Opportunites for research in Slavonic Studies

Located in one of the University's newer buildings, which also houses a modern Language Centre with the most up-to-date equipment for the teaching and learning of foreign languages, Slavonic Studies at Glasgow is acknowledged as a centre of excellence in the field.

Staff research interests are varied and include the following:

• Russian language in the post-Soviet period
• The Russian mass media
• Polish language and literature
• Polish history and thought
• Modern Polish and comparative drama
• Contemporary Polish cinema
• Contemporary Polish theatre
• Modern Czech literature
• Czech culture and politics
• Russian literature of the 19th to 21st centuries
• Czech 20th century prose fiction
• Translation from Czech and Russian
• Russian politics, history and culture
• Russian-British and Russian-Jewish cultural links
• Russian cinema
• Teaching Czech as a foreign language
• Media in the Czech Republic
• Censorship and media in Poland
• Literary theory
• Comparative literature (Russian/Hispanic)
• Gender studies
• Czech, Polish and Russian women's studies and literature
• Contemporary Czech history
• Critical theory
• Holocaust literature and cinema
• Slavonic cultures and globalisation
• Polish/Jewish relationships
• Cultural studies/identity studies.