The Slavic Department at the University of Chicago has a long-standing reputation as one of the major research programs in the field. It is a true Slavic department, with faculty specializing in Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian cultural and literary studies, while also engaging with the non-Slavic cultures of the broader region. Members of the core faculty are leading experts in Holocaust studies, 19th-century Russian literature, medical anthropology, media studies, Nabokov, émigré studies, gender theory, Soviet cinema, environmental humanities, and the history of artistic and political movements. Our dedicated, award-winning language faculty offer courses tailored to student needs at all levels including heritage learners. Graduate students are encouraged to pursue interdisciplinary training and mentored to become leaders in the field of Slavic Studies in academia and beyond.