Programs in Area Studies and
Languages and Literatures (continued)
 

Russian Language and Literature and 
East European Studies
Both these programs aim to provide students, even if they have had no Russian in high school, with an advanced level of fluency. The importance of the Russian language is increasing rapidly as the former Soviet Union becomes a participant in the international community. The major in language and literature also ensures a knowledge of Russian literature and of the historical and cultural context in which it developed. The major in Russian and East European studies provides a background in Russian, Soviet, and East European history, politics, economics, and literature.

On the Wesleyan campus, students can live in the Russian House and organize events with the collaboration of native speakers. In addition, students of Russian will want to spend a period of study in the former Soviet Union and are encouraged to spend a summer, a semester, or a full year there. Study programs are available in the provinces for those who do not want to study in Moscow or St. Petersburg, and there are summer programs in which students can work in Russian orphanages and summer camps. Students interested in East European studies who are not studying Russian are encouraged to attend programs in the Czech Republic, Hungary, or Poland.

For more information, contact Associate Professor Duffield White, Department of Russian, 300 High St. 208, telephone (860) 685-3126.

Classical Studies
 
The Department of Classical Studies offers courses in Greek and Latin languages and literatures at all levels, as well as a broad range of classical civilization courses in art and archeology, social and political history, religion, literature, or some combination of these that require no knowledge of Greek or Latin. All courses are open to majors and non-majors. Majors are offered in classics (Latin and/or Greek) and classical civilization. 

Students interested in classical studies are encouraged to spend a semester at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome, in which Wesleyan is a consortial partner, or through the College Year in Athens in Greece. An in-depth understanding of the ancient world is excellent preparation for an intercultural experience in the contemporary Mediterranean, and the art and architecture of the classical world can surely be best appreciated in its own environment. 

For more information, contact Professor  Christopher Parslow, Department of Classical Studies, Science Tower 347, telephone (860) 685-2083. 
 

  
The Roman Forum, Joshua Borenstein '97, Italy 
 
"I love Greece and Greek culture. There, you experience a traditional society coming to terms and coping with modernization and development. It is a Western as well as an Eastern culture."  
Antigone Yanniotis '96, government major, College Year in Athens 
 

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