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Cambridge Slavonic Studies Courses

The Slavonic Studies Section at the University of Cambridge is dedicated to teaching the languages of Poland, Russia and Ukraine to a high degree of written and oral excellence. We also seek to promote an interdisciplinary course of study in which our undergraduate and postgraduate students acquire a wide range of knowledge in literature, history, culture, and philology. Our courses of study are rigorous and intensive. We take pride in engaging our students in vigorous debate and discussion by way of a curriculum combining organised lectures and seminars with small group teaching.

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Book Launch: Stanley Bill and Ben Stanley on Poland's Illiberal Revolution

19 September 2025

Book Launch: Stanley Bill and Ben Stanley on Poland's Illiberal Revolution Friday, 24 October 2025, 5:30pm William Mong Hall, Sidney Sussex College We invite you to a free event to discuss the recently published book co-written by our Professor of Polish Studies, Stanley Bill , and Ben Stanley (SWPS University, Warsaw)...

What would it take to fake a sonnet by Louise Labé?

2 July 2025

Timothy Chesters weighs in on the authorship controversy over France’s most famous female Renaissance poet, Louise Labé (c.1520-1564).Twenty years ago a prominent French critic, Mireille Huchon, caused uproar by alleging that Olivier de Magny, a male poet traditionally believed to have been Labé’s lover, forged her poems...