Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

Welcome!

The Slavic Department at the University of Illinois regularly teaches courses in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and Yiddish languages. Get information on language placement.

The department offers an undergraduate major in Russian Literature and a minor in Russian literature. We invite students interested in literature, culture, politics, and art to pursue a major or minor in Russian.

At the graduate level, the department currently offers a Master of Arts in Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and a Doctor of Philosophy in Slavic Languages and Literatures. We invite applications to our graduate program from students interested in pursuing the study of Slavic literatures and cultures and welcome students with interests in interdisciplinary approaches that focus on literature and the arts, cinema, history, politics, or culture.

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News

The Slavic Graduate Students' Association will hold the first Graduate Student Conference on Slavic Studies on Feb. 27, 2010 in the Lucy Ellis Lounge. The conference begins at 9:30 am. It will include four panels with Slavic faculty members as discussants. The program is forthcoming.

How does US missile defense policy affect eastern Europe? Read the interview with Professors Tempest, Gasyna, and Cooper on how the changes in the Obama administration’s missile defense plans played out in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Russia.

What’s the Buzz all about? About our Russian Table and Slavic + Film Series. See the article in the Buzz. And watch the calendar below for upcoming events, including the Russian Table and Slavic + Film Series, as well as other conversation groups and Slavic events, like the all-new Ukrainian Conversation Hour!

Events

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