ка́федра

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1.
department (university), chair (professorship), faculty divisioneducation
Он рабо́тает на ка́федре русского языка́.
He works in the Russian language department.
The basic teaching and research unit of a Russian university, headed by a professor.
2.
lectern, rostrum, pulpit, dais
Профе́ссор подня́лся на ка́федру.
The professor stepped up to the lectern.
Also the pulpit in a church.

Examples

Челове́к, сто́ящий пе́ред ко́мнатой, — профе́ссор ка́федры исто́рии.
The person standing at the front of the room is a professor in the History Department.
В университете есть кафедра лесоводства.
The university has a department of forestry.
После защиты диссертации он занял доцентуру на кафедре.
After defending his dissertation, he took up a senior lecturer position in the department.
Она известная рутинёрка на нашей кафедре.
She is a well-known slave to routine in our department.
В университете есть кафедра нефтехимии.
The university has a department of petrochemistry.
Она мечтает о профессуре и своей кафедре.
She dreams of becoming a professor and having her own department.
Го́голь сказа́л, что "теа́тр – э́то така́я ка́федра, с кото́рой можно много сказа́ть ми́ру добра́".
Gogol said that "the theater is such a pulpit from which one can say much that is good to the world."
В университете есть кафедра арабистики.
The university has a department of Arabic studies.