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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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Digital Stories of the Salvadoran Community Maryland Day '14

April 28, 2014 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Salvadoran Transmigrations and Transnationalism presented their digital stories of the Salvadoran transnational migration.

H. Baer Vambery Distinguished Professor Comparative Studies

April 24, 2014 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

H. Baer receives award for her project, Digital Feminisms: Transnational Activism in German Protest Cultures.

Professor Peter Beicken awarded SCALG-Robert L. Kahn Prize for poetry in German

March 28, 2014 German Studies

The Society for Contemporary American Literature in German supports contemporary literature by German writers in North America.

Recent SLLC Graduate Returns to German as CBYX Participant

March 24, 2014 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Kai Dambach will gain language and work experience abroad.

Meet an Alum: Krystle Norman

March 21, 2014 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Krystle Norman, a 2008 Spanish Language and Literature graduate, speaks about her Maryland experience.

José Emilio Pacheco (1939-2014)

January 29, 2014 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

José Emilio Pacheco died on Sunday, January 26 in Mexico City, at the age of 74. He was a soaring figure in contemporary poetry

Ana Patricia Rodríguez, Ideas that Serve

January 28, 2014 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Ana Patricia Rodriguez was recently awarded a Foxworth Creative Enterprise Initiative grant.

The Second-Annual PRAGDA Film Festival 2013

December 13, 2013 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Celebrating the New Wave of Iberoamerican Cinema screened the first of five films slated for the fall 2013 semester.

Meet The Faculty Of The Foxworth Initiative

December 06, 2013 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Psyche Williams-Forson, Ana Patricia Rodriguez and Leigh Wilson Smiley deliver Foxworth courses to serve the pressing issues of community partners.

Germanic Studies Major Named Dean's Senior Scholar

November 26, 2013 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

SLLC student Paul Massaro is one of seven seniors in Arts and Humanities recognized for academic performance.