Studia filologiczno-areałowe i areał Europy Środkowej w Instytucie Slawistyki Wydziału Filozoficznego Uniwersytetu Masaryka w Brnie

The article contains some basic information on Philological Area Studies, a unique study course created at the Department of Slavonic Studies at Masaryk University. The author presents the most important historical data, explains the specific character of these studies and provides a comprehensive bibliography on the discussed phenomena. Also, the article engages itself with a so- called problem of Central Europe, an important issue for Slavonic and in particular – Philological Area Studies. The author points out some mistakes and misunderstandings and defines some challenging prospects for Central European studies oriented towards area and philology.