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Last weekend, the Slavic Department and our friends at the Slavic Center joined over 700 other runners and walkers at the Love of Languages 5k Run/Walk! Such events give us a chance to celebrate our…
Are you interested in storytelling, filmmaking, language learning, or creative collaboration? Consider participating in the World Language Filmathon! The World Language Filmathon is a collaborative,…
Join Slavic Languages & Literatures staff and students this Wednesday 9/16 at 4:30 to learn about resources, meet peers, and enjoy some Slavic foods!
My summer began with reworking RUS2850 - Other Russias into an 8-week online course. With Dr. Jenny Suchland's blessing, I had the creative freedom to equip students with theories (Foucault was the…
Back to Campus Autumn 2026 with the SEELC!
Welcome back to campus! We hope you will join us for a fantastic year of study by enrolling in one of our many courses below.
It’s been a summer of languages! Siobhán spent the first 8 weeks of the summer taking ASL 1101 (which she found fabulous) before immediately leaving on the last day of the summer semester for…
In May and June Angela Brintlinger was able to spend five weeks in Timișoara, Romania as a guest of West University ( Romanian: Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara; abbreviated UVT). This was her…
The U.S. Russia Foundation (USRF) has awarded a second round of funding for the REEES Think Tank program: “Future- and Career-Readiness in Russian Area Studies”
Congratulations to Dr. Helen Myers on her promotion to Associate Teaching Professor!
Dr. Myers always creates an excellent learning environment for our students and is a steadfast…
Angela Brintlinger, Andrei Cretu, Helen Myers, Emma Pratt, and Larysa Stepanova, whose article “Russian for the Professions: Creating an M.A. Program in the Context of Holistic Foreign Language…
Congratulations to Siobhań for her piece, "The Last Cohort of Russian ETAs," which has been accepted for publication in The Life and Death of Cold War Funding special issue of The Russian…
The Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures is pleased to announce that Sunnie has received $15,000 in Departmental Research Grant funding…
Join us in giving a hearty congratulations to our Viktoriia Kim and Kelly Gallagher on their wonderful accomplishment in passing their Candidacy Exams!
As a Lecturer in the Department,…
The Global Arts + Humanities has announced the 2026-27 Society of Fellows. Dr. Yana Hashamova, Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor at our Department, has been named Leadership Faculty Fellow…
Congratulations Dr. Angela Brintlinger on this astounding achievement! Thank you for your years of service and your continued dedication to the students, faculty, and all friends and colleagues of…
Congratulations to Dr. Yana Hashamova, who has been named Leadership Faculty Fellow and Mentor of the six Graduate Team Fellows as part of the Global Arts and Humanities Society of Fellows program…
Congratulations to Dr. Daniel Collins, who has been given the inaugural “ASC Student Wellbeing Advocate” by the ASC Committee on Student Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Prof. Christa Teston,…
Well done, Andrey!
Wish you continued success and hope you will continue to be a key part of our graduate student community. Keep up the good work!
Congratulations to Alex Burry, who has been granted the prestigious Award for Distinguished Service by the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages.…
We hope you will join us in congratulating two of our graduate students, Marge Stafford and Lejla Veskovic, and one undergraduate Russian Major, Tobey Rubin, on their recent achievements!
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The SEELC would like to acknowledge and congratulate our very own Russian Major, Tobey Rubin, on becoming a Civil Disourse Fellow for the upcoming Spring 2026 Civil Discourse for Citizenship…
This award is “Ohio State’s highest recognition of the exceptional teaching provided by graduate students serving as Graduate Teaching Associates.” Mykyta will receive a $2000 award and be honored at…
The Department of Slavic and Eastern European Languages and Cultures is excited to welcome a new incoming faculty, Dr. Ana Cohle, who will be joining us in August 2026 as a Visiting Assistant…
Congratulations to Dr. Jenny Suchland, who has been selected for the National Humanities Select Summer Residency program! This is a wonderful honor and opportunity for Dr. Suchland, who will be able…
Congratulations to Alex Burry, who has been granted the prestigious Award for Distinguished Service by the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages.…
Plan Ahead for 2026!
Build your Summer and Fall schedules by checking out the Slavic Department's course offerings for Summer and Autumn.
Whether you want to study Russian or Polish, or…
Heartiest congratulations to our very own Graduate Students, Michelle Verbitskaya and Mykyta Tyshchenko, whose Ukrainian textbook proposal has passed stage 1 in the reviewing process for the Language…
Check out the Scholarship and Grant Opportunities available through the CLLC for Graduate and Undergraduate students
🌍CLLC Undergraduate Study Abroad Grants
🌎ALI Study Abroad and…
Want a leg up in your studies? Get your GE credits or study that one course you haven't been able to fit in your schedule.
Join the SEELC this Summer in one of our online courses! Maybe you…
Congratulations to Dr. Sunnie Rucker-Chang on her new co-edited special issue of The Slavic Review On Black Life and Blackness in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Societies AND her…
Happy New Year from the SEELC! As the new semester nears, we hope you share our excitement in preparing for another year of shared learning experiences.
As part of the new semester, we…
This was a semester to celebrate the brilliance of our graduate students at the SEELC!
Congratulations to all our newly-minted ABDs: Enes Tastan, Michelle Verbitskaya, Siobhán Seigne, and…
We at the SEELC believe we have the best students at The Ohio State University! Most students in our Russian Language Majors have a second major, or add minors in a wide range of fields. Their…
Join us in congratulation two of our very own faculty members, Dr. Dima Arzyutov and Dr. Yana Hashamova, as well as our Chair Dr. Angela Brintlinger, who we thank for continuing to help make our…
This October, we had the pleasure of welcoming the SEELC Alumni Council for their annual campus visit. During their visit, three of the Alumni Council's members, Natalie Mauser-Carter, Kenneth…
Need to enroll in a language class? Do you need to fulfill your GE requirements, or simply want to enhance your education by learning another language? See our schedule below and sign up today! …
On October 22nd, we had the pleasure of joining our friends and colleagues at the Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, the…
Applications to the 2026 CLS (Critical Language Study) Program are open!
Take advantage of this this amazing opportunity for intensive language study over the summer…
My summer has been a well-balanced mix of teaching, research, reconnecting with colleagues from my previous studies, and spending time with family and friends.
Dear friends and colleagues!
We invite you to read our 2025 SEELC Newsletter, featuring the Letter from the Chair Dr. Angela Brintlinger below.
Thank you for all your support and…
Join your friends and colleagues at the Department of Slavic and East European Languages this semester at our upcoming events! Don’t miss the 15th Annual Oulanoff Lecture, the beloved spring…
Congratulations to our Graduate Student and GTA Kelly Gallagher for publishing her first article, “Gender, Selfhood, and Power in Zamiatin’s We,” this week! We are always proud to see our…
Dr. Tuxbury-Gleissner, as part of an interdisciplinary team from the Colleges of Engineering and Arts and Sciences, has received a 2025 Battelle Engineering, Technology and Human Affairs (BETHA)…