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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
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.
Congratulations to Professor Sobol on her promotion to Associate Professor with tenure! Her book, entitled Febris Erotica: Lovesickness in the Russian Literary Imagination, was published by the University of Washington Press in September. The book was featured on Rorotoko.
Slavic Language Students’ Talent Show. The first annual Slavic Language Students’ Talent Show was a huge success! From films to cooking demonstrations, poetry to dance, and music, music, music, our students showed that their Slavic talents go far beyond language. If you missed it, you can still get a small taste (but not of the food) on this page. How will our students top themselves next year?
Events
Slavic + Film Series: "Roots" (Russian/English/Yiddish)
Dec 1, 2009
| 7:00 pm
Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
Distinguished Lecture Series: Andranik Migranyan, "Is New Agenda for Russian-American Relations Possible?"
Dec 3, 2009
| 4:00 pm
Levis Faculty Center Music Room
Russkii stol -- Russian table
Dec 3, 2009
| 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Espresso Royale on Goodwin and Oregon
Polish-in-the-Slavic-Context / Central European Conversation Table and Movie
Dec 3, 2009
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building