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  • Screening Love and War in Troy: Fall of a City
    Classics professor ties story of Troy to 21st century in new book
    2022-01-25 - Classics professor Antony Augoustakis has just published an edited collection of essays called Screening Love and War in Troy: Fall of a City.
  • Xun Yan, Associate Professor of Linguistics
    Linguistics professor wins TOEFL Essentials New Scholar Award
    2021-12-22 - Linguistics professor Xun Yan has been chosen to receive the Test of English as a Foreign Language Essentials New Scholar Award this year.
  • Headshots of the graduate students involved in planning the symposium.
    SLCL graduate students use their diverse backgrounds to plan symposium
    2021-11-08 - On October 29th and 30th, SLCL hosted its first symposium as a school, “How Does Culture Move? Mobility and Stasis in Global Cultural History,” co-sponsored by the Humanities Research Institute. The symposium took place in a hybrid format with in-person sessions held at the Levis Faculty Center, which were also simultaneously streamed via Zoom. Take a...
  • Graphic that reads "Photo Contest Fundraiser Hosted by French & Italian Grad Students"
    GSFRIT Photo Contest Fundraiser
    2021-10-28 - The Graduate Student Association of French and Italian, a registered student association at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will be hosting a Photo Contest fundraiser this fall semester of 2021! All students and faculty are welcome to submit personal photos featuring Italy, Italophone, France, and Francophone regions and cultures during the week of Nov. 1st - 7th...
  • Headshot of Alexia Williams
    New faculty launch careers in LAS, SLCL
    2021-10-25 - Nearly 20 new faculty have joined the College of LAS this fall, with their research and teaching interests ranging from African American religious diversity to the human brain and the role of law during periods of crisis. Read below for a feature on one of SLCL's new professors, Alexia Williams. Other new SLCL faculty this fall include: Naoko Gunji, East...
  • Headshot of Carolyn Fornoff, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
    Carolyn Fornoff to lead the Inaugural Mellon Interseminars Project
    2021-10-14 - The Humanities Research Institute (HRI) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has announced the inaugural Interseminars project, led by professors Carolyn Fornoff of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Josue David Cisneros of the...
  • Headshot of Prof. George Gasyna
    George Gasyna interviewed for "Encounters with Polish Literature" Series
    2021-10-13 - George Gasyna, Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature was interviewed recently on the topic of the Polish mid-20th century "angry young man" author Marek Hłasko. This interview was part of a series called "Encounters with Polish Literature," which was created by the Polish Cultural Institute in New York. With the interviewer, David Goldfarb, they covered topics such as the...
  • Embassy of France grant to study narratives of racialization in the Mediterranean
    2021-09-28 - Congratulations to Professor Emanuel Rota (FRIT & EUC) and the transatlantic team of researchers associated with the project “Understanding Narratives of Racialization in the Mediterranean” for their grant from the Embassy of France! This grant has been awarded through the France@Illinois Center of...
  • Professor Dov Weiss interviewed about Jewish beliefs on good and evil
    2021-09-17 - Dov Weiss, Associate Professor of Religion, was recently interviewed by Kveller about the television series "Lucifer," a police procedural that touches on themes of sin, forgiveness, and the afterlife. Read Weiss’...
  • Decorative image showing various icons: two people, the planet Earth, cogs, a clock, paper, and more.
    SLCL to host "How Does Culture Move?" symposium
    2021-09-13 - Hosted by the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics and the Humanities Research Institute, "How Does Culture Move? Mobility and Stasis in Global Cultural History" will take place on October 29th and 30th. The symposium will have a hybrid format, meaning the sessions will be held simultaneously in-person at the Levis Faculty Center and...
  • Portrait of Dr. Daniel Maroun, recipient of the 10th Annual Lawrence R. Schehr Memorial Award
    Daniel Maroun wins 10th Annual Lawrence R. Schehr Memorial Award
    2021-09-09 - Contemporary French Civilization (CFC), published by Liverpool University Press, has announced the results of their 10th Annual Lawrence R. Schehr Memorial Award competition for the best conference paper submitted by a junior colleague in the field of contemporary French and Francophone civilization and cultural studies. Congratulations...
  • Infographic showing results from the Illini Success Survey. 90% of new LAS alumni secured first destinations. The average annual salary among literatures, cultures, and linguistics graduates was $68,857. That represents an increase of $16,182 over the previous year, the highest increase of any discipline.
    Study: Recent LAS graduates are successful at finding jobs and other opportunities
    2021-08-31 - A study of the early career paths of recent University of Illinois graduates reveals that new alumni from the College of LAS are successful in finding jobs and other first destinations. About 90 percent of new LAS alumni are securing jobs (including military service), continuing education, or volunteer/service positions, according to the...
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    Global Leaders Program encourages community outreach and new ideas among LAS students
    2021-06-28 - The Global Leaders Program is designed to foster collaboration between international and domestic students to engage the local community. One thing that makes a college campus so interesting is the new perspectives and attitudes brought by international students. A new Global Leaders Program in the College of LAS is...
  • Turk
    Alumna working to ‘un-invent waste’
    2021-06-28 - Alumna Lauren Turk (BA, ‘06, French commercial studies, communication; MA, ‘12, political science,...
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    SLCL receives funding for project to become the hub for intercultural communication and intercultural studies
    2021-06-25 - The School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics recently received funding as one of 10 projects as awarded by the University of Illinois System’s...

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