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New article by Zach Fitzpatrick

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…

LCLC tutors praised for another excellent semester

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…

Russian Ph.D. alumna Yelena Zotova publishes first book

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…

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Hanae Kim interviewed for US News and World Report

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…

Young Kim featured in AHA Perspectives on History

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.

Spanish major with French minor awarded Gilman scholarship

Abigail Zurita-Calvario, an Honors College senior majoring in political science and Spanish and minoring in French, was recently awarded a U.S. State Department Benjamin A. Gilman scholarship for study abroad. This award aims…

New co-edited volume by Young Kim

Young Kim, Associate Professory and Head of Classics and Mediterranean Studies, recently published a co-edited volume, a Festschrift for Raymond Van Dam. Leadership and Community in Late Antiquity: Essays in Honour of Raymond…

Oscar Campo Becerra wins prize for novel

Oscar Campo Becerra, a PhD candidate in Hispanic Studies, has won the first ever Anne Bonny Prize for Narrative for his work Días hábiles. As a reward for winning this new international literary…