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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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SPAP honors undergraduate awardees in virtual ceremony

May 11, 2020 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese

The Spanish & Portuguese program held a virtual ceremony to honor their 2020 inductees into Sigma Delta Pi.

Charlee Bezilla Awarded Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship

May 07, 2020 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French

Charlee Redman Bezilla has been awarded the Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship for Fall 2020.

Chinese Program Announces 2020 Scholarship Recipients

May 07, 2020 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Chinese

The Chinese Program congratulates the six 2020 Austin Rickett Memorial and Tsung Chin Chinese Calligraphy Scholarship recipients.

Sarah Benharrech Extended as SECFS President

May 07, 2020 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French

Dr. Sarah Benharrech's position as President of the Society for Eighteenth-Century French Studies has been extended to Spring 2021

Andrea Frisch Gives Biennial Georges Lurcy Lecture

May 07, 2020 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French

Dr. Andrea Frisch gave the biennial Georges Lurcy lecture at Amherst College in March 2020.

Charlee Bezilla organizes panel at NeMLA 2020 Convention

May 07, 2020 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French

Charlee Bezilla organized the panel "Fictions of Science/Scientific Fictions of the French Ancien Régime," at NeMLA 2020.

Valérie Orlando gives Fulbright-Tocqueville Presentation

May 07, 2020 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French

Dr. Valérie Orlando gave her inaugural presentation as Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair at Université de Lyon.

Mercédès Baillargeon co-edits Special Journal Issue

May 07, 2020 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French

Dr. Mercédès Baillargeon co-edits a special issue of the journal Contemporary French Civilization.

Arabic Studies Major Named UMD's First James C. Gaither Junior Fellow

April 30, 2020 Arabic

Jacqueline Stomski ’20 selected for prestigious fellowship.
Maryland Today

Oscars' Identity Problems

February 07, 2020 Cinema and Media Studies

Academy loves old-fashioned movie-maybe too much, says film studies professor.