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BROWN UNIVERSITY (link)
Department of Slavic Studies
Box E
Providence, RI 02912
tel.: 401.863.2689
Instructor:
Masako Fidler, Masako_Fidler@brown.edu
Details
Types of classes offered:
- 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:
- http://brown.edu/research/projects/needle-in-haystack/ (long-term collaboration with the Czech National Corpus Institute, Charles University)
- http://brown.edu/research/projects/needle-in-haystack/ (long-term collaboration with the Czech National Corpus Institute, Charles University)
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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (link)
Department of Slavic Languages
1130 Amsterdam Avenue
mailcode 2839
New York, NY 10027
tel.: 212.854.3941
fax: 212.854.5009
Instructor:
Christopher W. Harwood, cwh4@columbia.edu
Details
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 (link)
Instructor:
Chris Harwood, cwh4@columbia.edu
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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (link)
Center for European Studies
Mailing address: PO Box 117342
Physical address: 3326A Turlington
Gainesville, FL 32611-7342
tel.: +1 352-294-7150
Instructor:
Holly Raynard, hraynard@ufl.edu
Details
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 (link)
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
e-mail: slavic@fas.harvard.edu
12 Quincy Street
Barker Center, 3rd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel.: 617.495-4065
Instructors:
Veronika Tuckerová, vtuckerova@fas.harvard.edu
Steven Clancy, sclancy@fas.harvard.edu
Jonathan Bolton
Details
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 (link)
Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
e-mail: iuslavic@indiana.edu
355 N. Jordan Ave.
GISB 4050
Bloomington, IN 47405-1105
tel.: 812.855.9906
fax: 812.855.2107
Instructors:
Craig Cravens, cracrave@indiana.edu
Jeff Holdeman, jeffhold@indiana.edu
Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES)
260 Stephens Hall #2304
Berkeley, CA 94720-2304
tel.: 510.642.3230
e-mail: iseees@berkeley.edu
Sponsors lectures and events related to Slavic and Eastern European studies.
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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (link)
Department of Russian and Slavic Studies
Instructor: Suzanna Halsey
19 University Place
New York, NY 10003
tel.: 212.998.8673
Details
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
Types of classes offered:
Czech currently taught only at NYU Prague.
O
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (link)
Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
e-mail: slavicdept@osu.edu
400 Hagerty Hall
1775 College Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1215
tel.: 614.292.6733 6733
Instructors: BTU sharing; receive it from IU
Chair: Yana Hashamova
Language Program Director: Larysa Stepanova
Details
Types of classes offered:
1st year/Elementary Czech, 2nd year/Intermediate Czech.
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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (link)
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
249 East Pyne
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
Phone: 609-258-4726
Fax: 609-258-2204
Details
Types of classes offered:
Beginning Czech, Intermediate Czech
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UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG (link)
BOHEMICUM – Center for Czech Studies
Universität Regensburg
93040 Regensburg
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STANFORD UNIVERSITY (link)
Special Language Program Department
Building 240 Room 205
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
Tel 650 704 7564 (cell)
Instructor:
Eva Prionas, eprionas@stanford.edu
Details
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: issa@berkeley.edu
Ellen Langer, PhD
Instructor:
Darya Kavitskaya, PhD, dkavitskaya@berkeley.edu
erlanger@berkeley.edu
Associate Professor
Supervisor of Czech Instruction
Details
Types of classes
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
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures
Box 951502
University Of California
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1501
(310) 825-3856
Instructor:
Susan C. Kresin, kresin@ad.ucla.edu
Details
Types of classes offered:
independent study; courses in literature, film, and culture that include Czech material
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (link)
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
e-mail: slavic-department@uchicago.edu
1130 E. 59th Street
Foster 406
Chicago, IL 60637
tel.: 773.702.8033
fax: 773.702.7030
Instructors:
Irena Čajková, icajkova@uchicago.edu
Malynne Sternstein, msternst@uchicago.edu
Details
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
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
707 S. Matthews Avenue
Foreign Languages Building #3070
Urbana, IL 61801 MC-17
e-mail: slavic.illinois.edu
Instructor:
Prof. David Cooper, dlcoop@illinois.edu
Details
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
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
1445 Jayhawk Blvd., Wescoe 2141
Lawrence, KS 66045-7590
Beginning and Intermediate Czech on-line (link)
Instructors:
Dr. Svetlana Vassileva-Karagyozova, spv@ku.edu
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (link)
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
3040 MLB, 812 E.Washington
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1275
Instructors:
Jindřich Toman (Literature & Culture), ptydepe@umich.edu
Herbert Eagle (Cinema), hjeagle@umich.edu
Ewa Pasek (Language), ewamm@umich.edu
Details
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 (link)
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
1103 Oldfather Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0315
tel.: 402.472.7914
Instructor:
Dr. Hana Waisserova, hwaisserova2@unl.edu
Details
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
Metropolitan College
New Orleans, LA 70148
tel.: 504.280.7318
e-mail: iziegler@uno.edu
more info: www.unostudyabroad.com/prague.htm
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
Department of Germanic & Slavic Languages & Literatures
Campus Box 3160 | Dey Hall 426
Chapel Hill
North Carolina 27599-3160
Phone: +919-966-1642
Instructor:
Hana Pichová, pichova@email.unc.edu
Details
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 (link)
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
Phone: (215) 898-6039
Fax: (215) 573-2139
e-mail: plc@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
Penn Language Center
Christina Frei, Academic Director, cefrei@sas.upenn.edu
715-716 Williams Hall
Instructor:
Abigail Weil, weila@sas.upenn.edu
Details
Types of classes offered: 1st year
Fall 2020: Czech through Film (Abigail Weil)
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS (link)
Slavic Languages and Literatures
e-mail: creees@mail.texas.edu
Austin, TX 78713-7217
tel.: 512.471.3607
Instructor:
Christian Hilchey, hilchey@utexas.edu
Details
Types of classes offered (for ex, 1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year, mixed 3rd and 4th, summer, online, independent study, etc.)
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO (link)
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Alumni Hall, Room 419
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1J4
Tel: +1 416-946-8609
121 St. Joseph Street
Instructor:
Ana Petrov, ana.petrov@utoronto.ca
Details
Types of classes offered:
1st year, 2nd year, Czech and Slovak Cultures, Czech Literature, Creative Writing , online, independent study
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (link, contingent upon enrollment)
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
University of Washington
A-210 Padelford Hall, Box 354335
Seattle, WA 98195
Telephone: (206) 543-6848
e-mail: slavadm@uw.edu
Types of classes offered: as per the departmental website, Czech is taught depending on enrollments and funding.
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – MADISON (link)
Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures
1432 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
tel.: 608.262.3498, 608.262.9765
fax: 608.265.2814
e-mail: slavicl@slavic.wisc.edu
Instructor:
David S. Danaher, dsdanaher@wisc.edu
Details
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 (link)
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
e-mail: slavic.department@yale.edu
P.O. Box 208236
New Haven, CT 06520-8236
tel.: 203.432.0390
Instructor:
Karen von Kunes, karen.vonkunes@yale.edu
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT TEACH CZECH
Czech community schools
Contact Person Marta McCabe, marta.mccabe@duke.edu
