Our PhD student, Nikolay Smirnov, received the Deborah A. Martinsen Award from the North American Dostoevsky Society to present his paper on the comparative poetics of childhood in Fedor Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov and Krzysztof Kieślowski's "Dekalog I" at the 2025 ASEEES Convention in Washington, DC.

Congratulations to Professor Vladimir Golstein on his new book 'Fathers and Sons: Turgenev's Theme in Russian Literary and Political Culture'!

This year Slavic Studies faculty and graduate students participated in 11 panels at the ASEEES Convention. The topics of their presentations ranged from Soviet film and Polish censorship to representations of antiquity and femininity in Russia.

Slavic Studies Class of 2024

Congratulations to Slavic Studies concentrator Zoey Grant on her Research Fulbright award!

The Slavic Studies faculty gathered with current and former graduate students and staff.

Professor Svetlana Evdokimova's new book 'Staging Existence: Chekhov's Tetralogy' is out now!

The Department of Slavic Studies offers a comprehensive doctoral program specializing in Russian literature and culture, in modern Czech culture and in Polish literature and culture.

Go to Avon Cinema tomorrow at 6pm to see "The Overcoat" during the BMP Fall Premiere!

The Department of Slavic Languages offers a comprehensive doctoral program in Slavic studies specializing in Russian literature and culture, in modern Czech culture and in Polish literature and culture.

Congratulations to our graduate students.

On May 11, 2022, Senior Lecturer Emerita Barbara Monahan passed away at the age of 90. Barbara was an integral part of the Slavic Department from 1968 to 1992 and will be missed by her former colleagues and students.

Pre-register for RUSS1550, Fall 2022.

Faculty, students express plans for program, discuss hosting events, fellowships, Polish Club.

The presentations will take place on Thursday April 21, 4-6pm at Grant Hall.

Join us for this new event!

In Spring 2022, the Department will be offering a brand new course, taught by incoming Visiting Assistant Professor Lana Sloutsky.