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Slavic Languages and Literatures
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Recent News
Notes from the Steppe: Добро пожаловать/Қош келдіңіз/Welcome!
Welcome to our new travel blog! Ethan Sage will be sharing his posts from Almaty, Kazakhstan, where he is studying Russian and political science. Follow along for insights into language immersion and the unexpected lessons that come from studying abroad!
New Slavic Project Spotlight:
“Mapping Culture under Occupation: Building a Digital Research Corpus of Russian-Occupied Ukraine”
Welcome to Slavic Languages and Literatures
Welcome to Slavic Languages and Literatures. Our faculty specialize in Eastern European Literatures and Cultures, including focus on cinema, architecture, and the visual arts. The cultures we cover include Russian, Polish, Czech, Ukrainian, and Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian; we also have strong interest in Judaic, Central Asian, Baltic, and Balkan cultures (including Greek and Albanian).
Academic Programs and Services
Benjamin Paloff discusses three plays by Aleksander Fredro, Stanisław Wyspiański, and Stanisław Przybyszewski in the latest episode of “Encounters with Polish and Ukrainian Literature.” Professor Paloff is thinking in his current research about the marriage plot and the work it does to sort through cultural and class divisions in Poland among peasants, urban intellectuals, and the gentry.
Events
Featured
Oct
21
Ukraine: Revolution, Resistance, Democracy
Sophia Wilson (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)
5:00 PM
Assembly Hall
Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Upcoming
Oct
06
CCPS/Slavic Event. Student Symposium – Experiences in Poland
6:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Oct
06
Our Poland Experience: A Student Symposium
What happens when you say “YES” to Poland?
6:00 PM
555
Weiser Hall
Oct
22
Best of FAMU
Eight short films created at FAMU, Prague’s film school
6:30 PM
170
Weiser Hall
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