Narodopis: Czech Ethnography Discussion Group

Czech Language Programs:

Summer Programs in the U.S.

• Beloit College Center for Language Studies
• Indiana University. Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages
• University of Washington Intensive summer Czech, Polish, and Russian.
• The University of Iowa summer programs in Slavic and Baltic languages (Czech is occasionally offered)

Summer Sessions in Czech Republic:

• Intensive Czech at Charles University (UJOP) offered through the Institute of Linguistic and Professional Training (UJOP) of Charles University. Sites in Prague and Podebrady. One session, 12 July-06 August (1999).
• Summer School of Slavonic Studies (UBS) offered through the Institute of Czech Studies (Ústav bohemistických studií) of Charles University. Based in Prague. One session, 02-27 August (1999).
• Summer Prague University (SPU) of the Czech Language and Culture Program (CLCP), Charles University. Based in Prague. Two sessions, July & August.
  Contact info: info@sfservis.com.
• CIEE - Council on International Educational Exchange
• Ohio State/Palacky University (Olomouc)
• Index of Czech Summer Programs

Academic-Year Programs in Czech Republic:

• Institute of Czech Studies (Ustav bohemistickych studii)
• Intensive Czech at Charles University (UJOP) offered through the Institute of Linguistic and Professional Training (UJOP) of Charles University -- offerings in Prague and several other Czech cities.
• Prague Economics University, CESP program in Central European studies and Czech language for English-speaking foreigners.
• CIEE - Council on International Educational Exchange
• Masaryk University's (Brno) Central European Studies Program

Slovak Language Programs

Summer Programs in the U.S.

• Indiana University. Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages
• University of Pittsburgh Russian and East European Summer Language Institute

Summer & Academic-Year Programs Abroad

• ACTR/ACCELS Language Programs

Language Resources: Dictionaries, Grammars, Syllabi, Fonts

Dictionaries and Grammars

• Czech for Linguists
• Teaching materials and syllabi
• Bohemica.com
• Czech language site
• The Little Czech Primer
• Kralicka translation of the Bible in Czech
• ABC of Czech essays and tips on colloquial Czech.

Czech & Slovak Fonts

Most current computer systems (Mac OS 9.2, Mac OS X, and Windows 2000 and later) now have incorporated plug-ins for Central European fonts. Check your system software installer packages for instructions. If you are looking for other resources, look at the following:

• Yamada Language Center: Font Archive includes the bitmapped fonts Greg's Czech and Hradcany. Yamada is generally the best source for freeware fonts.

• Central European accessories for Macintosh.

• AATSEEL the American Association of Teachers of Slavic & East European Languages -- excellent resources for all things Slavic, Baltic, Balkan, and post-Soviet.
• Society for the Anthropology of Europe (SAE), including subscription information for the SAE discussion group.
• American Council for International Education (IREX)

• National Foreign Language Resource Center index and Foreign Language Resource Centers

• Slavic and East European Languages Center (SEELRC)

• Index of programs in Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs) in the U.S. at Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota.

Departments, Institutions, & Universities:

• Charles University/Universitas Carolinas/Univerzita Karlovy, Prague, CZ.
• Prague Economics University
• CERGE-EI - combination of a western-style Ph.D. program in economics and an economics research institute.
• FAMU - Film & TV University
• Silesian University at Opava - Faculty of Philosophy and Sciences.
• University of Education - Hradec Kralove
• University of Pardubice
• University of South Bohemia
• VSB-Technical University of Ostrava