University of Pittsburgh: Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

Welcome to the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh, main campus. Please use the navigation menu above for more information about our program.

Slavic-related courses on language, literature, and culture are offered to both graduate and undergraduate students year-round. Our culture courses, such as Vampire: Blood and Empire, Russian Fairy Tales (CAS), Madness and Madmen in Russian Literature, and (Saturday College), are also offered during the summer term. To find out more about specific programs, please visit the academics section.

The Russian and East European Summer Language Institute (SLI) is one of the country's finest programs in intensive Slavic and East European acquisition. 2008 programs include Pittsburgh courses in Russian, Polish, Bulgarian, BCS, Ukrainian, Hungarian, and Slovak. Abroad programs include Moscow, Poland, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and the former Yugoslavia. Applications for the summer of 2008 are currently available.

Applications for the Russian Graduate Program are due on January 15, 2009 for the 2009-2010 academic year.

The next SLOVAK HERITAGE FESTIVAL will be held on November 2, 2008 from 1-5pm in the Commons Room of the Cathedral of Learning (see the 2007 schedule)