Dragana Obradovic fled Bosnia with her mother and sister in 1994 during a savage regional conflict. Now, the associate professor of Slavic Languages & Literatures is bringing students from formerly warring nations together to learn Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian as one language.
One of the largest donations ever made to Ukrainian language studies at a Canadian university will support the creation of a visiting professorship in Ukrainian language and culture in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures.
A recent symposium presented by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Canadian Opera Company (CoC) brought together students, faculty, and opera enthusiasts for an in-depth discussion of two of the most important cultural works from 19th-century Russia.
Professor Christina E. Kramer of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures has been honoured with a translation fellowship from the US National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
Congratulations Christine Lehleiter, Germanic Languages & Literatures; Dragana Obradovic, Slavic Languages & Literatures; and Sarah Wakefield, Geography & Planning.
With the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, U of T’s Jackman Humanities Institute has embarked on collaboration with the University of the Western Cape in South Africa.
Christina Kramer honoured for her contributions to the development of Macedonian language, literature and culture.
A&S News spoke with Kate Holland of the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures about the novel, its author, Fyodor Dostoevsky and planned anniversary celebrations.
While many of their fellow University of Toronto students hit the books during Reading Week, Jelena Djuric and Silviu Kondan hit the streets of Belgrade instead.
Lavinian, a new Slavic language created by Professors Christina Kramer and Dragana Obradović, will never be taught in classrooms or spoken on the street. Yet, it will live on, immortalized in Butcher, a play by Nicolas Billon that premiered at the Alberta Theatre Project.
Taras Shevchenko — the greatest poet of Ukraine who gave voice to his people’s national and social consciousness — is being celebrated at the United Nations today with some help from Maxim Tarnawsky of the University of Toronto’s Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures.
For some, the way to get to the Sochi Paralympics is by excelling in alpine skiing or wheelchair curling. But for Janick Roy, a PhD candidate in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, it’s her excellent language skills that will enable her to be a part of the exciting event.
“Translation brings together my linguistic and cultural knowledge, language ability, and love of literature in a wonderfully complex and creative way. I am honoured to be able to work with living authors such as Starova and Smilevski to bring their works into English.”