International Languages and Cultures

Organization Description

In addition to elementary and intermediate language studies in Chinese, French, German, and Spanish, SMCM offers both a major and a minor in International Languages and Cultures.

Joanna Bartow
- Professor of Spanish & Chair
(240) 895-4421
Anne Arundel
Professor of Spanish José Ballesteros Publishes Several Poems
March 29, 2023
Ballesteros portrait
Professor of Spanish José R. Ballesteros had several of his poems published in the Summer/Fall 2022 edition of The Journal of the South Central MLA (John Hopkins University Press).

Each of Ballesteros' poems is published with a translated counterpart, one in Spanish and one in English.… Find Out More
Associate Professor George MacLeod Publishes Article
December 8, 2022
George MacLeod portrait
Associate Professor of French George MacLeod has recently published an article entitled, “Race and Terrorism in French Cinema: Discourses of Whiteness and ‘Brown Threat’ in Nicolas Boukhrief’s Made in France” in the United Kingdom-based, peer-reviewed Bulletin of Francophone Postcolonial Studies.… Find Out More
Assistant Professor Argelia González Hurtado Awarded 2021 SSHRC Insight Development Grant
August 16, 2021
Argelia González Hurtado pictured
Argelia González Hurtado, assistant professor of Spanish, has been awarded an Insight Development Grant from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). González Hurtado received, along with María Soledad Paz­-Mackay from St. Francis Xavier University, the IDG grant in… Find Out More
Students Present Research During Annual St. Mary’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program
July 12, 2021
St. Mary’s College of Maryland students and faculty mentors pictured
On July 2, St. Mary’s College of Maryland held its annual St. Mary’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program, which provides students opportunities to engage deeply in independent research, laboratory, and creative work across disciplines, under the guidance and with the expertise of… Find Out More
Associate Professor of Chemistry Kelly Neiles and Team Invited to Join Inclusive Excellence Learning Community
February 24, 2021
Kelly Neiles pictured
Chair and Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry Kelly Neiles, along with colleagues at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, have accepted an invitation from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to participate in an Inclusive Excellence Learning Community. The award includes $30,000… Find Out More
Assistant Professor Gonzalez Hurtado Published in the Journal Vistas al Patio
December 21, 2020
Argelia Gonzalez Hurtado, assistant professor of Spanish and Latin American studies pictured
Argelia Gonzalez Hurtado, assistant professor of Spanish and Latin American studies, has recently published the peer-reviewed article “Narrating the indigenous diaspora through Yolanda Cruz's lens” in Vistas al Patio, a journal in the area of Humanities from The University of Cartagena, Colombia.… Find Out More
Assistant Professor of French George MacLeod Published in Research in African Literatures Academic Journal
October 8, 2020
George Macleod pictured
Research in African Literatures, a peer-reviewed academic journal, has published an article by Assistant Professor of French George MacLeod, titled “Jacqueline Kalimunda’s Interactive Love Stories: Transmedia Documentary in Present-Day Rwanda.” The article is part of a special journal issue… Find Out More
Professor José R. Ballesteros Named Director of Equity Programming in New IDE(A)2 Division
October 7, 2020
Professor Ballesteros pictured
St. Mary’s College Professor of Spanish José R. Ballesteros has been named director of equity programming in the recently reimagined Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity now to be known as the Division of Inclusive Diversity, Equity, Access and Accountability (IDE(A)2.

In this new role,… Find Out More
Professor Bartow and Associate Research & Instruction Librarian Mann Lead Workshop at AACU Conference
January 27, 2020
Pamela Mann and Joanna Bartow pictured
Joanna Bartow, professor of Spanish, and Pamela Mann, associate research & instruction librarian for the arts & humanities, led a workshop titled “Community-Based Spanish and Critical Information Literacy” on October 18, 2019, at the AACU Conference of Global Citizenship for Campus,… Find Out More
Tibetan Buddhist Monks will Construct a Mandala Sand Painting and Perform Special Ceremonies at St. Mary’s College of Maryland
October 11, 2019
Tibetan Buddhist Monks constructing a Mandala Sand Painting shown
Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery will construct a Mandala Sand Painting from Monday, Oct. 21, through Thursday, Oct. 24, in Daugherty-Palmer Commons on the St. Mary’s College of Maryland campus.

 

From all the artistic traditions of Tantric Buddhism, that of painting with… Find Out More
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