Please join us for a Playwright/Director Collaboration conversation between Mikhail Durnenkov, Maya Brin Artist-in-Residence at UMD and Yury Urnov, Co-Artistic Director, Wilma Theater (Philadelphia) and director of the Spring 2024 production of Are We At War

Dr. Roswita Dressler (Associate Professor, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary) will share her research on English-German K-6 bilingual education which identified gaps in the availability of German children's books to support L2 reading instruction.

Escape the cold and come celebrate Carnaval as the Departments of French, Spanish & Portuguese, Language House, and SLLC offer a day of workshops and talks, and throw a party!

Join the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures to celebrate Lunar New Year 2024! We will make dumplings and engage in Chinese cultural activities. Food and drinks will be provided.

Please join the German Studies Film Series for a free screening of Sieben Sommersprossen / Seven Freckles (Hermann Zschoche, GDR, 1978). All films will be shown with English subtitles. Snacks and drinks starting at 6:30pm in the Language House Multipurpose Room.

Under the direction of I Nyoman Suadin, the UMD Balinese Gamelan Saraswati Ensemble presents an evening of traditional Balinese music.

Experience the vibrant beat of samulnori under the direction of Sebastian Wang. This modern incarnation of traditional Korean folk music celebrates harvest time and provides a lively soundtrack to dancing.

Directed by Kyoko Okamoto, the UMD Japanese Koto Ensemble features elegant music played on the koto, a traditional Japanese 13-string instrument.

Please join the Roshan Institute for Persian Studies for a screening of the Persian documentary Alborz: We Climb Mountains, (2023), which tells the story of Iran's famous Alborz High S