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The State of Slavic Studies in America*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

Waclaw Lednicki
Waclaw Lednicki*
Affiliation:
Department of Slavic Languages, University of California
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“Our hero's origin was humble and obscure.” The study of Slavic languages began in America in 1885 when Oberlin College started offering courses in Czech to prepare ministers for clerical activities in Czechoslovakia. However, the first attempt at a comprehensive program of Slavic studies was made at Harvard University in 1896, when, through the efforts of Professor A. Coolidge, Leo Wiener was engaged to present courses in Russian, Polish, and Church Slavic. Professor Coolidge previously had presented courses in Slavic history. In 1899 courses in Slavic literature were added to Harvard's schedule. The next step was made at the University of California in 1901, where George R. Noyes, a student of Professor Wiener, instituted the study of Russian and Polish. Of course, the role of Father R. H. Lord at Harvard and of R. T. Kerner at California should not be forgotten.

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Research Article
Information
American Slavic and East European Review , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , February 1954 , pp. 100 - 116
Copyright
Copyright © Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies 1954

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Footnotes

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Address delivered at the Slavic Conference of American, European, and Canadian Scholars at Ann Arbor on June 27–29, 1953.

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