Three faculty members from SLCL have received Birmingham-Illinois Partnership for Discovery, Engagement, and Education (BRIDGE) Seed Fund Grants for the 2025-26 academic year.

Anke Pinkert, professor and head of the Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures, recently published “Remembering 1989: Future Archives of Public Protest” (University of Chicago Press).

Ilaria Strocchia, a PhD candidate in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese specializing in Spanish literatures and cultures, recently won first place in The Graduate College and the Media Common of the University Library 2025 Image of Research competition.

A major classics conference was held at the University of Illinois this semester. More than 400 people came together for the 121st Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS), which spanned four days in late March.

What is empathy—and why does it matter in the 21st century? That was the question intercultural communication expert Carolyn Calloway-Thomas addressed in her spring talk, “Cultivating Intercultural Communication Competence: Learning What It Is Like to Live by Someone Else’s Light,” hosted by the...

The humanities play a critical role in helping us better understand the world—and each other. That was one of the key messages four SLCL students and faculty members shared with members of Congress as part of Humanities Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C. this spring.

The School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics is pleased to present this year's diversity, service, and academic awardees.

A professor in the Department of Linguistics has been selected for not only the 2025 LAS Award for in Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, but also for the campus level award: the 2025 Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.

Several faculty members from SLCL have been named Research Prize winners and Summer Faculty Fellows by the Humanities Research Institute (HRI). 2024–25 Humanities Research Prize RecipientsEach year, HRI recognizes excellence in humanities scholarship with awards given at the undergraduate,...

The School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics is pleased to present the SLCL Dissertation Completion Fellowship awardees for this year. These fellowships provide advanced doctoral students with an academic year of support to complete their dissertations.Evaluation criteria...