2024-05-29
- Twenty years ago, Ann Abbott, professor and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, created SPAN 232 as the university’s first and only general education course that is not taught in English. Since then, the course has grown from having about 12 students a semester to about 60 students a semester.
2024-05-20 - Waïl Hassan learns new languages to write a book that examines Brazilian literature.
2024-05-16 - The School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics celebrated the Class of 2024 with a convocation ceremony this spring.
2024-05-13 - The U.S. Department of State has selected a faculty member from SLCL for their English Language Specialist Program.
2024-05-06 - The School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics is celebrating the Class of 2024 with a convocation ceremony on Saturday, May 11.
2024-05-03 - The School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics is proud to present the awardees for academic year 2023-24.
2024-05-01 - An annual study of recent alumni reports that 95 percent of SLCL alumni who graduated during the 2022-23 period secured a first destination within six months of commencement.
2024-04-29 - Four faculty members from the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics have received Summer Faculty Fellowships from the Humanities Research Institute for 2024.
2024-04-25 - Learning may begin in a classroom—but it doesn’t have to stop there. Few people embody that idea more than Douglas Kibbee, former director of the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics and emeritus professor of French.
2024-04-15 - Four University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students were awarded U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships to study foreign languages this summer, including two from the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics.
2024-04-15 - Eric Calderwood, a professor in the Department of Comparative & World Literature, is being recognized by the Humanities Research Institute for his research.
2024-04-12 - The School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics is proud to present the 2024 SLCL Diversity Awards.
2024-04-02 - A graduate teaching assistant in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese is being honored by both campus and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.
2024-03-29 - Elizabeth Scherschel (she/her) is a junior in classics, with minors in history and anthropology. On campus, she is involved with the Student Alumni Ambassadors, the Stamps Scholars program, and the Writers Workshop.
2024-03-26 - It is with deepest sadness that we share the news that professor Luisa Elena Delgado, our former director of the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics, has passed away after a long battle with cancer.