found: Work cat.: Boterbloem, Kees. Moderniser of Russia, 2013:p. 4 of cover (Kees Boterbloem is Professor of History and Coordinator of Russian, East-European and Eurasian Studies at the University of South Florida)
found: Curriculum vitae of Kees Boterbloem, viewed online, Feb. 2, 2018:p. 19 (Member At Large, Executive Board of the Canadian Association of Slavists (2002-3 and 2008-9)) p. 20 (Membership: Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies; Canadian Association of Slavists)
found: LCSH, Feb. 2, 2018(Slavists. UF Slavicists. BT Area specialists)
found: Webster's new world college dictionary, ©2010, via Collins English dictionary online, Feb. 2, 2018(Slavist: a specialist in the study of Slavic languages, cultures, etc. : also Slavicist)
found: Wikipedia, Feb. 2, 2018:Slavic studies (Slavic studies (North America), Slavonic studies (Britain and Ireland) or Slavistics (borrowed from Russian славистика or Polish slawistyka) is the academic field of area studies concerned with Slavic areas, Slavic languages, literature, history, and culture. Originally, a Slavist (from Russian славист or Polish slawista) or Slavicist was primarily a linguist or philologist researching Slavistics, a Slavic (AmE) or Slavonic (BrE) scholar. Increasingly historians and other humanists and social scientists who study Slavic area cultures and societies have been included[by whom?] in this rubric; Slavists; Slavic studies scholars)
found: Canadian Association of Slavists website, Feb. 2, 2018:home page (Canadian Association of Slavists is an interdisciplinary gathering of scholars and professionals whose interests focus on the social, economic and political life of the Slavic peoples, as well as their languages, diverse cultures and histories; publishes Canadian Slavonic Papers) Constitution of the CAS (The Canadian Association of Slavists (CAS) is an organization of teachers and scholars in the field of Slavic and related studies in Canada for the purpose of improving and advancing such studies)
