The Italian program in the Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies has received a grant of 23,000 euros from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support Italian Studies at UIC for the…
Irene Finestrat, PhD candidate in Hispanic Linguistics, has been awarded the UIC Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching & Mentoring Award for her outstanding contributions in her teaching and extensive mentoring of undergraduate students.…
Rumi Venkatesh received the Award for Highest Distinction for her project “Claiming Roots: A Reclamation of Jewish Identity in Judah Halevi’s Kuzari” at the Fall 2020 Honors College Research Symposium. This project was…
Zinon Papakonstantinou, Professor of Classics, has published a new book, Cursing for Justice: Magic, Disputes, and the Lawcourts in Classical Athens (Franz Steiner Verlag: Stuttgart, 2021). From the publisher: This book is a…
Zach Fitzpatrick, a Ph.D. candidate in Germanic Studies, recently published an article with the Berlin-based Asian German organization Korientation. It highlights 10 underrated German films of the last 10 years centered on a…
The Language and Culture Learning Center’s peer tutoring program has received continued praise for its work. An outstanding group of UIC undergraduate students in French, German, Italian, and Spanish braved the challenges of…
Yelena Zotova, who received her Ph.D. in Russian from the Department of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Literatures (now Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian Studies) and is currently an Associate Teaching Professor of Russian…
Earlier this year 9 UIC students were selected to participate in the nation-wide Think Tank: Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, coordinated by Howard University and made…
Hanae Kim, lecturer and Korean Language Program Coordinator, was interviewed for US News and World Report on a feature “How to Learn Korean: A U.S. News Guide.” The full article can be read…
A Q&A with Young Kim, Associate Professor and Head of Classics and Mediterranean Studies, was featured in the American Historical Association’s Perspectives on History as part of a member spotlight series. Read the article online.
