Ilaria Strocchia (Spanish and Portuguese) is a 2025–2026 HRI Graduate Student Fellow. Her current research project, “Flowing Histories: Examining the Role of Water in Shaping Urban Spaces and Identities Across Cultures,” investigates how bodies of water—rivers, lakes, and the sea—have historically...
An Arabic debate team member recently won first place at the 6th U.S. Universities Arabic Debating Championship, marking a pattern of excellence for the team.
Each year, the Humanities Research Institute recognizes excellence in humanities scholarship with its research prizes for undergraduates, graduates, and faculty. This year's recipients include two students from the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics.
Comparative and world literature professor Eric Calderwood has received the 2026 Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies for his book, "On Earth or in Poems: The Many Lives of al-Andalus."
A new faculty member in the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures is introducing a new generation of students to Bulgarian language, history, and culture.
The School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics will host a convocation ceremony for graduating students this May. This year's speaker is Jessica Nicholas (MA, '12; PhD, '18; French linguistics).
The Humanities Research Institute has awarded its annual faculty and graduate student fellowships to seven faculty members and seven graduate students from campus for the 2026-27 academic year, including several from the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics.
A multi-disciplinary team of faculty researchers from the University of Illinois has been awarded a Sawyer Seminar grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to study the challenges to democracy and academic freedom confronting US universities now.
Three professors and a graduate student from the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics have been recognized by campus and the College of LAS for their exceptional commitment to teaching and advising.
