Languages, Literatures and Cultures
The UMass Amherst Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures has a three-fold mission: (1) to encourage and facilitate the study of languages, literatures and cultures of the world, the nation and the Commonwealth; (2) to represent international perspectives on academic endeavors and to contribute to the international presence at the University of Massachusetts Amherst; and (3) to promote the integrity of our component academic fields and to support the vitality of each of the programs housed in the department.
Exploiting the synergistic potential inherent in combining both national and transnational approaches in a single entity, the department advocates an inclusive and interdisciplinary scholarship that develops new models, both theoretical and pragmatic, for the study of languages, literatures and cultures.
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Live the Language
Students studying a language can immerse themselves in Thatcher Language House, which offers the opportunity to live in a residence hall dedicated to learning a target language and exploring foreign cultures.
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Eight HFA Proposals Receive Funding from Community, Democracy, and Dialogue Grants
Thirty-three proposals have been selected to receive support from Community, Democracy, and Dialogue (CDD) grants, including eight proposals from HFA.
German and Scandinavian Studies Program to Host Inaugural Sara Lennox Lecture in Black German Studies on April 2
The inaugural Sara Lennox Lecture in Black German Studies will take place on Tuesday, April 2, at 4.30 p.m. in the Hadley Room of Campus Center.
Associate Professor of German Ela Gezen to Deliver Keynote on "Cultures of/in Migration: Turkish Artists in West Berlin"
Ela Gezen, associate professor of German, will deliver the keynote lecture for German Studies at this year's Northeast Modern Language Association conference.
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Philippe Baillargeon
Program Director, French and Francophone Studies
Director, Oxford Summer Seminar
Senior Lecturer, French and Francophone Studies
Philippe Baillargeon is associate chair for LLC, director and senior lecturer of French and Francophone studies, and director of the Oxford Summer Seminar.
