture

Walter Mangold Series by Dr. Saúl Sosnowski

October 24, 2016 Spanish and Portuguese

Dr. Saúl Sosnowski is the 2016 Walter Mangold Visiting Scholar at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Alumni Spotlight: Paul Wlodkowski

October 20, 2016 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, German Studies

German Studies and Engineering Major 2015

Important New Developments in Arabographic OCR

October 05, 2016 Arabic, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, Persian

Important New Developments in Arabographic Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

2016 Maya Brin Residents: Valera and Natasha Cherkashin

September 27, 2016 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Russian

The Maya Brin Residency Program is pleased to welcome the Russian artists Valera and Natasha Cherkashin

Central American International Film Festival

September 23, 2016 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese

On September 16 through September 18, 2016 LASC and SPAP with the support of Film Studies, USLT, and MICA co-hosted the Central American International Film Festival at the Stamp Student Union in the University of Maryland.