UMD School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

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📚 Throwback Thursday! 📚Let’s take a trip back to Spring 1998, when the Language Center in the College of Arts & Humaniti...
10/01/2026

đź“š Throwback Thursday! đź“š

Let’s take a trip back to Spring 1998, when the Language Center in the College of Arts & Humanities at the University of Maryland celebrated the faculty, students, and community members making a difference through language education and outreach.

This issue of the Language Center Newsletter highlights recipients of the President’s Outstanding Service to the Schools Award, recognizing their work connecting Maryland’s language programs with local schools and communities. From the Olympiad of Spoken Russian to Language Day, these efforts brought language learning and cultural exchange to thousands of students across the region. 🌎📖

Nearly three decades later, the commitment to language education, outreach, and community engagement continues. ❤️

09/09/2026

🇵🇦UMD-Winter: Experiential Learning in Medical Spanish (SPAN)

Experience Panamanian culture on this medical Spanish travel program as you learn about the country’s public health systems and take Spanish language and culture classes while advancing your knowledge of Spanish from either high beginner, intermediate, or advanced!

Dates: January 3, 2027 - January 24, 2027

Program Leader: Chris Lewis, [email protected]

Learn More: go.umd.edu/panama-span-winter

Apply by September 30th!

09/09/2026

Two French programs!

UMD-SUMMER FRANCE the Mediterranean (FREN)

A daily language course, local excursions, and the opportunity to live with a French family in Montpellier await you! This study abroad program will push your French language skills to the next level!
Apply by February 17!

Dates: May 29 - June 19, 2027
Program Leader: Hannah Wegmann
Learn more: go.umd.edu/france-fren-summer

Maryland-in-Aix Semester or year program
About the Program

Maryland-in-Aix invites you to immerse yourself for a full semester in the historic and culturally rich city of Aix‑en‑Provence! This program combines rigorous academic coursework in French, direct enrollment in French university courses, and an immersive living-abroad experience in a metropolitan French city, offering both academic engagement and the opportunity to immerse yourself in the local culture while mastering French. Situated in Provence, just a short train ride from Marseille and the Mediterranean coast, Aix-en-Provence offers a perfect blend of provincial charm within a globalized world, ideal for students seeking to improve their language abilities and take on a new intellectual challenge.

Deadline for Spring 2027 09/30/2026

09/09/2026

🇬🇵UMD-SPRING BREAK GUADELOUPE
Global Black France in the Caribbean (FREN/AAAS)

Discover Guadeloupe’s rich history and culture through this immersive study abroad program to the Caribbean, exploring the country’s complex relationship with mainland France as an French Overseas Department (DOM), its colonial legacies, the transatlantic slave trade, and vibrant local traditions through site visits to plantations, memorials, museums, and UNESCO Slave Route landmarks, including the Mémorial ACTe!

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Dates: March 13, 2027 - March 21, 2027

Program Leaders: CĂ©cile Accilien, [email protected]
Learn More: go.umd.edu/guadeloupe-FREN

09/09/2026

Spend your Spring Break walking the Camino!

🇪🇸UMD-SPRING BREAK
SPAIN El Camino de Santiago de Compostela
/ Saint James Way (SPAN/RELX)
Solvitur ambulando, “It is resolved by walking”

Explore historical, artistic, folkloric, and literary traditions as pilgrims of the 1000-year-old Spanish tradition, El Camino de Santiago. Wrap up your journey by receiving an official document from Santiago’s pilgrimage office - La Compostela - to mark your accomplishment!

Taught in English!
3 credits.
Open to all majors and minors!

More than $900,000 given out through the Education Abroad Scholarship last year.

Check out the easy steps to apply in your application!
Dates: March 14, 2027 - March 21, 2027
Program Leader: Ginette Eldredge, [email protected]
Learn More: go.umd.edu/santiago-SPAN

09/09/2026

Spend this winter term in Taiwan!

🇹🇼 UMD-Winter: Taiwan: Exploring a Democratic Sinophone Society (CHIN)

Discover how Taiwan evolved into a thriving democracy and a global leader in technology through an immersive, first-hand experience.

This course offers a deep dive into Taiwan’s vibrant and diverse cultures, providing multiple perspectives on its remarkable transformation.

Students will explore Taipei, a dynamic metropolis where modern innovation meets rich traditions, while embarking on field trips across central and southern Taiwan to uncover the island’s unique regional charm.

Apply by September 30!

Dates: December 27, 2025 - January 17, 2026

Program Leader: Minglang Zhou, [email protected]
Learn More: go.umd.edu/taiwan-CHIN

LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE!SLLC 118A:INTRODUCTORY SPOKEN SANSKRIT Fall 2026 STIC Course Offering!In this introductory Spoken S...
09/05/2026

LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE!
SLLC 118A:
INTRODUCTORY SPOKEN SANSKRIT Fall 2026 STIC Course Offering!
In this introductory Spoken Sanskrit course, you’ll:
• Build conversational skills through interactive dialogue and activities
• Learn essential vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar through active use
• Learn to think and communicate naturally in
Sanskrit
• Discover the ideas, stories, and traditions woven into the language
Wednesdays @ 3:30 - 4:20 | 1 Credit
Contact:
Course Instructor: Niva Mangalampalli
[email protected]
Faculty Advisor: Sean Pue
[email protected]

🎉Tetiana Tytko received an MPower Research Assistantship for her eye-tracking research on how multilingual learners acqu...
09/04/2026

🎉Tetiana Tytko received an MPower Research Assistantship for her eye-tracking research on how multilingual learners acquire and retain multiple meanings of words.

🎉Ruirui Jia earned a highly competitive Language Learning Dissertation Grant—one of just 10 awarded globally—for her study of how second-language readers learn new meanings of familiar words.

🎉Mireia Toda Cosi also received a Language Learning Dissertation Grant for her large-scale meta-analysis examining how cognitive abilities such as memory and pattern learning shape second-language outcomes.

Read more about their award-winning research at the link in our bio. đź”—

Congratulations to Dr. Ali Abasi on his recent book! “Discourse Markers in Persian, Talk-in-Interaction actions and prac...
08/13/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Ali Abasi on his recent book! “Discourse Markers in Persian, Talk-in-Interaction actions and practices”, Palgrave Macmillan publishers.

06/04/2026

UMD students have arrived for their summer in Salamanca, Spain and then will travel on to Barcelona! They will be taking courses and experiencing everything Spain has to offer!

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