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Find the latest news and information from our departments and programs including student experiences, faculty research and awards, and alumni updates.

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.

April 02, 2024 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.

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.

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Maryland Today

Spicing Up the Terp Teaching Kitchen

September 15, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

UW professor cooks up fresh lessons for Big Ten course in UMD visit.

SLLC Faculty awarded funding to “Reimagine Learning”

September 01, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

The University’s Teaching and Learning Transformation Center has awarded funding to over 100 educational projects across campus focused on expanding active and experiential learning.

Roshan Institute celebrates Rumi's 815th Birthday

August 31, 2022 Persian, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies

Join us on September 18 for poetry, music, creativity, and community!

Digital Skills ‘Break Through’ Across Disciplines

August 24, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Communication, Art, School of Music

92 students in 24 majors participate in tech program’s Summer Guild.

Persian Flagship Students earn ACTFL Superior Proficiency rating

August 10, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Persian Flagship

Through the Persian Capstone immersion component students reached ILR level 3

NSF Grant Funds Research on Islamicate Manuscript Transcription Methods

August 02, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

The innovative humanities-computer science collaboration will enable tools for accurate and automatic transcription of Arabic script.

French Professor Receives Two Fellowships to Support Research on 19th-Century Abolitionist Journal

July 06, 2022 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Maria Beliaeva Solomon will be scholar-in-residence at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies.

Mellon Grant Funds Continuation of Islamicate Text Digitization Project

July 05, 2022 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities

A $1.75 million grant will help expand digital access to Arabic, Persian, Ottoman Turkish and Urdu manuscripts and books.