Teaching and studying
For many years, the Centre for Eastern European Studies has been involved in organising courses related to Eastern Europe. These include lecture series and seminars, student excursions to Eastern Europe, conversation and crash courses as well as summer schools.
Crash courses
Since 2020, we have been offering interested persons the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of a Slavic language or to get a taste of another Slavic language with our special format of "crash courses" – compact online language courses in three units. Attending the courses, which are offered in May/June and November, is free of charge.
Previous crash courses
- Summer term 2023: Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian crash course "Pričajmo o svemu" – Dragana Vasilijević-Valent, 1 group (A2)
- Summer term 2023: Ukrainian crash course "Відкрий Україну українською" – Nataliia Sorokina, 1 group (no prior knowledge)
- Winter term 2022/23: Russian crash course "Числительные на раз-два-три" – Dragana Vasilijević-Valent, 1 group (A2+)
- Summer term 2022: Ukrainian crash course "Відкрий Україну українською" – Nataliia Sorokina, 1 group (no prior knowledge)
- Winter term 2021/22: Russian crash course "Поездка в Россию" – Dragana Vasilijević-Valent, 2 groups (A2/B1 and B1+/B2)
- Summer term 2021: Russian crash course "Gehen, kriechen, fliegen – und das auf Russisch" – Dragana Vasilijević-Valent, 2 groups (A2/B1 and B1+/B2)
- Winter term 2020/21: Russian crash course "Общаемся как русские" – Dragana Vasilijević, 2 groups (A2/B1 and B1+/B2)
- Summer term 2020: Russian crash course "С причастиями и деепричастиями на ты!" – Dragana Vasilijević, 2 groups (B1)
Summer School OSTEUROPA
The Summer School OSTEUROPA at the University of Innsbruck offers students the opportunity for exchange across language and national borders. The Summer School OSTEUROPA supports students in improving their practical language skills and broadening their knowledge on Eastern Europe, especially Ukrainian culture and history. The programme consists of an intensive language course for the target languages Ukrainian, Russian and German, humanities and social science workshops and lectures as well as cultural sightseeing programmes. This gives students an insight into exciting research topics and current research methods from various fields of knowledge, such as literature and media, history, politics and society, linguistics and cultural education.
The Summer School OSTEUROPA is organised by the Centre for Eastern European Studies and the Department of Slavonic Studies at the University of Innsbruck and is funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF), represented by the Austrian Agency for Education and Internationalisation (OeAD). The aim of the summer schools, which were established in the 1990s, is to support students in the acquisition of foreign languages and to create a space for intercultural encounters.
Previous summer schools
- 2024 Innsbruck/Obergurgl "Austria and Ukraine": Ukrainian-Russian-German, 10.07.–25.07.2024, University of Innsbruck
- 2023 Innsbruck/Obergurgl "Ukraine and Europe": Ukrainian-Russian-German, 09.07–22.07.2023, University of Innsbruck
- 2022 Innsbruck "Finding a common language": Ukrainian-Russian-German, 10.–23.07.2022, University of Innsbruck
- 2021 St. Petersburg (Online): Russian-German, 16.–28.08.2021, in cooperation with the St. Petersburg State Transport University (PGUPS)
Studying in Eastern and South Eastern Europe or in Innsbruck
For information on study-related questions, contact the following departments::
- International Relations Office (for studying in Eastern and South Eastern Europe)
- Admission Department (for studying at the University of Innsbruck)
- Office for International Students of the Austrian Students' Union in Innsbruck (comprehensive consultation in different languages as well as support before and after your arrival in Innsbruck)
Minor (Complementary Subject Areas) in Eastern European Studies at the University of Innsbruck
Since the winter term 2022/23, the minor Eastern European Studies has been available to all students. Courses totalling 30 ECTS (10 ECTS compulsory modules and 20 ECTS elective modules) with a focus on Eastern/Central and South Eastern Europe can be taken at three different faculties.
Advantages and competences
- Acquisition of a Slavic language at level A1/A2. You can choose from Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Polish and Russian.
Basic knowledge of the Slavic languages, history, culture and society of Eastern/Central and South-Eastern Europe.
Specialised knowledge of Eastern/Central and South Eastern Europe from political science, history, sociology, art history, literature and film studies
History, Art History and Slavonic Studies excursions