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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.

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.

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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.

2013-2014 Maya Brin Resident: Dmitry Bykov

November 01, 2013 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

The Maya Brin Residency Program is pleased to welcome Dmitry Bykov

PRAGDA FilmFest Now Underway

October 23, 2013 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

The festival opened with Con Mi Corazón en Yambo, a documentary on missing children in Ecuador.

José Kozer Comes to Maryland

October 18, 2013 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Celebrated Cuban poet engages students in a poetry reading and panel discussion.

Carmen Benito-Vessels Book Presentation

October 14, 2013 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Professor Carmen Benito-Vessels presented her latest book

Alvaro Enrigue publishes his PhD Thesis in Anagrama

September 12, 2013 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

ENTREVISTA: “Los latinoamericanos somos distintos y creo también que somos mejores”, dice Álvaro Enrigue

Karen Krausen, Provost’s Academic Advisor of the Year!

September 09, 2013 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Ms. Krausen was recognized at the Annual Undergraduate Studies Advising Conference on August 13, 2013.