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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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2014-2015 Maya Brin Resident: Masha Gessen

April 20, 2015 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Russian

The Maya Brin Residency Program is pleased to welcome Masha Gessen

Professor Carmen Benito-Vessels Elected Member of ANLE

April 13, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese

We congratulate Dr. Benito-Vessels on her election as Miembro Correspondiente of the North American Academy of Spanish Language

2015 awardees of the Annelise and Alfred Strauch Scholarship

April 09, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, German Studies

Germanic Studies majors receive the Annelise and Strauch Scholarship

Former students of German receive Fulbright Assistantship

April 06, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, German Studies

Germanic Studies students receive prestigious Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships

2015-16 Capaa And Rasa Award Recipients

March 03, 2015 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, English, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

ARHU extends congrats to 19 faculty awardees.

2015-16 Capaa And Rasa Award Recipients

March 03, 2015 Art, American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, English, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

ARHU extends congrats to 19 faculty awardees.

Tribute to José Emilio Pacheco

January 26, 2015 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

February 17th at 6:45 pmat the Mexican Cultural Institute The University of Maryland's Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the School of Languages Literatures and Cultures, in collaboration with the Mex

German Major awarded ARHU Dean's Senior Scholar Award

November 17, 2014 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, German Studies

German Major Raleigh Joyner was awarded the competitive and prestigious ARHU Dean’s Senior Scholar Award this year

SLLC Recognized for Contributions to Latino Heritage Month

November 14, 2014 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese

The Department of Spanish & Portuguese hosted and contributed to numerous events during Latino Heritage Month

Dr. Mehl Penrose Publishes New Book

November 04, 2014 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese

Congratulations to Dr. Mehl Penrose, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, for his recent publication.