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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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First Time Traveler & SLLC Sophomore N’deye Diop Thrives in Korea

May 14, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Wondering what studying abroad might look like if you’ve never been on a plane? Meet N’deye Diop ‘26, Arabic student, first-time traveler, Black and Muslim woman. Diop shares her experience with Winter at Yonsei and advice for other students like her.

“Life-changing” study abroad pilgrimage in Spain opens students to new perspectives, cultures.

May 13, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese

Students walk 78 miles of El Camino de Santiago de Compostela over spring break.

Valerie Orlando Awarded NEH Summer Stipend

May 10, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

The Professor of French and Francophone Literatures and Cultures embarks on a project exploring the portrayal of Algiers in contemporary Algerian literature.

2024 Outstanding German Studies Major Award Recipient: Alex Mauris

May 10, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Congratulations to Alex Mauris on being named one of this year's Outstanding German Studies Majors!

UMD Arabic Flagship Students Win Prestigious Boren Scholarship for Intensive Studies in Morocco

May 10, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

University of Maryland Students Achieve Prestigious Honor and Funding for Arabic Language Immersion Program in Meknes.

Language House: Fostering diversity, community, and growth at UMD

May 09, 2024 Language House, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

The Language House serves as a community for UMD students of all backgrounds.
BTAA-GIN BLOG

Finding “The Missing Link”: An Interview with Carmen Benito-Vessels

May 07, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese

Carmen Benito-Vessels talks about her newest project, a StoryMap Collection entitled "The Missing Link"

2024 Outstanding First-Year German Studies Award Recipient: Grace Bachmann

May 07, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, German Studies

Congratulations to Grace Bachmann on being named one of this year's Outstanding German Studies Students!
Prange Collection

The Gentle Art of Drawing

May 06, 2024 Japanese, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

To mark Kodomo no Hi (子供の日), celebrated every May 5th in Japan, we bring to you an article by Madeleine Willette who during her internship at the Prange conducted research on a drawing book for children.