2024-06-14
- Sylvia Techmanski’s favorite subject in high school was Spanish, but it wasn’t until a spring break trip to Puerto Rico that she realized her love for languages could take her farther than that.
2024-06-11 - The College of LAS has honored 17 professors with named scholar and professorship positions in recognition of their contributions to research and education at the University of Illinois, including three from the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics.
2024-06-07 - Programs like English as a Second Language in the Department of Linguistics help students succeed within a new language and culture.
2024-06-03 - We CU and the Humanities Research Institute (HRI) recently announced the 2024–2025 Humanities in Action scholars. The new cohort—composed of five students from across campus, including two from SLCL—will begin the program in fall 2024.
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.