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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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The Diamondback

Panel Discusses History, Controversy Surrounding Django Unchained

February 04, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, English, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Members of the university’s film department discuss Django Unchained as a way to invite students to discuss films currently showing in theaters.

ARHU Insights with Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak

January 21, 2013 Persian, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak shares his research on the multifaceted history of Persian literature.
Maryland International

Maryland Students Win Record Number Of Gilman Scholarships To Study Abroad

January 14, 2013 History, College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French, Italian, Japanese, Russian

Four students from College of Arts and Humanities awarded Spring 2013 Gilman Scholarships.

2013-14 Capaa And Rasa Award Recipients

December 04, 2012 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Numerous ARHU faculty received Creative and Performing Arts Awards (CAPAA) or Research and Scholarship Awards (RASA) for 2013-14.
The Graduate School

2013-14 Capaa And Rasa Award Recipients

December 04, 2012 Art, American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Numerous ARHU faculty received Creative and Performing Arts Awards (CAPAA) or Research and Scholarship Awards (RASA) for 2013-14.

Rubén Ríos lee en la Universidad de Maryland: Queer Baroque

November 28, 2012 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Rubén Ríos Ávila reads at Stamp Student Union. 

2012-13 New Faculty Appointments

October 25, 2012 Art, American Studies, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Persian, School of Music

The College of Arts and Humanities welcomes new faculty cohort to UMD.

Senior Awarded Fulbright to Germany

May 11, 2012 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Active UMD student receives scholarship for travel to Europe.

2012-2013 Boren Scholarships Announced

May 10, 2012 English, History, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, Persian, Spanish and Portuguese

Eight ARHU students awarded Boren Scholarships and Fellowships.

Senior Wins Prestigious Award in Spanish Literature

May 07, 2012 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

For the first time, an undergraduate wins the Pilar Sáenz Award.