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Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Arabic, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

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Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

LLC faculty help you to develop communication skills in Arabic, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish and to gain a unique understanding of the practices, products and perspectives of speakers of those languages. The benefits of knowing another language are life-long and our majors and minors are found in every career area, from international business, government, law and finance, to healthcare, science and technology, marketing and communications, publishing, education, social service, travel, hospitality, and non-profits.

LLC Events

LLC hosts many extracurricular activities, including language tables, clubs, seminars and special events. Language tables and clubs meet regularly during the academic year (suspended over breaks and summer) to speak the language in informal settings and enjoy the community. LLC's seminars provide a variety of academic topics engaging LLC, the university and the community.

Recent Publications by LLC Faculty
Ecofictions, Ecorealities, and Slow Violence in Latin America and the Latinx World. Edited By Ilka Kressner, Ana María Mutis, Elizabeth Pettinaroli
Tristan, chevalier de la Table Ronde. Tome I Roman imprimé en 1489 par Jehan Le Bourgois pour Anthoine Vérard. Edited by Mary Beth Winn
Tristan, chevalier de la Table Ronde. Tome II Roman imprimé en 1489 par Jehan Le Bourgois pour Anthoine Vérard. Edited by Mary Beth Winn
Diglossia and Language Contact Language Variation and Change in North Africa. By Lotfi Sayahi.
Gothic Imagination in Latin American Fiction and Film. By Carmen A. Serrano
Annali d’Italianistica 2019: Urban Space and the Body
Les Français (Fourth Edition) Book Cover. People with white umbrellas waiting in line.
Poems from the Front: A Moscow Anthology
News and Announcements
Student podcast series shares student experiences
Listen to our newest student podcast, "They Told Me It Was Important to 'Improve The Race'" https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/XLdMvHcbvub .
LLC Research Presentations Span Multiple Languages and Cultures
LLC showcased five research posters at the Vice President for Research and Economic Development's Listening and Learning Tour 10/26/22.
Carmen Serrano's BILPOC Initiative
Carmen Serrano (SPN) is spearheading the BILPOC initiative, creating opportunities for faculty who are Black, Indigenous, Latinx, People of Color.
French Goes to Mrs. London's
French students and faculty enjoyed a trip to Mrs. London's in Saratoga Springs 9/16/22, experiencing this French pâttisserie while conversing in French.
Ecological Activism in Venezuela Talk
Professor Ilka Kressner's Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) collaborator José Luis Jiménez, of Andrés Bello Catholic University in Caracas, will give a talk on "Neoselva:  Ecological Activism and Ancestral Knowledges in Venezuela" Wednesday 10/12/22 11:40am in Zoom (contact [email protected] for the link). 
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Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences
Humanities 235

1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
United States

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Phone
518-442-4100
Office Hours

Monday - Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm