08/31/2023 - Two faculty members from the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics have received promotions. The College of LAS announced 32 faculty promotions to take effect during the fall semester....
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08/25/2023 - Jazmine Summerville wears many hats as an office manager for the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics. After working for three years on campus, she knows that helping someone’s day run...
08/22/2023 - Nineteen faculty members have accepted new leadership positions in departments and other academic units within the College of LAS for the 2023-24 academic year, including several in the School of...
08/11/2023 - Known as the Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction, Ann Thayer Weldy (BA, ’54, French) helped readers find comfort—and themselves—in her books.
07/26/2023 - What happens when urban art becomes literally a global invasion? That’s the question addressed by Julie Gaillard, professor of French, who has been tracking...
07/19/2023 - There are things we’ve trained to do, and then there are the things we change for. John Levi Barnard, professor of English and comparative and world literature, describes how his scholarship and...
07/12/2023 - Russian president Vladimir Putin weathered a recent insurrection by the Wagner mercenary group, but the crisis has damaged his standing, said professor of Slavic languages and literatures Richard...
07/03/2023 - The recent riots in France have raised questions about French police’s "larger purpose" in the country, stated Daniel Nabil Maroun, a professor in the Department of French & Italian, on FRANCE 24...
06/15/2023 - The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has awarded funding to six teams of faculty and staff to advance innovative ideas that aim to improve student experiences, including one from the Department...
06/12/2023 - Spanish students Isela Villasenor and Brandon Snipe are the first two students to participate in the Mayo Clinic & Illinois Alliance’s new Health Equity Research Experience at Mayo Clinic (HERE...
06/09/2023 - Arabic minor Yousra Mahmoud has been named a 2023-2024 Humanities in Action scholar.
06/05/2023 - Comparative and world literature professor Eric Calderwood wrote about the diverse meanings attributed to al-Andalus and the enduring cultural influence it has today.
05/30/2023 - Thirteen University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students and recent graduates, including three from the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics, were offered Fulbright grants to pursue...
05/25/2023 - Jacqueline Becerra, a senior double majoring in English and linguistics and teaching English as a second language, has been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to study...
05/16/2023 - Cecilia Espinosa, a sophomore majoring in communication and political science with minors in Spanish and business, has been selected as a Key into Public...
