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The Slavic Studies deal with the languages, literatures and cultures of the diverse Slavic region. In addition to a sound language education, the program includes the teaching of academic theories, methods and working techniques in the fields of linguistics, literature and cultural studies. In Bern and Fribourg, the linguistic focus is on the Slavic languages Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian. In research and teaching, we deal with these linguistic and cultural areas and also examine mutual relations with Switzerland from a historical and current perspective.