Indiana University, Bloomington. Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures.

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Formerly part of the Department of Slavic Studies, the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures was established as an independent department in 1958. Fields of study in the department include concentrations on the languages, literature, and linguistics of the Slavic and non-Slavic East European peoples.

From the description of Indiana University Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures records, 1949-2004, bulk 1950-1970. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 540583616

Although Russian had been taught in previous years as part of the war effort, in the fall of 1947, Michael Ginsburg began his tenure at IU as professor of Russian language and literature. Within two years, the need and desire for study in this area grew and in 1949, the Board of Trustees approved the establishment of the Department of Slavic Studies, with Prof. Ginsburg serving as its first chair. In 1958, the department was reorganized and renamed. The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures concentrated on the languages, literatures, and linguistics of the Slavic and non-Slavic East European peoples, while the Russian and East European Institute, absorbing the already-in-place Institute of East European Studies, focused on the area subjects.

The Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures provides a course of study in the language, literature, culture and linguistics of Russia, Bosnia/Croatia/Serbia, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania and Ukraine. In addition to offering bachelor and master degrees, IU is the only university in the state of Indiana to offer a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literature.

From the guide to the Indiana University Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures records, 1949-2004, bulk 1950-1970, (Indiana University Office of University Archives and Records Management http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives)

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