NYU Department of Russian & Slavic Studies

NYU Department of Russian & Slavic Studies Welcome to the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies at New York University.

Through a broad range of courses in Russian language, history, literature, and culture, the department aims to give students a thorough understanding of one of the most interesting and significant cultures in the world today. Whether in popular lecture courses treating the Russian classics in translation, surveys of modern Russian history and politics, or in small seminars devoted to the close stu

dy of texts and primary sources in the original, faculty members are committed to conveying to students the vibrancy of a culture that is at once central to the development of modern European culture and strikingly exotic to western readers.

03/02/2022

As members of New York University’s Department of Russian and Slavic Studies, we join our colleagues around the country and the world in condemning Russia’s unprovoked invasion of the sovereign country of Ukraine. We stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people, with our students and colleagues whose loved ones are in Ukraine, and with those in Russia and Belarus who are opposing Putin’s actions.

We are committed to using our expertise to combat lies and to promote a clear understanding of this catastrophe.

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Ми, співробітники кафедри слов'янських мов і літератур Нью-Йоркського Університету, разом з колегами усієї країни та усього світу засуджуємо нічим не спровоковане вторгнення Росії на територію суверенної держави України. Сьогодні ми хочемо виразити солідарність з українським народом, з нашими студентами та колегами, чиї родичі знаходяться в Україні, а також з тими росіянами та білорусами, що протистоять дії Путіна.

Ми маємо твердий намір використовувати наші знання та наш досвід для боротьби з брехнею та фальсифікаціями та сприяти чіткому розумінню цієї катастрофи.

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Мы, сотрудники кафедры славянских языков и литератур Нью-Йоркского Университета, вместе с коллегами по всей стране и всему миру, осуждаем ничем не спровоцированное вторжение России на территорию суверенного государства Украины. Сегодня мы хотим выразить солидарность с украинским народом, с нашими студентами и коллегами, чьи близкие находятся в Украине, и с теми россиянами и белорусами, которые выступают против действий Путина.

Мы твёрдо намерены использовать наши знания и опыт для борьбы с ложью и фальсификациями и всячески способствовать осознанию этой катастрофы.

04/24/2020

In Memoriam

Prof. Milan Fryščák
June 27, 1932 – April 16, 2020

We at New York University are very sorry to announce the passing of Professor Milan Fryščák, longtime professor of Russian and Slavic Studies and our valued colleague.

Milan Fryščák was born in Dobra near Frydek-Mistek on June 27, 1932. He attended preparatory high school in Mistek and received his B.A. from Palacky University in Olomouc in 1956. In the fall of 1957, he made a daring escape from Czechoslovakia when a ship on which he was travelling docked in Venice, Italy. He spent the next year and a half as a political refugee in camps in Cremona and Naples before emigrating to Racine, Wisconsin, in 1959. In 1960 Fryščák began his studies at the University of California, Berkeley, where he obtained an M.A. in Slavic Languages and Linguistics in 1962. In 1964 he became an American citizen and started teaching in the Russian Language department of Wittenberg University. He received his PhD in Slavic Linguistics from The Ohio State University in 1969.

From 1971 until his retirement in 2008, Prof. Fryščák taught at New York University in the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies, where he served regularly as graduate advisor to Masters and PhD students. From the 1970s through the 1990s he spent the majority of his summers directing and teaching at the Russian School of Norwich University in Vermont.

In 1988 Prof. Fryščák was selected by IREX for an academic exchange between the United States and Czechoslovakia. After 31 years in exile, the exchange allowed him to reunite with his younger brother and other relatives.

Following the Velvet Revolution in 1989, Prof. Fryščák was instrumental in establishing some of the first scholarly exchanges between Charles University and NYU. He served as Director of NYU’s Summer Program in Prague, lectured at Charles University, and taught in their Summer School of Slavonic Studies. In recognition of his efforts, on the occasion of the 650th anniversary of the founding of Charles University he was honored with the Charles University Memorial Medal (“Nummum Memorialem”).

Prof. Fryščák was a leader and active participant in numerous Czech cultural and émigré organizations for over 40 years. He served for many years as President of the New York chapter of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences, in which capacity he organized three conferences held at NYU and Columbia University. He was the General Secretary of the Czech and Slovak Solidarity Council (which was until 1993 known as the Council of Free Czechoslovakia) and a member of the Management Committee of the American Fund for Czech and Slovak Relief. Until health issues prevented him from continuing, Prof. Fryščák remained very active in Czech-American organizations.

Prof. Fryščák is survived by his wife Eva, his sons Peter and Francis, his daughter-in-law Audrey, grandchildren Gabriel and Beckett, his brother Josef, and other close relatives in the Czech Republic.

12/20/2019

Multicultural Center Kaleidoscope performace at the end of semester poetry contes.

Fall 2019
12/20/2019

Fall 2019

08/16/2019

Congratulations to Dr. Maya Vinokour, Assistant Professor of Russian & Slavic Studies.

Another shot from our Poetry Contest and End of the Semester Celebration!
05/14/2019

Another shot from our Poetry Contest and End of the Semester Celebration!

Please join us this Friday May 10th at 4pm for our annual poetry contest and end of semester celebration--there will be ...
05/08/2019

Please join us this Friday May 10th at 4pm for our annual poetry contest and end of semester celebration--there will be snacks!

03/28/2019

The Careers in Russian panel is tonight at 5--come join us for some russian snacks!

Join us for the Careers in Russian Panel on March 28th 🇷🇺
03/11/2019

Join us for the Careers in Russian Panel on March 28th 🇷🇺

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