Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures
The Department of Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures develops language proficiency to foster critical thinking through literary, cinematic, and linguistic analysis and hence to establish incisive perspectives on cultures and civilizations, including our own. The many faculty and student accomplishments in research, teaching, and service to the community build a solid foundation for exciting professional futures by informed, engaged citizens.
Students can earn a B.A. in French, German, Italian, Russian, or Spanish with concentrations in Literature and Culture or Language and World Business. A bachelor's degree in the Asian Studies Interdisciplinary Program can include a concentration in Chinese or Japanese, and the parallel Latin American Studies Program includes a Portuguese concentration.
We also provide laboratory-based language learning in Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian. For more information, please visit "Taped Language Program".
MFLL News
- Stefanie Ohnesorg is Tennessee’s Foreign Language Teacher of the Year
- Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor, Africana and Francophone Studies
- Stephen H. Blackwell, associate professor of Russian, is the QUEST Scholar of the Week for
October 12, 2009
- Employment Opportunity: Professor, "The Shumway Chair"
- Professor John Romeiser Receives Award on Behalf of ETVMA
- Professor Chris Holmlund was elected President of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS)
Languages Tables
- La Table française (The French Table)
5-6 P.M. @ International House dining room
Every Thursday
- La Table française (The French Table)
5:15-6:15 P.M. @ Sunspot Restaurant
( 1909 Cumberland Ave.)
Every Friday
- La Tertulia (The Spanish Table)
5-7pm @ Cool Beans
(1817 Lake Ave.) - Bate-Papo Da Lingua (The Portuguese Table)
6-7:30 pm @ Golden Roast Cafe (825 Melrose Pl.) - Russian Table
4-6pm @ Panera
(except SECOND Friday @ Sunspot)
Language Tables sponsored by the International House
Contact Information
Department of Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures
1115 Volunteer Blvd.
701 McClung Tower
University of Tennessee
Knoxville , TN 37996 -0470
Phone: (865) 974-2312
Fax: (865) 974-7096
E-Mail: mfll@utk.edu