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Languages, Literatures and Cultures

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

LLC hosts a variety of extracurricular activities, including language tables, clubs, seminars, film festivals and other special events.  Come join us as we explore and learn together!

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. 

French Diplôme de français professionnel (DFP):  UAlbany is a certified testing site offering the French DFP Affaires, an internationally recognized certification of competence in Business French from the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry.  The DFP (level) A2 exam is open to the public and offered every May.  Each spring we also offer a Business French (AFRE270) course to prepare for this exam.  For more information, contact site coordinator Véronique Martin ([email protected]) or the LLC Office 518-442-4100.  We do not currently administer the TEF exam (for other testing sites, see: www.lefrancaisdesaffaires.fr/centres/etats-unis/).  More information.

 

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
 Study Abroad and the Second Language Acquisition of Sociolinguistic Variation in Spanish
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
Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences
Humanities 235

1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
United States

Office Hours

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