The article discusses the problem of inclusion of Sorbian (considered as a whole) and Kashubian literature in the academic curricula. The initial part of the article consists of deliberations on the place of Sorbian and Kashubian studies within the structure of Slavistics. Here the most problematic issue is the position of the Kashubian language (should it be treated as an East Slavic language or a Polish dialect?). In the subsequent part, the author compares the curricula of the choosen academic centres in Poland, Germany and Czech Republic, and concludes that the literary programmes, unlike the linguistic, of both diasporas are not included in those curricula. According to the author, such state of the matter is unacceptable. He motivates his stand by arguing that the inclusion of forementioned literatures into academic curricula would complete the bulk of Slavic literatures in terms of the tendencies which are so far absent, as well as pose the valuable addition within the realm of existing ones. In the author’s eyes the omission of Sorbian and Kashubian literatures in academic curricula will result in rejection of the cultural and liguistic uniqueness of the whole Eastern Slavic area which is based on the binary existance of languages and cultures (Czech – Slovakian, Polish – Kashubian and Lower Lusatian– Upper Lusatian groups).