2025-12-19
- Comparative and world literature professor Waïl Hassan’s book "Arab Brazil: Fictions of Ternary Orientalism" (Oxford University Press, 2024) has received an Honorable Mention for the 2025 Albert Hourani Book Award from the Middle East Studies Association.
2025-12-17 - A student from the Department of Spanish & Portuguese is combining her culture with her love for science with the help of the Frances E. Smith Scheidel Scholarship.
2025-12-15 - Fifty years ago, Carol Fisher Saller stepped foot on the University of Illinois campus for the first time as an incoming freshman—and the first woman in her family to attend a university.
2025-12-10 - The Intensive Language Instruction Program (ILIP) returned for a second year this summer, following its relaunch in 2024. This time, some students didn’t even have to leave their homes—or their countries—to reach their language learning goals, thanks to new online offerings.
2025-12-05 - Learning to communicate across diverse cultures and backgrounds is a crucial skill—and one employers are actively looking for. A new offering from the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics is helping students develop that skill and learn how to apply it in the workplace.
2025-12-01 - The World Language Teacher Education (WLTE) program is consistently rated as excellent by the state of Illinois—and the teachers it produces are once again being recognized for their exceptional promise.
2025-11-17 - The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has awarded funding to several faculty members through the Study in a Second Discipline Program, which gives professors time and support to push beyond their primary discipline and cultivate new scholarly tools.
2025-11-12 - Anna Mendoza, a professor of linguistics, was recently featured by the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute for her research focusing on teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) and sociolinguistics.
2025-10-20 - Bulgarian language and culture studies are returning to the University of Illinois.
2025-10-15 - George Gasyna, a professor in the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures and the Department of Comparative & World Literature, has been named the new editor of the Slavic and East European Journal.
2025-10-08 - Entering the workforce after graduating can seem daunting, especially when you don’t know what the professional landscape will look like in the next five years. Kelley Francis (BA, ’09, Spanish) is helping students from the Hispanic community prepare to make that jump while keeping an eye on the future.
2025-10-01 - A student from the Department of Spanish & Portuguese has been named a recipient of the annual Voyager Scholarship, the Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service.
2025-09-29 - David Cooper, professor and head of the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures, has been elected president of the Association of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES).
2025-09-29 - Ten faculty members from the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics have received promotions.
2025-09-29 - The School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics welcomed nine new faculty members this fall. They join a group of talented faculty who lead externally funded and nationally recognized research projects, author major books and articles, and receive national and international awards and fellowships for their scholarship, service, and teaching.