The Department of Slavonic Studies is involved in听a听major new research project to study the benefits of multilingualism to individuals and society听as part of the Open World Research Initiative led by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The project,听,听aims not only to understand the experiences of speaking more than one language,听but also to change attitudes towards multilingualism and听multiculturalism throughout society and amongst key听policy-makers.听One of the strands of the project 鈥� co-led by Dr Rory Finnin, Head of the Department of Slavonic Studies 鈥� will explore, among other things, how cultural texts in Ukraine foreground, problematize and听inform questions of linguistic diversity and identity in Ukraine's public sphere.
