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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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“A national scholarship? I’m just Alyssa from Frederick!”

February 07, 2024 Korean, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

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.

Inaugural ‘Harmony Fellows’ Blend Disciplines, Forge New Directions for ARHU and UMD

January 31, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, History, Art History and Archaeology, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Art, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Classics, American Studies

Seven pairs of fellows, from ARHU and beyond, are working on a range of projects to innovate curricula, research and programming.

SLLC Graduate Students Awarded for Commitment to Students

January 25, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French, Spanish and Portuguese

Theavy Din and Daniela Paz Henandez have been recognized by the Graduate School.

2024 Maya Brin Artist-in-Residence Mikhail Durnenkov

January 23, 2024 Russian, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

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.

New York Times

Alvaro Enrigue, a Spanish Department Alumnus, Dreams of Empires in His Latest Book - The New York Times

January 11, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

For Álvaro Enrigue, a novelist fascinated with historical detail, the first meeting of the Aztecs and Spanish conquistadors is the obsession of a lifetime. He brings it to life in “You Dreamed of Empires.”

Assistant Professor of French Receives NHPRC-Mellon Planning Grant to Create Digital Edition of Global Antislavery Periodical

December 06, 2023 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French, College of Arts and Humanities, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities

The Revue des Colonies was published in France between 1834 and 1842.

The Diamondback

New Fraternity seeks to unite French speakers, provide networking opportunities

December 06, 2023 French, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Lambda Pi Delta aims to establish a community for French speakers.

Italian program brings filmmaker Duccio Chiarini as part of the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of Italo Calvino's birth.

December 05, 2023 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Italian

On November 13, 2023, the Italian program celebrated Italo Calvino, one of the most important Italian writers of the twentieth century.

SLLC Student Named 2023-24 Philip Merrill Presidential Scholar

November 30, 2023 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Chinese

The program honors Ira Valeza ’24, a double major in Chinese and government and politics, and her teacher mentors.

Maryland Today

Spanish Professor Retakes the Stage

November 20, 2023 Spanish and Portuguese, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, College of Arts and Humanities

Concert in Chile to reunite his influential 1990s rap group.