2026-05-11 - This semester, many students from the UIUC Linguistics department presented their research at conferences near and far. Let’s take the time to congratulate each of them for their dedication to their work and their excellent representation of our department!The new year kicked off with...
2026-05-08 - Our outstanding UIUC Arabic program has once again been featured in the Daily Illini! Check out the article to learn about how our students are expanding their cultural knowledge and reach through the Arabic language.The link to the article can be found here:...
2026-05-07 - On Wednesday May 6th, our department gathered for its annual Year-End Graduation and Awards Celebration. It was a wonderful time to reflect on the past year, and to recognize our amazing students. Congratulations to our awardees! We wish you continued growth and success!Awards...
2026-05-01 - The capstone of UIUC's Undergraduate Research Week, the Undergraduate Research Symposium is an annual event showcasing the breadth and scope of student research at UIUC. The Symposium features multiple sessions of...
2026-04-24 - This past weekend, UIUC had a strong representation at the 18th Meeting of Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (GASLA-18). GASLA is a biennial conference where linguists present theoretically informed research on second language...
2026-04-24 - We are delighted to announce that Linguistics office manager Natalia Sakhartova has received the Marita Romine Distinguished Service Award from the School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics.The...
2026-04-17 - Our outstanding UIUC Arabic debate team is making waves on the national stage once again! Check out this article highlighting our very own Foziea Garada's recent first place win at the national U.S. Universities Arabic Debating Championship! The link to the article can be found here:...
2026-04-07 - This past weekend, on April 4th, UIUC hosted the 7th Sociolinguistics Symposium. The event took place in the Lucy Ellis Lounge and was attended by approximately 55 people.This year's theme was Between Languages, Between Worlds: Language, Culture, and Global Communication, and the symposium...
2026-04-03 - We are pleased to announce that Linguistics PhD candidate Martine Gallardo is a recipient of the 2026 SLCL Dissertation Completion Fellowship. These fellowships provide advanced doctoral students with an academic year of support to complete their dissertations. Martine received this award for...
2026-03-25 - The 7th Sociolinguistics Symposium (SOSY), will take place on April 4 at LCLB 1080 (Lucy Ellis Lounge). The event will bring together scholars and students for a full day of presentations and discussions on a range of topics...
2026-03-16 - This Spring, the Linguistics Seminar Series included a poster session for current graduate students to highlight ongoing and recent research. Many of these researchers will also be presenting their work later this year at conferences both across the country and abroad. A current list of...
2026-03-16 - UIUC's Elif Varlik (Linguistics PhD student) and Eda Yildirimer (MATESOL student) were featured in an interview with the TESOL International Association recently.The two discuss teaching and research through MATESOL's ESL practicum course, how they learned through community and...
2026-03-04 - This past weekend, students and faculty from UIUC made a strong presence at the Fifth International Conference on Heritage/Community Languages, hosted by the National Heritage Language Resource Center at UCLA. This quadrennial two-...
2026-03-03 - University of Illinois faculty and graduate students made a strong showing at the 2026 Illinois Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages–Bilingual Education (ITBE) Annual Convention, where this year's theme was Equity, Access, and Innovation: Teaching Multilingual...
2026-02-26 - The UIUC Arabic program was recently featured in an article by the Daily Illini! Check out this great feature highlighting our wonderful language program, our commitment to teaching a variety of dialects and the success of our impressive Arabic Debate Team!The link to the article can be found here...