Jess Ward, PhD student in Hispanic Linguistics, was awarded a 3-month fellowship through the Collaborative Research Centre in Potsdam, Germany! She will be running a linguistics experiment (on resumptive elements in relative clauses)…
Dr. Jill Hallett (Linguistics) was interviewed by WBEZ on the morning program Say More to discuss what makes a Chicago accent. Dr. Hallett highlights how accent is shaped by social factors such as…
Kasia Majchrowicz-Wolny, PhD student and Coordinator of the Polish Basic Language Program, was awarded the UIC Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Award! The Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching & Mentoring Award…
Professor Giedrius Subačius has recently published Simonas Daukantas’s Lowland Lithuanian Orthography (1846–1864) (Vilnius: Lithuanian Institute of History, 2025, 660 pp). This is Prof. Subačius’s third work about nineteenth century Lithuanian orthography. Congratulations, Prof.…
Professor Karen Underhill’s book Bruno Schulz and Galician Jewish Modernity (Indiana University Press, 2024) has been awarded the MLA Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for the Best Book in Slavic Languages and Literatures.…
Prof Young Richard Kim (Classics and Mediterranean Studies, History) has a new edited volume out, published by Routledge! Reimagining Classics, the Classroom, and Community with Luis Alfaro explores the adaptations of Greek tragedy,…
Maryann Piel (Ph.D. in Germanic Studies, 2023) has been awarded a 4-year APART fellowship at the University of Vienna beginning in Fall 2026. This is a highly competitive postdoctoral position open to scholars…
Announcing the Dwayne Johnson-Cochran Endowed Scholarship. The scholarship is for LAS students entering their junior or senior year next year (2026-2027) who have an interest in pursuing film school or a career in film…
The School of LCSL’s pop-up pantry (located in UH 1650) was recently featured in Block Club Chicago! Professor Jill Hallett (Dept. of Linguistics) and Chloe Swerdlick (MA student, Hispanic Linguistics) recently initiated the…
Jessica Hoselton (Senior Lecturer and Assistant Director of the French Basic Language Program, French and Francophone Studies) presented “EcoVenture: At the Intersection of Sustainability and Study Abroad” at the National Sustainability Society Conference…
