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Founded in 1948, the Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures is one of the oldest and most prominent programs in its field in the United States. The program provides students with a comprehensive education in the languages, literatures, cultures, and history of Russia, Eastern and Central Europe and Eurasia. Students are encouraged to pursue their intellectual curiosity and develop analytical skills that will make them competitive in today’s job market. In a society that becomes progressively more diverse, the department encourages its students to become global citizens by giving them the opportunity to gain insight...

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Latest news

  1. Enroll in HNGAR 103: Intensive Elementary Hungarian, offered for the first time this Summer Session A – online!

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  2. How a Channel Islands excursion brought environmental humanities vividly to life

    Anatoli Ulyanov is a UCLA doctoral fellow in Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures. His research explores how media construct identity, power and social relations...

  3. Anna Kudyma’s “Russian Through Film” wins AATSEEL book award for Best Book in Second Language Acquisition

    Congratulations to Anna Kudyma, whose Russian through Film: For Intermediate to Advanced Students (Routledge, 2023; co-authored with Irina Six and Irina Walsh) has won the AATSEEL book award...

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Upcoming Events

  1. 28th Annual University of California Undergraduate Conference on Slavic and East/Central European Studies

    Apr 26 @ 8:00 am - 6:30 pm

  2. Women’s Artistic Dissent. Repelling Totalitarianism in Pre-1989 Czechoslovakia

    May 8 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

  3. Celebrations Across Cultures: Talent and Award Show

    May 28 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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