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Dr. Roberta Lavine headshot.

Fearless Fulbrights: Dr. Roberta Lavine

Spanish Professor Emerita, Dr. Roberta Lavine, traveled to Chile in 2005 as a Fulbright scholar, collaborating with the faculty at the University of Concepción to evolve their learning resources for their secondary English speakers.

Dr. Kenneth Leonard poses on campus at Ashesi University during his Fulbright in Ghana.

Fearless Fulbrights: Dr. Kenneth Leonard

Dr. Kenneth Leonard shares how his Fulbright experience in Ghana was essential to bringing on a new lens to his AGNR course, AREC 365: World Hunger Population and Food Supplies.

J-1 Scholar Pre-Arrival Information

J-1 Scholar Pre-Arrival Information

Welcome to the University of Maryland. The following information will help you prepare for your arrival to UMD.  Please read all the information carefully.  

Picture of screening of "Persepolis" at the Piazza Maggiore, Rome
March 6, 2024

Il Cinema Ritrovato On Tour - International Restored Film Festival

The UMD Program in Cinema and Media Studies, the Department of French and Department of Italian, the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese invite members of the campus community to participate in the fourth Mid-Atlantic edition o

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Picture of screening of "Persepolis" at the Piazza Maggiore, Rome
March 7, 2024

Il Cinema Ritrovato On Tour - International Restored Film Festival

The UMD Program in Cinema and Media Studies, the Department of French and Department of Italian, the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese invite members of the campus community to participate in the fourth Mid-Atlantic edition o

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March 4, 2024

Ghettos and Peripheries - "Euskara," with award-winning Basque writer, Kirmen Uribe

Please join the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and SLLC for this event with Basque writer, Kirmen Uribe.

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Flyer for Dialogues with Mikhail Durnenkov
March 1, 2024

"Theatre and Connection across Borders" (Dialogues with Mikhail Durnenkov, Maya Brin artist-in-residence )

Join us for a conversation between Mikhail Durnenkov, Maya Brin Artist-in-Residence and faculty from the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures: 

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February 16, 2024

Dialogues with Mikhail Durnenkov, Maya Brin artist-in-residence

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

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Poster for Roswita Dressler lecture
February 14, 2024

"By Learners For Learners: Adult L2 Authors Writing for Child L2 Learners" -- lecture by Dr. Roswita Dressler, U. of Calgary

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.

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February 13, 2024

Carnaval 2024 Celebration

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!

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