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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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Film Festival - Rediscovered Cinema on Tour

February 02, 2023 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Cinema and Media Studies, Italian

Featuring historic films on revolutionary movements for national independence from around the world, and Buster Keaton’s classics with original live music accompaniment, the film festival "Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour" takes place March 9 through 12.

Summer Language Institutes in Arabic and Persian

January 31, 2023 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Registration is open for our summer institutes in Arabic, Korean and Persian

Maryland Today

UMD Announces Independent Scholarship, Research and Creativity Award Recipients

January 27, 2023 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, English, School of Music, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Program supports faculty projects with grants.

Winter Session January 3-23, 2023

December 22, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Gain ground and earn UMD credits through this convenient 3-week session. Classes meet online. Current UMD students simply register. All other students must first apply.

Language learners and tutors gather to share international dishes at “Around the World Food Tasting”

December 19, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

The Language Learner Partner Program holds its end of semester event

Students unpack the legacy of colonialism through the lens of an Italian Ethiopian community

December 06, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Italian, Cinema and Media Studies

The students of the Italian Black Writers in Translation course presented "Asmarina" on Monday, December 5 at the Language House. Asmarina is a documentary film about the Habesha (Eritrean and Ethiopian) community in Milan, Italy.

Iran Update, November 18, 2022

November 18, 2022 Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, Persian, Persian Flagship

A message from the faculty and staff of Roshan Institute for Persian Studies:

Japan from the Margins

November 13, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Japanese

Students in JAPN 424 visit the Prange collection in the library

In Memoriam: Professor Rose-Marie Oster and Professor Günter Pfister

November 09, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, German Studies

It is with sadness that the Department of German Studies and the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures announce the passing of two beloved faculty members, Professor Emerita Rose-Marie Oster and Professor Emeritus Günter G. Pfister