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BROWN UNIVERSITY
www.brown.edu
Department of Slavic Studies
https://www.brown.edu/academics/slavic-studies/
Instructor: Masako Fidler
[email protected]
Box E
Providence, RI 02912
tel.: 401.863.2689

  • 1st year Czech
  • Topic-driven 2nd year+3rd year courses that can be retaken (1st and 2-3 years are offered alternating years, but students can continue with independent study courses)
  • Research and reading in a Slavic language (above 3rd year)
  • One summer full fellowship at Charles University as part of the multidisciplinary MoU between Brown and Charles U. The MoU also includes graduate student exchange
  • Central European literature courses
  • Course on Czech animation
  • Comparative analysis  of Czech and Russian
  • Sociolinguistics with case studies on Eastern Europe and former USSR  
  • Research opportunities for undergrads (Undergraduate Research Assistantships)

Faculty research

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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
www.columbia.edu
Department of Slavic Languages

https://slavic.columbia.edu/  
Instructor: Christopher W. Harwood
[email protected]

1130 Amsterdam Avenue
mailcode 2839
New York, NY 10027
tel.: 212.854.3941
fax: 212.854.5009
Types of classes offered: 1st and 2nd year Czech language; 3rd year Czech language with emphasis on reading and composition; a cycle of four courses in English on Czech (and comparative) literature and culture.

CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Czech and similar courses offered remotely (synchronously) through an agreement with Columbia and Yale: https://lrc.cornell.edu/scihttps://sharedcourseinitiative.lrc.columbia.edu/.

Czech Instructor: Chris Harwood
[email protected]

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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

instructor: Holly Raynard

email: [email protected]

Center for European Studies  

Mailing address: PO Box 117342

Physical address: 3326A Turlington

Gainesville, FL 32611-7342

tel.: +1 352-294-7150

Types of classes offered: 1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year, independent study, Czech cinema, Czech Czech literature and culture, Central European history, East European politics, summer study abroad.  

Scholarships: Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) grants.  

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HARVARD UNIVERSITY
www.harvard.edu

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
[email protected]
Instructors: Veronika Tuckerová, Steven Clancy, Jonathan Bolton
[email protected][email protected]

12 Quincy Street
Barker Center, 3rd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel.: 617.495-4065

Types of classes offered: 1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year reading course/independent study; 8-weeks Summer Abroad Program in Prague with intensive 1st year Czech; literature and culture classes focused on Czech and Central European Literature.

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INDIANA UNIVERSITY

www.indiana.edu
Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
[email protected]
Instructors: Craig Cravens, Jeff Holdeman
[email protected], [email protected]
355 N. Jordan Ave.
GISB 4050
Bloomington, IN 47405-1105
tel.: 812.855.9906
fax: 812.855.2107
Types of classes offered: 1st, 2nd, 3rd years (and advanced independent study when needed) of Czech language, Intro to Czech Culture, History of Czech Literature and Culture I, Lovers & Murderers: Czech Literature and Culture from WWII to Today, Czech Cinema; study abroad in Prague

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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY  
www.nyu.edu
Department of Russian and Slavic Studies
Instructor: Suzanna Halsey
19 University Place
New York, NY 10003
tel.: 212.998.8673

Types of classes offered: Czech currently taught only at NYU Prague.

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OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

www.osu.edu
Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
https://slavic.osu.edu/courses/czech
[email protected]
Instructors: BTU sharing; receive it from IU.
Chair: Yana Hashamova, Language Program Director: Larysa Stepanova
400 Hagerty Hall
1775 College Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1215
tel.: 614.292.6733 6733

Types of classes offered: 1st year/Elementary Czech, 2nd year/Intermediate Czech.

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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
www.princeton.edu
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

249 East Pyne
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544

Phone: 609-258-4726
Fax: 609-258-2204

Instructors:

Emails:

Types of classes offered: Beginning Czech, Intermediate Czech.  

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STANFORD UNIVERSITY
www.stanford.edu
Special Language Program Department
Instructor: Eva Prionas

[email protected]
Building  240  Room 205
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
Tel  650 704 7564  (cell)
Types of classes offered (for ex, 1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year, mixed 3rd and 4th, summer, online, independent study, etc.): First, second and third year, alternating; independent study

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

6303 Dwinelle, MC 2979

Berkeley, CA 94720-2979

general inquiries: [email protected]

Ellen Langer, PhD

Lecturer

[email protected]

Darya Kavitskaya, PhD

Associate Professor

Supervisor of Czech Instruction

[email protected]

Types of classes offered:

Regularly offered:

Introductory Czech, a two semester sequence

Continuing Czech, a two semester sequence, can be retaken for credit as content varies

Offered periodically:

Independent Study Courses for both undergraduates and graduate students, typically readings in Czech literature, history, and/or film

Topic courses offered periodically:

           The Many Springs of Prague: History and Culture of the Czech Lands

           Survey of Czech Literature and Film

           Czech Literature, Readings in Czech

           Advanced Reading Tutorial

Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES)
260 Stephens Hall #2304
Berkeley, CA 94720-2304
tel.: 510.642.3230

[email protected]

Sponsors lectures and events related to Slavic and Eastern European studies.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES

Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures, https://slavic.ucla.edu/

Instructor: Susan C. Kresin, [email protected]

Box 951502
University Of California
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1501
(310) 825-3856

Types of classes offered: independent study; courses in literature, film, and culture that include Czech material


UNIVERITY OF CHICAGO

www.uchicago.edu

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
[email protected]
Instructors: Irena Čajková, [email protected], Malynne Sternstein, [email protected]
1130 E. 59th Street
Foster 406
Chicago, IL 60637
tel.: 773.702.8033
fax: 773.702.7030

Types of classes offered: 1st and 2nd year (3rd year by independent study); courses in Czech literature and film

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
slavic.illinois.edu
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Prof. David Cooper (instructor)
[email protected]
707 S. Matthews Avenue
Foreign Languages Building #3070
Urbana, IL 61801 MC-17

Types of classes offered (for ex, 1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year, mixed 3rd and 4th, summer, online, independent study, etc.):

1st and 2nd year via Big Ten Alliance Course Share (currently < U Nebraska, Lincoln)

3rd year and above by independent study

Major and minor available

Courses in literature, film, and culture that include Czech material; independent study available.

