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...

Eduardo Ledesma, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Spanish professor, examined how experimental filmmakers in Latin America and Spain use alternative film formats in his new book “Expanding Cinemas.”

This spring, students from the Department of French & Italian helped select the winner of the U.S. Goncourt Prize Selection for a second year in a row.

A graduate student from the Department of Spanish & Portuguese has received First Prize in the 2025 Image of Research competition held annually by the Graduate College and the...