Deadline: January 15, 2022
The University of Pittsburgh Slavic Department invites applications to its graduate program, with a full range of courses and strengths in contemporary Russian culture and cinema. Our program has supported dissertations in such diverse areas as contemporary Russian prose, Soviet postmodern culture, Thaw cinema, Soviet civic poetry, Belomor prison culture, post-Soviet philosophy, the Soviet anekdot, and Stagnation-era television serials. Applications will be accepted until Tuesday, 15 January 2022 and must be submitted at https://gradcas.liaisoncas.org/apply/. For more information, see https://www.slavic.pitt.edu/graduate/graduate-requirements.
PhD students help organize the annual Russian Film Symposium (http://www.rusfilm.pitt.edu). Alongside the degree, students are typically mentored in obtaining MA or PhD certificates in one or more of five interdepartmental programs:
· Cultural Studies (http://pitt.edu/~cultural/): one-hundred course offerings annually; the most extensive cultural studies programs in the US
· Film and Media Studies (http://www.filmstudies.pitt.edu/): courses in both critical studies and film/video production
· Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies (http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/): a NRC center funded by the US Department of Education
· Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies (http://www.wstudies.pitt.edu/): promoting feminist and LGBTQIA+ activism, pedagogy, and scholarship
· Jewish Studies (http://www.jewishstudies.pitt.edu/): exploration of Jewish history, culture, religion, thought, with 15-20 courses per year
By PhD conferral, students typically have teaching experience in culture, cinema, language, and literature (team-taught and stand-alone). PhDs have received academic job offers or post-docs in such institutions as Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Princeton, Stanford Humanities Center, University College London, University of Texas Austin, Williams, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, and William & Mary. Others have competed successfully for senior academic administrative positions in International Studies, Russian media analysis consulting, and private secondary education.
Film/Slavic PhD. Students with a primary interest in film may apply to Pitt’s Interdisciplinary Film & Media Studies PhD with a concentration in Slavic, thus working towards a single PhD in two disciplines. Application may be made as an application either a.) at Liaison GradCAS (select “Film Studies-PHD” then choose “Slavic” on the pull-down menu); OR b.) at Liaison GradCAS (Slavic) and for later internal transfer (after preparatory coursework) to the Film & Media Studies PhD. See http://www.filmstudies.pitt.edu/graduate/interdisciplinary-phd. In case of questions, please reach Film and Media Studies graduate administrator (filmandmedia@pitt.edu; 412-624-6564) or the Slavic contacts below.
In case of questions, please reach Prof. Nancy Condee, Slavic Director of Graduate Studies, condee@pitt.edu or Prof. Bella Grigoryan, Slavic Chair, grigoryan@pitt.edu.