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE

Slavic Department
https://slavic.ku.edu/

Beginning and Intermediate Czech on-line
www.KU.edu

Instructors:

Dr. Svetlana Vassileva-Karagyozova

E-mail: [email protected]

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

1445 Jayhawk Blvd., Wescoe 2141

Lawrence, KS 66045-7590

UNIVERISTY OF MICHIGAN

www.umich.edu

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

Instructors:  Jindřich Toman (Literature & Culture): <[email protected]>, Herbert Eagle (Cinema): <[email protected]>, Ewa Pasek (Language): <[email protected]>

3040 MLB, 812 E.Washington
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1275  

Courses offered:                                                                                                                          

  1st and 2nd year Czech (offered in alternating years)                                                            

Supervised Czech Reading                                                                                                          

Czech Cinema                                                                                                                                        

Czech Literature from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment                                                  

Modern Czech Literature                                                                                                            

The Avant-Gardes                                                                                                                  

Issues of the Cultures of Eastern Europe

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA – LINCOLN
www.unl.edu

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
instructor: Dr. Hana Waisserova
e-mail: [email protected]
1103 Oldfather Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0315
tel.: 402.472.7914

Types of classes offered (1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year, advanced seminar, online classes, independent study, faculty lead study abroad)

Minor in Czech Studies available (language, cultural studies, area studies).

Undergraduate research opportunities

Scholarships: CLF available per class, Chab (one semester fully paid in CR for one student a year), Plouzek-Broz scholarship towards study abroad in CR.  


UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS 
Division of International Education
www.unostudyabroad.com
Metropolitan College
New Orleans, LA 70148
tel.: 504.280.7318
[email protected]
www.unostudyabroad.com/prague.htm

Types of classes offered (for ex, 1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year, mixed 3rd and 4th, summer, online, independent study, etc.):

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL                                  

Department of Germanic & Slavic Languages & Literatures: https://gsll.unc.edu                  

Upcoming courses: https://gsll.unc.edu/courses/upcoming-courses/                                  

Instructor: Hana Pichová, [email protected]                                                                    

Campus Box 3160 | Dey Hall 426                                                                                            

Chapel Hill                                                                                                                              

North Carolina 27599-3160                                                                                                    

Phone: +919-966-1642                                                                                                              

Types of classes offered: 1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year, mixed 3rd and 4th (usually these are graduate courses focused on readings in history, culture, politics, and literature), and occasionally Czech literature and culture courses in translation. A course on Milan Kundera is offered regularly and is also taught in translation.

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA    

www.upenn.edu
Penn Language Center

715-716 Williams Hall

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone: (215) 898-6039

Fax: (215) 573-2139

[email protected]
Christina Frei, Academic Director

[email protected]

Instructor: Abigail Weil

e-mail: [email protected]

Types of classes offered: 1st year

Fall 2020: Czech through Film (Abigail Weil)

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
www.utexas.edu
Slavic Languages and Literatures
[email protected]
Instructor: Christian Hilchey

Austin, TX 78713-7217
tel.: 512.471.3607

Types of classes offered (for ex, 1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year, mixed 3rd and 4th, summer, online, independent study, etc.)

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

www.utoronto.ca

Slavic Languages and Literatures

http://sites.utoronto.ca/slavic/

Instructor: Ana Petrov

[email protected]

121 St. Joseph Street

Alumni Hall, Room 419

Toronto, Ontario M5S 1J4

Tel: +1 416-946-8609

Types of classes offered: 1st year, 2nd year, Czech and Slovak Cultures, Czech Literature, Creative Writing , online, independent study

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (contingent upon enrollment)
www.washington.edu
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
University of Washington
A-210 Padelford Hall, Box 354335
Seattle, WA 98195

Telephone: (206) 543-6848

E-mail: [email protected]
Types of classes offered: as per the departmental website, Czech is taught depending on enrollments and funding.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – MADISON
www.wisc.edu
Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures
[email protected]
vyučující: David S. Danaher
[email protected]
1432 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
tel.: 608.262.3498, 608.262.9765
fax: 608.265.2814

Types of classes offered: First- through fourth-semester Czech with the possibility of directed studies beyond the fourth semester.
Czech culture courses include “The Culture of Dissent in Czechoslovakia and Poland,” “The Writings of Václav Havel: Critique of Modern Society” and “Slavic Science Fiction in Literature and Film”

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YALE UNIVERSITY
www.yale.edu
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
[email protected]
Instructor: Karen von Kunes
[email protected]
P.O. Box 208236
New Haven, CT 06520-8236
tel.: 203.432.0390
Types of classes offered: Czech Language from Beginners to Advanced, Czech Literature, Czech Film, possible tutorials in Czech Level 5, various aspects of Czech Literature and culture, also yearly 5-week Yale Summer Session in Prague: film, literature, culture

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT TEACH CZECH:

Czech community schools (contact person Marta McCabe)

Czech Schools in North America

Web https://www.czechschoolsamerica.org

FB page https://www.facebook.com/CzechSchoolsAmerica/

FB group https://www.facebook.com/groups/329298827225983/

Czech Center in NYC

http://new-york.czechcentres.cz/

[email protected]