Slavic Languages & Literatures

Привет! Ćao! Bok! Cześć! Здрастуй! Здраво! Ahoj! Welcome to the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Toronto. We teach Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Polish, and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, as well as the literature, cultural history, and cinema from the Slavic-speaking world. We offer courses that take a look at the deeper history of this part of the world and those that reflect on contemporary geo-political changes in the region. We are close-knit academic community and offer many extra-curricular activities during the year in order to bring the diversity of Slavic cultures to life.

Our students graduate with an impressive skill set: acqusition of a foreign language, critical and analytic skills, and knowledge of region that is of global and economic importance.