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Slavic Languages and Literatures
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Rackham Grant Ignites New Culture & Literature Talk Series
Professor Alex Averbuch and graduate student Arthur Mengozzi received a Rackham Faculty and Student Ally Grant to host a 2025-26 speaker series featuring leading scholars on identity, marginality, and cultural heritage.
Professor Alex Averbuch Unveils Rare 18th-Century Hebrew Ode in AJS Review
In a new AJS Review article, Professor Alex Averbuch examines how Jewish communities in 18th-century Belarus used lavishly crafted Hebrew odes to petition Catherine II. His discovery of a rare original copy sheds new light on the intersection of poetry, p
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).
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