2023-02-27
- Childhood is a key time when it comes to maintaining a heritage language. A new book by Spanish and linguistics professor Silvina Montrul brings together three such languages—Hindi, Romanian, and Spanish—spoken in the U.S. and demonstrates how heritage speakers can end up driving language change as they try to reconcile their heritage with their environment.
2023-02-24 - Faculty from Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education (SLATE), the Department of Linguistics, and the Program in Translation and Interpreting Studies are collaborating with the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to develop an online training program for interpreters for Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings in Illinois schools.
2023-02-22 - The French undergraduate curriculum is set to undergo revisions, with the help of a highly competitive grant. Professor Daniel Nabil Maroun obtained $12,000 in funding from the French Embassy and the FACE Foundation (French-American Cultural Exchange) to develop new courses and rethink what language education looks like in the process.
2023-02-20 - Valerie J. Hoffman, research professor emerita in the Department of Religion, has served at the University of Illinois for more than 39 years. She’s gone from convincing the university that a position in Islamic studies was necessary to being greeted as a star by persecuted Muslims in Africa. She describes her career and how her field has changed...
2023-02-14 - In a fascinating research project, Rini Mehta, an associate professor of comparative literature and religion at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, is using Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore’s songs to teach computers to recognize the concept of love.
2023-02-10 - The College of LAS has selected 14 professors, graduate students, lecturers, and an advisor as the recipients of the 2023 teaching and advising awards, including two from the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics.
2023-02-03 - Spanish alumna Brittney Nadler was recently awarded a Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship. Funded by the U.S. Department of State and administered by Howard University, the Pickering Fellowship supports individuals who seek careers in the State Department’s Foreign Service.
2023-01-31 - Nine alumni from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences will receive the college’s 2023 annual alumni awards at a celebration in April, including two from the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics.
2023-01-23 - Illinois alumna Laura Rodríguez-Romaní (BA, ’10, anthropology, Spanish; ME, ’14) has a passion for bilingual education and literature. As the curator and owner of the independent online bookstore Los Amigos Books, she specializes in authentic Spanish and bilingual literature for children and...
2023-01-06 - It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Bruce Rosenstock, professor of religion and director of graduate studies in the Department of Religion.
2022-12-19 - The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is recognizing several staff members and academic professionals for their outstanding contributions in 2022-2023, including Brenden Carollo, director of fourth semester Spanish in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese.
2022-12-16 - Classics graduate student Ky Merkley is being recognized for their exceptional dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion as one of four 2022 recipients of the Larine Y. Cowan Make a Difference Awards. The Larine Y. Cowan Awards are presented annually to University of Illinois faculty and staff by the ...
2022-12-14 - Two faculty members in the Department of French & Italian will spend part of the spring semester revising one of their courses with inclusivity in mind, with the help of a highly competitive award. Professors Julie Gaillard and...
2022-12-12 - It’s been a busy year for Antony Augoustakis, professor of classics and interim director of SLCL. Along with taking over leadership of the school for the fall semester, he also published four books, all projects that have been several years in the works.
2022-12-07 - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign senior Grace Mitchell, of Dixon, Illinois, was named a Schwarzman Scholar, one of 151 recipients selected from an international pool of nearly 3,000 applicants. Mitchell is pursuing a double major in East Asian languages and cultures and in political science.