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Now you can donate electronically to the Slavic Department by clicking here.

Read the new issue of the Slavic Dept. newsletter, the Lawrencian Chronicle, now under the editorship of Prof. Stephen J. Parker. The Fall 2008 issue focuses on our successful South Slavic program with a feature article on Prof. Stephen M. Dickey.

While the Slavic Department accepts applications year-round, we encourage new applicants to the KU Slavic graduate program to submit materials by 15 December 2008 for full consideration for fellowship and teaching assistant funding. For more information, click here.

Courses of Study

  • Degrees: B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
  • Specializations: Russian language and literature, Slavic linguistics

    Languages

  • Beginning to advanced: Russian, Polish, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Slovene
  • 2-year FL requirement with possibility of advanced study (not leading to SLL degree): Turkish, Ukrainian (offered every year); Czech (offered irregularly); Yiddish
  • Ancient language: Old Church Slavic (the Latin of Slavic!)
    		• (c) Lea H. Greenberg
    Sveti Križ, Nin, Croatia

    THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT KU SLAVIC

  • The KU Slavic Department has unique strengths in Russian intellectual history and the languages and cultures of Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Slovenia? See a film clip about BCS at KU.