Word: jakobson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...eastern European culture was focused mainly on Russian. But during the past two years, the Slavic Department, under the Chairmanship of Professor Karpovich, has expanded to become one of the centers of Slavic studies in the country. With the arrival this fall of two eminent scholars, Professor R. Jakobson--specialist in Slavic languages and civilization, and Dr. D. I. Cizovsky--distinguished for his work in Europe on philosophy and literature, the Department's program has been extended to include studies touching most of the Slavic nations. Correspondingly, the steadily increasing number of undergraduates and advanced students in eastern European courses...
...appointments have been made to the University faculty, Provost Buck announced last night. The new professors are Homer Jakobson, Thomas G. Massaryk Professor of Czechoslovak Studies at Columbia University, who will become Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Hugh M. Raup. Director of the Harvard Forest, who will be Professor of Botany...
Professor Jakobson, who will teach in the field of Slavic philology and advanced literature, holds degrees from the Universities of Moscow and Prague. He is the author of over 200 books and articles on Russian, Czech and Slovak language, literature, and folklore...