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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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Bonnie Thornton Dill, Longtime Dean of UMD’s College of Arts and Humanities, to Step Down this Spring

April 12, 2022 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, Communication, English, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, Linguistics, Philosophy

The pioneering scholar of intersectionality helped usher in a more diverse faculty, power up collaboration and research and launch interdisciplinary, arts-tech centered programs.

Upcoming Roshan Institute Events

April 11, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies

Join the Roshan Institute community for these exciting events!

The Diamondback

How Language instructors are creating a gender-inclusive Hebrew

April 01, 2022 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Every language in the world has a different relationship with gender. English sits with Finnish and Chinese with no grammatical gender, while the most commonly spoken languages in Europe and some in the Middle East use gender to classify their nouns.

Summer Language Courses Online May 31 - August 19, 2022

March 30, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Gain ground and earn UMD credits through these convenient summer sessions. Classes meet online. Current UMD students simply register. All other students must first apply.

2021-2022 Maya Brin Resident Aleksandr Skidan

March 25, 2022 Russian

The Maya Brin Residency Program is pleased to welcome Aleksandr Skidan

The Cinephile New Wave Podcast

Professors Arsenjuk, Federici and Resmini interviewed about Cinema Ritrovato On Tour

March 24, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Cinema and Media Studies, Italian

Cinefile New Wave Podcast

Elisa Gironzetti Publishes a New Book

March 21, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

The Multimodal Performance of Conversational Humor

German Studies Professor Dr. Baer authors a new book

March 17, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Dr. Baer explores the aesthetic and theoretical importance of the 1968 German Film The Cat Has Nine Lives.

International Women Day event at the Italian Embassy with our students

March 11, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Italian

Students of Italian participated in a special event at the Italian Embassy with the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of U.S. House of Representatives. The event was officiated by the Ambassador of Italy in the United States, Mariangela Zappia.