斯拉夫文学和文化的集中为哈佛学生提供了研究俄罗斯和其他斯拉夫国家（尤其是乌克兰，波兰，波斯尼亚，塞尔维亚，克罗地亚和捷克共和国）过去和现在的伟大著作和文化传统的机会。从中世纪到俄罗斯，哈布斯堡王朝和奥斯曼帝国的时代，再到20世纪世界大战和冷战的戏剧，这些国家和地区拥有丰富的文化生活以及动荡而迷人的历史重塑二十一世纪的民主，异议和民族传统的日常工作。虽然我们的教学重点是文学，艺术和文化，但我们欢迎对政治，历史，语言学，人类学和其他领域感兴趣的学生，您的斯拉夫课程将使您可以将其纳入许多学科。斯拉夫的专注力鼓励
The concentration in Slavic Literatures and Cultures offers Harvard students the opportunity to study the great works and cultural traditions, past and present, of Russia and the other Slavic countries, especially Ukraine, Poland, Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, and the Czech Republic. These countries share a rich cultural life as well as a turbulent and fascinating history, from the medieval period through the days of the Russian, Habsburg, and Ottoman Empires, from the twentieth-century dramas of world war and Cold War all the way to present-day efforts to reimagine democracy, dissent, and national traditions for the twenty-first century. While our tutorials focus on literature, art, and culture, we welcome students with an interest in politics, history, linguistics, anthropology, and other fields, your Slavic curriculum will let you incorporate courses in many disciplines. The Slavic concentration encourages creativity and initiative and will teach you both how to analyze literary works and how to place them in their political and cultural context. Along the way, you will get to read some of the great works of European and world literature, from Tolstoy and Dostoevsky to Nabokov and Kundera. The language requirement helps students develop advanced proficiency in Russian or another Slavic language (such as Czech, Polish, Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian, or Ukrainian), and use their knowledge of the language to read everything from newspapers and primary historical texts to great works of world literature like War and Peace, Crime and Punishment, and The Master and Margarita.