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.
News
Job Announcement: Instructor/Lecturer in Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian-Montenegrin. The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a full time, three-year Instructor/Lecturer position in Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian-Montenegrin, starting August 16, 2009. See the full description.
Slavic Plus Film Series: The series, sponsored by Slavic, the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center, and the European Union Center, has begun. See the Calendar of Events and watch for upcoming films.
Russian Table is back and takes place every Thursday this semester. Come practice your Russian in an informal setting! All levels are welcome.
Events
Associate and Fellow Research Appt Deadlines
Oct 7, 2008
Russkii stol -- Russian table
Oct 9, 2008
| 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Espresso Royale on Goodwin and Oregon
Film: "Ostrov," "The Island"
Oct 9, 2008
| 7:00 pm
Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
Study Abroad Open House: Europe (except Spain)
Oct 14, 2008
| 4:00 pm
101 International Studies Building