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‘Shame on Barnard!’: Over 900 people sign petition opposing Barnard’s pause of Slavic studies

Following the nonrenewal of the department’s sole professor, students and non-affiliates are pushing for Slavic to stay at Barnard.

By Jackson Dilks / Staff Photographer

Barnard’s decision drew concern beyond campus, with Edward Tyerman, GSAS ’11, 14, associate professor of Slavic languages and literature at the University of California, Berkeley, warning that losing the department would limit students’ access to a field he argues remains urgently relevant.

By Mutashma Shaaf • April 27, 2026 at 5:03 AM

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