News

July 2018

The Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies has been awarded the 'Polonicum 2018' prize (http://polonicum.uw.edu.pl/en/the-polonicum-award#On_the_Award). The prize is awarded for outstanding achievements in promoting the Polish language, culture and history outside Poland. It is awarded annually by a committee that includes the Rector of the University of Warsaw, the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, the Minister of Higher Education, the Director of the National Library, and the Director of the Polonicum Centre. Previous laureates include Polish and Slavonic Studies scholars and departments at the Universities of Pittsburgh, Leipzig, Wisconsin-Madison, Milan, Moscow, Beijing and Seoul.