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Dr. Sunnie Rucker-Chang Awarded "Capacity and Equity Building in Russian Studies" Grant

Associate professor Sunnie Rucker-Chang (DSEELC and AAAS) was awarded a grant in the amount of $113,318 from the US Russia Foundation to support the…

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Faculty Member Connects Student to Slovene Rock Stars

By Joe Ernst

Here at the Slavic Department we are constantly striving to create and sustain global connections between people, institutions, and cultures. This spring, one of the Department's Senior Lecturers…

Siobhan Seigne

Congratulations Siobhan Seigne for Winning the Center for Languages, Literatures and Cultures Felice M. Grad Scholarship!

We would like to congratulate Siobhan for her continued excellence in the Department, and we are very happy to see the Felice M. Grad Scholarship be awarded to her. Siobhan Seigne is a Ph.D.…

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NEW COURSE: Slavic 5194 First Year Ukrainian Language

In 2024-25, Ohio State’s Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures department will offer FIRST YEAR UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE, taught by Mykyta Tyshchenko. The autumn course will run under the…

Lejla Veskovic

Congratulations to Lejla Veskovic for Winning the Armed Conflicts and Im/mobility Grants Award

Lejla Veskovic is a Ph.D. student at the Department of Slavic and East European Languages & Cultures, and we welcome you to congratulate her on winning this award!

The Armed Conflicts…

Olympiad Participants 2024

Results of the 13th Annual Undergraduate Olympiada of Spoken Russian

The 13th annual Undergraduate Olympiada of Spoken Russian took place on Sunday, February 25th at The College of Wooster. Over 20 students from four colleges and universities in Ohio competed in…

Agnieszka Poczta-Wajda, visiting Fulbright Scholar from Poland

Welcome to our Visiting Polish Fulbright Scholar - Agnieszka Poczta-Wajda

The Department of Slavic and East European Languages welcomes our visiting Fulbright Slavic Award scholar Angieszka Poczta-Wajda.

We are so excited to work with Agnieszka as she teaches…

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Congratulations to Our New Ph.D. Students

Here at the Slavic Department, we wanted to extend a well-deserved congratulations to our four new Ph.D. students, Siobhán Seigne, Enes Tastan, Michelle Verbitskaya, and Lejla Veskovic!

Dr Alexander Burry's book "Legacies of the Stone Guest"

Legacies of the Stone Guest- By Alexander Burry

Legacies of the Stone Guest: The Don Juan Legend in Russian Literature  by the Slavic Department's very own Dr. Alexander Burry offers unique insights on Russia's political, cultural, and…