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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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Foxworth Initiative Grant Recipients For 2015-16 Announced

December 11, 2015 Art History and Archaeology, Art, College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Karen Bradley, Audra Buck-Coleman, Roberta Lavine And Jason Kuo Represent Third Foxworth Faculty Cohort.

Emily Tuttle: Connecting The Humanities With The Sciences

December 09, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, College Park Scholars-Arts, English, Jimenez-Porter Writers' House, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Emily Tuttle '17 uses the sciences to fuel her enduring passion for writing.

10 Ways to Experience Arabic Culture around Washington, DC

December 08, 2015 Arabic

From film festivals to live music to classical and contemporary art

Alumni Spotlight: Sean Zehmer

November 30, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, German Studies

English Language and Literature and Germanic Studies, 2011

10 Ways to Experience Japanese Culture around Washington, DC

November 06, 2015 Japanese

Find ways to experience Japanese culture in and around Washington D.C.

Author Nikky Finney Talks Poetry During A Visit To Campus

November 01, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, English, Jimenez-Porter Writers' House, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Nikky Finney talked to students about the inspiration behind her poetry.

Alumni Spotlight: Sebastian R. Delta

October 29, 2015 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, German Studies

Theater and Germanic Studies, 2012

2015-2016 Maya Brin Resident: Veniamin Smekhov

October 29, 2015 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Russian

The Maya Brin Residency Program is pleased to welcome Veniamin Smekhov

10 Ways to Experience German Culture around Washington, DC

October 28, 2015 German Studies

Find ways to experience German culture in and around Washington D.C.

10 Ways to Experience Italian Culture around Washington, DC

October 14, 2015 Italian

From art and film to bakeries and libraries