The Slavic studies group is involved in philological research, especially the history of Slavic philology in Italy (it is linked to the Slavistics History Commission of the International Committee of Slavists), the history of the Russian language, the history of Russian musical theatre, the reception of Western opera in Russian and Soviet periodicals, the mobility between the Russian Empire/Soviet Union and Europe (notably as regards contacts between music milieus), the comparative analysis of ancient Russian and Russian texts, archival research and editions of unpublished books from different eras (including music) from the modern age to the 20th century. Methodologies include philological and textual research, poetry studies, and historical, critical, literary and linguistic research to understand the thematic, figurative and formal dimensions of texts in a critical way. Comparative and culturological approaches are also used.
