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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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Students Will Study in Taiwan and Morocco on Prestigious Boren Awards

June 24, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Four SLLC students have received prestigious Boren Scholarships that will allow them to pursue intensive language study

SLLC Undergraduates awarded over $64,000 in scholarships

June 10, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

From study abroad support to awards for excellence in language learning our students are excelling!

2022–23 ARHU Fulbright Recipients

June 05, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Philosophy, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Four ARHU students receive the prestigious grant.

Graduate Student Awards 2022

June 03, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Congratulations to our Graduate students!

Undergraduates nominate outstanding SLLC TAs

June 03, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Six teaching assistants honored by SLLC undergraduates

French Department Honors and Awards

May 31, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French

As the academic year ends, we want to congratulate the Spring 2022 recipients of French and SLLC undergraduate scholarships and awards. These students were nominated by faculty and instructors and chosen for their skill and interest in French.

Caroline Eades receives Residency Fellowship at the Camargo Foundation

May 16, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French

Eades will use the residency to advance her project on "Habib Benglia: An Invisible and Omnipresent Figure of the Other in French Cinema"

John Daigle accepted to Seminar in Leipzig

May 10, 2022 German Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

John will spend the summer studying in Germany

The German Society of Maryland awards Yesenia Montenegro

May 02, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, German Studies

German Major awarded scholarship

The German Society of Maryland awards Anjali Gajendiran